Cabucgayan, Biliran


', officially the ', is a of the Philippines| in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.

History

Cabucgayan derived its name from the snail called bukgay. In the Waray-Waray language, to make a singular noun into a plural noun, the article ka is added before the word and the article an after the word. Kabukgayan, therefore, means a place where there are many snails.
This municipality was created on September 29, 1949 when President Elpidio Quirino issued Executive Order no. 271.

Geography

Cabucgayan is located at the south-eastern section of Biliran Island, and is approximately south from Caibiran, away from the provincial capital Naval, and away from Tacloban, the provincial capital of Leyte. Cabucgayan is bound on the north by Caibiran, east by the Villareal Bay, south by Carigara Bay, and west by the municipality of Biliran
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the has a land area of constituting of the total area of Biliran.

Barangays

Cabucgayan is politically subdivided into 13 barangays.

Climate

It belongs to the two types of climate, Type II and Type IV. It is characterized by pronounced rainfall periodically accompanied by trade winds and storms during the months of January, June, July, November and December while the minimum monthly rainfall occurs in February, March, April and May.
The total land area dedicated to agriculture is or 59.63% of the total land area. The three major forest products are timber, rattan and wild abaca.

Demographics

In the, had a population of. The population density was.