Babatngon

Babatngon , officially the Municipality of Babatngon , is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte , Philippines . According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 27,797 people. [3] Babatngon is located in the northern part of the island of Leyte , along the shore of Carigara Bay . It is situated on a small plain set in a semicircle of mountain ranges and nestles in the northern mouth of the San Juanico Strait , which separates Samar from Leyte. Boats coming in or going out of Tacloban City have to pass by it through the pilot station of Canaway , one of the islets along the strait. It is 33 kilometres (21 mi) north-west of Tacloban City and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the town of San Miguel . Small coconut covered islets fringe its coast along San Juanico Strait, the most important of which are Rizal, Magsaigad, Tabigue, almost all of which extend from east to west. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babatngon,_Leyte