Location: Southern Leyte Province
Visayas, Philippines
Country: Philippines
Region: Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
Founded: May 22, 1959
Capital: Maasin
Government• Type: Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor: Christopher Yap (PDP-Laban)
• Vice Governor: Jessica Marie Escaño-Pano (PDP-Laban)
Area• Total: 1,798.61 km (694.45 sq mi)
Area rank: 65th out of 81
Highest elevation (Mount Nacolod): 948 m (3,110 ft)
Population (2015 census)• Total: 421,750
• Rank: 62nd out of 81
• Density: 230/km (610/sq mi)
• Density rank: 40th out of 81
Divisions• Independent cities: 0
• Component cities: 1
Maasin
• Municipalities: 18
Anahawan
Bontoc
Hinunangan
Hinundayan
Libagon
Liloan
Limasawa
Macrohon
Malitbog
Padre Burgos
Pintuyan
Saint Bernard
San Francisco
San Juan
San Ricardo
Silago
Sogod
Tomas Oppus
• Barangays: 500
• Districts: Lone District of Southern Leyte
Time zone: PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP code: 6600–6618
IDD : area code: +63 (0)53
ISO 3166 code: PH
Spoken languages: Cebuano (Boholano dialect)
Baybayanon
Waray
Kinabalian
Tagalog
English
Website: www.southernleyte.gov.ph
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Southern Leyte (Cebuano: Habagatang Leyte, Filipino: Timog Leyte) is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Maasin. Southern Leyte was a sub-province of Leyte until it was made into an independent province. Southern Leyte includes Limasawa, an island to the south where the first Roman Catholic Mass in Philippine soil is believed to have taken place and thus considered to be the birthplace of Roman Catholicism in the Philippines.
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