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: Province of Leyte
  • Neighbors:

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
node 305704383
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Wiki­data ID
Q13844
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Satellite Map

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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: Lalawigan sa Leyte
  • Cebuano: Leyte
  • Central Bikol: Leyte
  • Chavacano: Leyte
  • Chinese: Leyte
  • Chinese: 禮智省
  • Chinese: 莱特省
  • Chinese: 雷伊泰省
  • Danish: Leyte (provins)
  • Danish: Leyte
  • Dutch: Leyte
  • Esperanto: Lejteo
  • Esperanto: Provinco Lejteo
  • Finnish: Leyte
  • French: Lëité
  • French: Leyte
  • Georgian: ლეიტე (პროვინცია)
  • Georgian: ლეიტე
  • German: Leyte
  • German: Provinz Leyte
  • Greek: Λέγτε
  • Gujarati: લેટે
  • Hindi: लेयते प्रान्त
  • Hindi: लेयते
  • Iloko: Leyte
  • Indonesian: Leite
  • Indonesian: Leiti
  • Indonesian: Leyte
  • Indonesian: provinsi Leite
  • Indonesian: provinsi Leiti
  • Italian: provincia di Leyte
  • Italian: Provincia di Leyte
  • Japanese: レイテ
  • Japanese: レイテ州
  • Kannada: ಲೇಯ್ಟೆ
  • Korean: 레이테주
  • Ladino: Provincia de Leite
  • Ladino: פרובינזיה די ליײטי
  • Latin: Leyte Septemtrionalis
  • Latvian: Leite
  • Lithuanian: Leitė
  • Macedonian: Лејте
  • Malay: Leyte
  • Marathi: लेये
  • Min Nan Chinese: 禮智省
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Leyte (provins)
  • Norwegian: Leyte
  • Ossetian: Лейте (провинци)
  • Ossetian: Лейте
  • Pampanga: lalawigan ning Leti
  • Pampanga: Leyte
  • Pangasinan: Leyte
  • Persian: لیته
  • Polish: Leyte
  • Polish: Prowincja Leyte
  • Portuguese: Leitê
  • Portuguese: Lete
  • Portuguese: Leyte
  • Russian: Лейте
  • Sinhala: ලේටේ
  • Spanish: Leyte
  • Spanish: provincia de Leite
  • Spanish: Provincia de Leyte
  • Swedish: Leyte
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Leyte
  • Tagalog: Leyte
  • Tagalog: Probinsiya ng Leyte
  • Tagalog: Probinsya ng Leyte
  • Tamil: லெய்டி மாகாணம்
  • Tamil: லெய்டி
  • Telugu: లైటి
  • Thai: จังหวัดเลเต
  • Thai: จังหวัดเลย์เต
  • Thai: เลย์เต
  • Turkish: Leyte
  • Ukrainian: Лейте
  • Ukrainian: Провінція Лейте
  • Urdu: لیئتے (صوبہ)
  • Urdu: لیئتے
  • Venetian: Leite
  • Venetian: provinsia de Leite
  • Vietnamese: Leyte
  • Waray (Philippines): Leyte
  • Leyte

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