MacArthur 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.- Type: Park
- Description: national park in the Philippines
- Also known as: “MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leyte Landing historical marker and Palo Cathedral.
Palo Cathedral
Church
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 2½ km southwest of MacArthur Park.
University of the Philippines Manila School of Health Sciences in Leyte
University
The University of the Philippines Manila - School of Health Sciences in Leyte is a medical school in the Philippines supervised by the University of the Philippines, Manila. One of the schools offerings includes midwifery. University of the Philippines Manila School of Health Sciences in Leyte is situated 2½ km southwest of MacArthur Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palo and Tanauan.
Palo
Tanauan
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.
MacArthur Park
- Categories: national park and recreation area
- Location: Tacloban, Leyte Island, Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.17211° or 11° 10′ 20″ north
Longitude
125.01189° or 125° 0′ 43″ east
Open location code
7Q3752C6+RQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Waray—“MacArthur Park” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “麥克阿瑟登陸紀念國家公園”
- Chinese: “麥克阿瑟登陸紀念碑”
- Iloko: “Nailian a Parke ti Panglaglagip ti Panagsanglad ni MacArthur”
- Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Peringatan Pendaratan MacArthur”
- Italian: “parco nazionale di MacArthur Landing Memorial”
- Italian: “parco nazionale MacArthur Landing Memorial”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional MacArthur Landing Memorial”
- Tagalog: “Pagdating sa Leyte”
- Waray (Philippines): “MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park”
- Waray (Philippines): “Parke Nasodnon hin Paghinomdom han Paglugsong ni MacArthur”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include DENR - Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office Leyte and Land Administration and Management Project - One Stop Shop Office.
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