Sogod, Southern Leyte facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Sogod, Southern Leyte
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Skyline from the shore
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| Country |  Philippines |
| District | 2nd District of Southern Leyte |
| Founded | September 6, 1571 (as a district of the Leyte encomienda); 1603 (as a Catholic mission station) |
| Established | May 18, 1700 (as a barangay) |
| Incorporated | June 10, 1853 (as a municipality) |
| Barangays | 45 (see Barangays) |
| Demonym(s) | Sogodnon |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
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Sogod is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines.
Images for kids
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The old ruins of the Baluarte used to safeguard the village of then Sugut from Moro pirates during the 1700s.
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The annual Sogod Founding Day Celebration Agro-Fair held every June 10, display and sell some of the town’s agricultural produce.
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Rice paddies in barangay Salvacion with the Abuyog-Liloan Cordillera in the background. Wide plains characterize much of the south-eastern terrain of the town.
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Mounds of gravel deposits are dumped beside the banks of Subangdaku River for the strengthening of the river control in barangay San Miguel. Farmers along the river banks complained on the soil erosion caused by the rechannelization project. Environmentalists in the province also claim that the sand and gravel quarrying in barangay Immaculada Concepcion was not a re-channeling project but a large-scale mining which exports these mineral deposits to Cebu and abroad.
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A map showing the Subangdaku River, as part of a position paper presented at the Ateneo de Naga University, dated March 21, 2002.
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A portion of the national highway in barangay San Miguel taken during the 2002 overflowing of the river.
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Gaisano Capital Sogod is the largest department store in the province.
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The port of Sogod
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The Most Reverend Precioso D. Cantillas, SDB, DD (left), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maasin, and Monsignor Nestor Astillo, PC (right), parish priest of the Immaculate Conception Parish Church of Sogod, presided the Pontifical Mass for the annual town fiesta last December 15, 2013.
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The Immaculate Conception Shrine, which stood beside the parish rectory, was recently demolished to give way for the construction of a multi-purpose covered court that would house civil and religious activities in the town. It was a project earmarked by the former parish priest, now deceased Monsignor Felix Paloma, PC
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Formerly known as the Southern Leyte State College of Science and Technology [SLCST], the Southern Leyte State University [SLSU] was converted through the passage of Republic Act No. 9261 on March 7, 2004. The institution is the only state university in the province of Southern Leyte, located at barangay San Roque.
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The Sogod District Hospital is the oldest health care institution in the municipality. The construction of the hospital was envisioned through the provisions stated by the Republic Act No. 2693 dated June 18, 1960.
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Provincial buses, PUV's and jeepneys picks up and drops off passengers at the Sogod Bus Terminal in barangay Zone III
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Blue Potpots thrive at Osmeña street in barangay Zone II.
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The pebble beaches in barangay San Jose.
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The Gerona Farm in barangay Buac Gamay owned by the Gerona Family.
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A stalagmite adorned the entrance of a cavern in Magsuhot Park in barangay Mahayahay.
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