Southern Leyte
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Southern Leyte is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region.
2000 census—360,160 (18th smallest)
Density—208 per km² (42nd highest)
Highly urbanized cities—0
Component cities—1
Municipalities—18
Barangays—500
Congressional districts—1
Southern Leyte forms an important part of the inter-island transportation system of the country, with ferries transporting people and goods between Liloan and Surigao del Norte in Mindanao.
Limasawa, an island municipality to the south is believed to be the site of the first Christian mass in the far east, when Ferdinand Magellan landed there in 1521.
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[edit] People and culture
The native language is Cebuano. English, Tagalog, and Waray are widely understood as second languages.
[edit] Economy
[edit] Geography
[edit] Political
Southern Leyte is subdivided into 18 municipalities and 1 city.
[edit] City
[edit] Municipalities
[edit] Physical
Southern Leyte occupies the southern one-fourth of the island of Leyte. Southern Leyte is bounded by the province of Leyte to the north, by Surigao Strait to the east, Bohol Sea to the south, and Canigao Channel, across from Bohol, to the west. Its capital is Maasin City.
[edit] History
For a time, Southern Leyte was a part of Leyte province. The difficulty of managing the entire island from Tacloban, the capital of Leyte, suggested the need to separate the island into two provinces. A law, Republic Act 2227, was passed forming the province of Southern Leyte in 1959 and the province was inaugurated in 1960.
In December 2003, a landslide in San Francisco, Southern Leyte destroyed most of the town, killing 200 people. [1]
On February 17, 2006, several mudslides caused by heavy rains, amounting over 200cm (79 inches), and a minor earthquake destroyed at least one town and many buildings, leaving hundreds dead. Rescue efforts were greatly hampered by poor road conditions and lack of heavy equipment. Unfortunately. The barangay of Guinsaugon was completely leveled and everything from trees to homes destroyed.
[edit] External links
- Official Website of Southern Leyte
- Philippine Information Agency webpage about Southern Leyte
- Sogodbay Tales & Images
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