Baras

Baras is a suburb in , , , and has about 2,760 residents. Baras is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include MacArthur Park and Palo Cathedral.

Park
The MacArthur Leyte Landing Memorial National Park is a protected area of the that commemorates the historic landing of General Douglas MacArthur in at the start of the campaign to recapture and liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation on 20 October 1944.

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 , is a Roman Catholic church located at , , in the belonging to the Vicariate of Palo under the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Palo.

University
The University of the Philippines Manila - School of Health Sciences in Leyte is a medical school in the supervised by the University of the Philippines, Manila. One of the schools offerings includes midwifery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tanauan and Tacloban.

Photo: DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0.
, officially the Municipality of , is a first-class municipality in the province of , . According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 60,212 people.

Photo: JinJian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in 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 .

Baras

Latitude
11.16352° or 11° 9′ 49″ north
Longitude
125.00427° or 125° 0′ 15″ east
Population
2,760
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
7Q375273+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2639746839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1726772
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In Other Languages

From Filipino to Spanish—“Baras” goes by many names.
  • Filipino: “Baras”
  • French: “Baras”
  • German: “Baras”
  • Portuguese: “Baras”
  • Spanish: “Baras”

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Notable Places Nearby

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