March 29, 2012

Burauen is always good for a short stop visit on a Leyte roundtrip


Burauen is a second class municipality in the province of Leyte. It has a population of 48,606 people in 9,213 household according in the census of 2007. It is located in the central part of Leyte and bounded to the north by Dagami, Jaro, and Tabon-Tabon on the east by Julita, McArthur, and Javier and on the west by Baybay, Albuera and Ormoc.     
Burauen is politically subdivided into 77 barangays.
The name Burauen evolved from the word haru which means spring. It was also the home of Justice Romualdez, Imelda’s great-great grandfather. The township also has a Japanese war cemetery. 

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