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Why visit Leyte
Townapedia lists 1 park or trail, 1 place to eat and 6 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Mount Canjamampaay and Pacdahauan Peak.
Weather in Leyte
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About Leyte
Leyte (IPA: ['lɛɪte]), officially the Municipality of Leyte (Waray: Bungto han Leyte; Tagalog: Bayan ng Leyte), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 40,622 people.
From the Wikipedia article Leyte, Leyte (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do6
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes1
Churches and places of worship1
History
There are several versions as to how the place got its name. One of these relates that according to tradition, toward the west of the present town of Carigara, was a village ruled by Datu Ete. When the Augustinian Fathers heard of the region, they went to the place in order to Christianize the natives. They sailed by boat towards a small bay that swelled into a big river. Disembarking at a small village near the bank of the river, the friars asked the natives for direction. The natives, not knowing the language, answered, "Hira Ete" - which means, "the place belonged to Ete." The friars thought the natives meant that the name of the place was called Hiraete, hence their communications with their superiors referred to the place as Hiraite.
From the History section of Leyte, Leyte on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries60
Map of Leyte
71 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Ormoc Airport (OMC) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 35 km away.
- Carigara 23 km east, about 23 min by car
- Palompon 37 km south, about 37 min by car
- Ormoc 42 km south, about 42 min by car
- Santa Rita 51 km east, about 51 min by car
- Daanbantayan 53 km west, about 53 min by car
- Tacloban 59 km east, about 59 min by car
- Palo 60 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- Catbalogan 63 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Burauen 62 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- Bogo 63 km southwest, about 1 h by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
Reviews, tips and questions
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Catmon hill Leyte being shelled 1944, USN, Public domain
- Cisseicoraebus cisseoides (Saunders, 1874), URSchmidt, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cereopsius quaestor (Newman, 1842) female (5166168287), Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Coraebosoma sibuyanicum Bellamy, 1990, URSchmidt, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hayan 360^, A wider Perspective. 2 panoramas in one - panoramio, onat12, CC BY-SA 3.0
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