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Palo

Palo, officially the Municipality of Palo, is a Philippine municipality in the province of . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 76,213 people, making it the most populous municipality in the province.
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  • Type: Town with 76,200 residents
  • Description: municipality of the Philippines in the province of Leyte
  • Also known as: “Municipality of Palo”, “Palo, Leyte”, and “Polo”
  • Neighbors: and

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
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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 Palo, , 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.

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 2020 census, it has a population of 57,455 people.

Palo

Latitude
11.1594° or 11° 9′ 34″ north
Longitude
124.9908° or 124° 59′ 27″ east
Population
76,200
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
7Q365X5R+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198491081
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1696041
Wiki­data ID
Q213281
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In Other Languages

From Amis to Zulu—“Palo” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Palo”
  • Asturian: “Palo”
  • Balinese: “Palo”
  • Banjar: “Palo”
  • Basque: “Palo”
  • Batak Toba: “Palo”
  • Buginese: “Palo”
  • Capiznon: “Palo”
  • Catalan: “Palo”
  • Cebuano: “Lungsod sa Palo”
  • Cebuano: “Palo, Leyte”
  • Cebuano: “Palo”
  • Central Bikol: “Palo”
  • Chavacano: “Palo”
  • Chinese: “莱特岛帕洛”
  • Dagbani: “Palo”
  • Danish: “Palo”
  • Dutch: “Palo”
  • Esperanto: “Palo”
  • Fijian: “Palo”
  • French: “Palo”
  • Georgian: “პალო”
  • German: “Palo”
  • Gorontalo: “Palo”
  • Hausa: “Palo”
  • Hiligaynon: “Palo”
  • Hiri Motu: “Palo”
  • Hungarian: “Palo”
  • Igbo: “Palo”
  • Iloko: “Palo, Leyte”
  • Iloko: “Palo”
  • Indonesian: “Palo, Leyte”
  • Indonesian: “Palo”
  • Irish: “Palo”
  • Italian: “Palo”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Palo”
  • Japanese: “パロ”
  • Javanese: “Palo”
  • Kinaray-A: “Palo”
  • Kongo: “Palo”
  • Malagasy: “Palo”
  • Malay: “Palo”
  • Maori: “Palo”
  • Minangkabau: “Palo”
  • Nauru: “Palo”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Palo”
  • Oromo: “Palo”
  • Paiwan: “Palo”
  • Pampanga: “Palo”
  • Pangasinan: “Palo”
  • Persian: “پالو، لیته”
  • Persian: “پالو”
  • Polish: “Palo”
  • Portuguese: “Palo”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Palo”
  • Sakizaya: “Palo”
  • Samoan: “Palo”
  • Scots: “Palo”
  • Spanish: “Palo”
  • Sundanese: “Palo”
  • Swahili: “Palo”
  • Swedish: “Palo”
  • Tagalog: “Bayan ng Palo”
  • Tagalog: “Munisipalidad ng Palo”
  • Tagalog: “Palo, Leyte”
  • Tagalog: “Palo”
  • Tahitian: “Palo”
  • Tetum: “Palo”
  • Tok Pisin: “Palo”
  • Vietnamese: “Palo, Leyte”
  • Vietnamese: “Palo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Palo, Leyte”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Palo”
  • Welsh: “Palo”
  • Xhosa: “Palo”
  • Yoruba: “Palo”
  • Zulu: “Palo”
  • “Palo”
  • “Palo, Leyte”

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