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The Best Attractions In Southern Leyte Province

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Southern Leyte is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Maasin. Southern Leyte was a sub-province of Leyte until it was made into an independent province. Southern Leyte includes Limasawa, an island to the south where the first Roman Catholic Mass in Philippine soil is believed to have taken place and thus considered to be the birthplace of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines.The province ranks as the second least populated in the region. According to the 2015 census, the province has a population of 421,750.Southern Leyte's geological features created several issues in the province after the f...
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The Best Attractions In Southern Leyte Province

  • 1. Agas-Agas Bridge Sogod
    The Agas-Agas Bridge is a prestressed concrete beam bridge on the Pan-Philippine Highway. The ₱1.024-billion bridge was funded partially by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. With a length of about 350 meters and a height of 292 feet above ground, the center span of the structure measures 177 meters in length supported by two piers measuring 241 foot and 246 foot from the ground.The mountainous Agas-Agas section of the Pan-Philippine Highway in Southern Leyte is prone to landslides during heavy rains, much more when a typhoon strikes the province. The bridge was constructed in 2006 to avoid the troublesome section and cut down the driving time for motorists.Seeing its high tourism potential the Department of Public Works and Highways submitted to President Gloria Arroyo the plan...
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  • 2. Maasin Cathedral Maasin
    Maasin, officially the City of Maasin, , or simply referred to as Maasin City, is a 4th class city in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 85,560 people.It has 70 barangays and located on the western part of the province with land area of 21,171 hectares . Maasin City is the commercial and religious center of Southern Leyte and the south-western part of Leyte Island. On August 10, 2000, Maasin was converted into a city. The Diocese of Maasin was founded on August 14, 1968.
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  • 5. Limasawa Island Southern Leyte Province
    Limasawa, officially the Municipality of Limasawa, is a 6th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 6,061 people.It is the smallest municipality in the province, in both area and population. Located at an island of the same name, it lies south of Leyte, in the Mindanao or Bohol Sea. The island, also known as Sarangani Island, is about 10 kilometres long from north to south. Limasawa is famous as it is believed to be the site of the first mass in Philippine soil, officiated on Easter Sunday of March 31, 1521 by Father Pedro de Valderrama under the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan. The island is one of the early Pacific contact sites between the East and the West.
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  • 8. Silago Beach Hinunangan
    Silago, officially the Municipality of Silago, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 12,775 people. It used to be barrio of Hinunangan until Executive Order No. 326 dated May 17, 1951 separated it from the mother town. The town has an ebony beach with unique black sand.
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