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Nature Attractions In Leyte Province

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Leyte is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region, occupying the northern three-quarters of Leyte Island. Its capital is the city of Tacloban. Leyte is situated west of Samar Island, north of Southern Leyte and south of Biliran. To the west of Leyte across the Camotes Sea is the province of Cebu. The historical name of the Philippines, Las Islas Felipenas, named by Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos in honor of Prince Philip of Spain, used to refer to the islands of Leyte and Samar only, until it was adopted to refer to the entire archipelago.Leyte is also known as the site of the largest naval battle in modern history...
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Nature Attractions In Leyte Province

  • 1. Lake Danao National Park Ormoc
    Lake Danao is a guitar-shaped lake on the island of Leyte in the Philippines. The lake is covering an area of 148 hectares . It is situated in the 2,193 hectares Lake Danao Natural Park, which also includes the Amandiwin mountain range. The lake is 18 kilometres northeast of Ormoc City, half an hour drive along the San Pablo - Tongonan and Milagro - Lake Danao roads. It was originally named Lake Imelda and was declared a national park on June 2, 1972 by virtue of presidential memorandum issued by then President Ferdinand Marcos. Later it was renamed and declared as Lake Danao National Park on February 3, 1998 through Proclamation No. 1155 and is now protected by Republic Act No. 7586 otherwise known as the National Integrated Protected Area System Act of 1992. The lake supplies potable wat...
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  • 5. Kalanggaman Island Palompon
    Palompon, officially the Municipality of Palompon, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 58,108 people.
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  • 9. Sohoton Cave Samar Island
    The Sohoton Caves and Natural Bridge Park is a protected natural area and a tourist attraction within the Samar Island Natural Park. The natural park features caves, subterranean rivers, waterfalls, limestone formations, thick forest and a natural stone bridge. It is located at Brgy. Guirang, Basey and has an area of approximately 840-hectares. First established as the Sohoton Natural Bridge National Park in 1935, it was then renamed as the Sohoton Cave Natural Park, and finally to the Sohoton Cave and Natural Bridge.
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  • 12. Sogod Bay Leyte Island
    Sogod, , officially the Municipality of Sogod, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 44,986 people.The name of the municipality originated from the Cebuano word, sogod, meaning to start. Founded as a Catholic mission station by the Society of Jesus in 1601, Sogod became a regular municipality on June 10, 1853. Sogod is located along the Southern Leyte section of the Pan-Philippine Highway, 126 kilometers south of Tacloban City, the regional center of Eastern Visayas. Rugged mountains enveloped most of the town's northern terrain with numerous river systems crept throughout the southern lowlands. Known as the center of trade, commerce and industry in the south-central region of Leyte, Sogod is also ho...
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  • 13. Lake Danao San Francisco
    San Francisco, officially the Municipality of San Francisco, , is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 55,180 people.It is one of the municipalities that comprise the Camotes Islands. San Francisco is bordered to the north by the Province of Leyte in the Camotes Sea, to the west is the Camotes Sea Facing Catmon, to the east is the island of Poro with town of Poro and to the south is the Camotes Sea
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  • 15. Mac Arthur Park Leyte Province
    The MacArthur Leyte Landing Memorial National Park is a protected area of the Philippines that commemorates the historic landing of General Douglas MacArthur in Leyte Gulf at the start of the campaign to recapture and liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation on 20 October 1944. This event led to the largest naval battle of World War II and Japan's eventual defeat and surrender after almost three years. The war memorial is located in the municipality of Palo on Leyte island in Eastern Visayas and is one of the region's major tourist attractions. It was declared a national park on 12 July 1977 through Letter of Instructions No. 572 signed by President Ferdinand Marcos.
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