Southern Leyte

Southern Leyte is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas[?] region. Its capital is Maasin City[?] and occupies the southern one-fourth of the island of Leyte. 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.

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.

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 was passed forming the province of Southern Leyte in 1959 and the province was inaugurated in 1960.

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.

Table of contents 1 People and Culture 2 Economy 3 Geography 3.1 Political 3.1.1 City 3.1.2 Municipalities 3.2 Physical 4 History 5 External Links

People and Culture

Economy

Geography

Political

Southern Leyte is subdivided into 18 municipalities and 1 city.

City

• Maasin City[?]

Municipalities

Anahawan[?] Bontoc[?] Hinunangan[?] Hinundayan[?] Libagon[?] Liloan[?] Limasawa[?] Macrohon[?] Malitbog[?]

Padre Burgos[?] Pintuyan[?] Saint Bernard[?] San Francisco[?] San Juan[?] (Cabalian) San Ricardo[?] Silago[?] Sogod[?] Tomas Oppus[?]

Physical

History

External Links