Pawing
Palo, officially the Municipality of Palo, is a Philippine municipality in the province of Leyte. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 80,291 people, making it the most populous municipality in the province.- Type: Suburb with 4,340 residents
- Description: barangay in Palo, Leyte, Philippines
- Also known as: “Barangay Pawing” and “Pawing, Leyte”
Places of Interest
Highlights include MacArthur Park and Palo Cathedral.
MacArthur Park
Park
The MacArthur Leyte Landing Memorial National Park is a protected area of the Philippines that commemorates the historic landing of General Douglas MacArthur in Leyte Gulf at the start of the campaign to recapture and liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation on 20 October 1944.
Palo Cathedral
Church
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord's Transfiguration, also known as Transfiguration of Our Lord's Cathedral or simply Palo Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church located at Palo, Leyte, in the Philippines belonging to the Vicariate of Palo under the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palo. Palo Cathedral is situated 3 km southwest of Pawing.
Leyte Landing historical marker
Memorial
Photo: Leocvlauzon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leyte Landing historical marker is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tacloban and Tanauan.
Tacloban
Photo: JinJian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tacloban is a city in Eastern Visayas and the capital of the province of Leyte. It's the home of the Pintados Festival, a cultural event in Leyte commemorating the life and culture of the early settlers of Tacloban.
Tanauan
Tanauan, officially the Municipality of Tanauan, is a first-class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 60,212 people.
Santa Fe
Town
Santa Fe, officially the Municipality of Santa Fe, is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 22,889 people. Santa Fe is situated 10 km west of Pawing.
Pawing
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Palo, Leyte Island, Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.18223° or 11° 10′ 56″ northLongitude
125.00256° or 125° 0′ 9″ eastPopulation
4,340Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
7Q3752J3+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 2526021360OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1694234Wikidata ID
Q30595418
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Satellite Map
Discover Pawing from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Filipino—“Pawing” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pawing”
- Dutch: “Pawing”
- Filipino: “Pawing”
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