Candahug

Candahug is a suburb in Palo, Leyte Island, Eastern Visayas, Davao Region. Candahug is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bakhaw, as well as near Q-Bee Subdivision.

Places of Interest

Highlights include MacArthur Park and Leyte Landing historical marker.

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.

Leyte Landing historical marker

Memorial

Photo: Leocvlauzon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Leyte Landing historical marker is a memorial.

Palo Cathedral

Church

Photo: Jojit fb, CC BY 4.0.

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 3½ km southwest of Candahug.

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

Photo: DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Candahug

Type: Suburb
Also known as: “Barangay Candahug”
Category: 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

11.17959° or 11° 10′ 47″ north

Longitude

125.01454° or 125° 0′ 52″ east

Elevation

7 metres (23 feet)

Open location code

7Q3752H7+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11071212867

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

1719319

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Candahug” goes by many names.

Filipino: “Candahug”

Localities in the Area

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