Leyte

Leyte is an island in the island group in the . It is divided into two provinces, Leyte Province and Southern Leyte. Each province includes some nearby smaller islands.
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  • Type: State with 1,820,000 residents
  • Description: province of the Philippines
  • Also known as: “Lalawigan ng Leyte”, “Lalawigan sa Leyte”, “Leitê”, “Lëité”, “Leiti”, “Leti”, “Leyte (provins)”, “Probinsiya ng Leyte”, “Probinsya ng Leyte”, “Province of Leyte”, “provincia de Leite”, “Provincia de Leite”, “provincia de Leyte”, “provincia di Leyte”, “provinsi Leite”, “provinsi Leiti”, “provinsia de Leite”, “Prowincja Leyte”, “Лейте (провинци)”, “Провінція Лейте”, “ლეიტე (პროვინცია)”, “لیئتے (صوبہ)”, “จังหวัดเลย์เต”, and “雷伊泰省”
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Leyte

Latitude
10.95° or 10° 57′ north
Longitude
124.85° or 124° 51′ east
Population
1,820,000
Open location code
7Q26XV22+22
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Waray—“Leyte” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Leyte”
  • Arabic: “ليتي”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ليتة”
  • Belarusian: “Лейтэ”
  • Bengali: “লেতে”
  • Catalan: “Província de Leyte”
  • Cebuano: “Leyte”
  • Central Bikol: “Leyte”
  • Chavacano: “Leyte”
  • Chinese: “禮智省”
  • Chinese: “莱特省”
  • Danish: “Leyte”
  • Dutch: “Leyte”
  • Esperanto: “Lejteo”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Lejteo”
  • Finnish: “Leyte”
  • French: “Leyte”
  • Georgian: “ლეიტე”
  • German: “Leyte”
  • German: “Provinz Leyte”
  • Greek: “Λέγτε”
  • Gujarati: “લેટે”
  • Hindi: “लेयते प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “लेयते”
  • Iloko: “Leyte”
  • Indonesian: “Leite”
  • Indonesian: “Leyte”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Leyte”
  • Japanese: “レイテ”
  • Japanese: “レイテ州”
  • Kannada: “ಲೇಯ್ಟೆ”
  • Korean: “레이테주”
  • Ladino: “פרובינזיה די ליײטי”
  • Latin: “Leyte Septemtrionalis”
  • Latvian: “Leite”
  • Lithuanian: “Leitė”
  • Macedonian: “Лејте”
  • Malay: “Leyte”
  • Marathi: “लेये”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Leyte”
  • Norwegian: “Leyte”
  • Ossetian: “Лейте”
  • Pampanga: “Leyte”
  • Pangasinan: “Leyte”
  • Persian: “لیته”
  • Polish: “Leyte”
  • Portuguese: “Lete”
  • Portuguese: “Leyte”
  • Russian: “Лейте”
  • Sinhala: “ලේටේ”
  • Spanish: “Leite”
  • Spanish: “Leyte”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Leyte”
  • Swedish: “Leyte”
  • Tagalog: “Leyte”
  • Tamil: “லெய்டி மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “லெய்டி”
  • Telugu: “లైటి”
  • Tetum: “Leyte”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเลเต”
  • Thai: “เลย์เต”
  • Turkish: “Leyte”
  • Ukrainian: “Лейте”
  • Urdu: “لیئتے”
  • Venetian: “Leite”
  • Vietnamese: “Leyte”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Leyte”
  • “Leyte”

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Places to explore: Toloyao and Caanislagan.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hitablan Bridge and Abuyogon Barangay Hall.

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