Demographics
Dulag covers 11,007 hectares in land area in the eastern side of Leyte Island fronting the Gulf of Leyte. The terrain is characterized mainly by generally flat sloping land rolling terrain in the western section.From Tacloban City, one can reach Dulag by land traversing the 36 kilometres (22 mi) route via the Maharlika Highway. Travel time usually takes three-quarter minutes to full one hour. Leyte Gulf washes its western shores in Dulag. The town is bounded 12 kilometers to the north by the Municipality of Tolosa; to the west, about 7 kilometers lies the Municipality of Julita; and 7 kilometers south is the Municipality of Mayorga.
Religion
Majority of the residents of Dulag are Roman Catholic as they comprise 97.21% participation rate. Smaller religious groups such as Members Church of God International, popularly known as Ang Dating Daan, Iglesia ni Cristo, Dulag Christian Bible Church (Non-Denominational, Born Again, Christian), Born Again, Baptist, Jehovah’s Witnesses, UCCP, etc. share the remainder 2.79% of the total population.
Population by ethnicity (2000) | ||||
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Ethnicity | Number | |||
Waray | 366,787 (97.78%) | |||
Kapampangan | 2,067 (0.55%) | |||
Bisaya/Binisaya | 1,613 (0.43%) | |||
Cebuano | 680 (0.18%) | |||
Tagalog | 621 (0.17%) | |||
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Others | 2,510 (0.67%) | |||
Not Reported | 846 (0.23%) |