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| Region | Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) |
| Province | Leyte |
| District | 1st District of Leyte |
| Barangays | 33 |
| Income Class: | – class; partially urban |
| Founded | 1768 |
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| Population
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47,982 |
| Coordinates | — |
Palo is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. In the Philippines, regions ( Filpino: rehiyon, ISO 3166-2PH) are administrative division that serve primarily to organize the 81 Eastern Visayas is one of the two regions of the Philippines having no land border with another region MIMAROPA being the other and is designated The provinces of the Philippines are the primary administrative divisions of the Philippines. The House of Representatives of the Philippines ( Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas) is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines The Legislative districts of Leyte, namely the first, second, third, fourth and fifth districts are the representations of the This article refers to a political administrative division See Barangay Ginebra Kings for other uses A municipality ( bayan, sometimes munisipyo in Cebuano or used infrequently in Tagalog) is a local government unit in the Philippines Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A municipality ( bayan, sometimes munisipyo in Cebuano or used infrequently in Tagalog) is a local government unit in the Philippines The provinces of the Philippines are the primary administrative divisions of the Philippines. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 47,982 people in 9,272 households. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
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Barangays
Palo is politically subdivided into 34 barangays. This article refers to a political administrative division See Barangay Ginebra Kings for other uses
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Seat of Catholicism and Governance
The municipality is considered as the seat of Catholicism of the province of Leyte. As a Christian Ecclesiastical term Catholic —from the Greek adjective, meaning "general" or "universal"—is described The offices of the ecclesiastical government of Archdiocese of Palo, the archbishop's residence, as well as the secondary, tertiary and theology seminaries of the archdiocese are all located in Palo. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop.
Palo is also considered as the center of government of Region 8, composed of Leyte and Samar islands. For other uses please see Samar (disambiguation. Samar, formerly Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines This is because almost all of the regional offices of government agencies and institutions are located in the municipality.
History
Palo is considered to be one of the most historical towns of Leyte. It is well-known as the site of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines together with Philippine and American military forces after a period of exile in 1944. General MacArthur redirects here for other meanings see General MacArthur (disambiguation. Hill 522, a hill located near the town center, was the site of fierce fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during the Second World War. The metropolitan cathedral of the archdiocese, located right across Palo's municipal hall, was used as a hospital for wounded Filipino and American forces. A memorial now stands at the beach site where MacArthur and his troops landed, locally known as the MacArthur's Park.
Educational institutions
Palo is the site of Palo National High School. Palo National High School is a Public school in Palo Leyte
External links
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
- Online Lineyte-Samarnon (Waray-Waray) - English Dictionary
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