BAYBAY, a municipality (with administration centre and 3' barrios or districts) of the province and island of Leyte, Philippine Islands, on the west coast at the mouth of the Pagban ganan river, 45m. S.S.W. of Tacloban, the provincial capital. Pop. (1918), 36,917, of whom 19,139 were males and one was white. A superior grade of abaci is exported. Other products are rice, corn, copra, sugar, cattle and horses. In 1918 it had 14 manu facturing establishments, with output valued at 1,115,400 pesos, besides 233 household industry establishments, with output valued at 67,40o pesos. Of the 16 schools 13 were public. The language is a dialect of Bisayan.