Malitbog, Southern Leyte
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 Malitbog
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| Coordinates: 10°09′N 125°00′E / 10.150°N 125.000°ECoordinates: 10°09′N 125°00′E / 10.150°N 125.000°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) |
| Province | Southern Leyte |
| District | Lone district of Southern Leyte |
| Barangays | 37 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alan L. Go |
| Area | |
| • Total | 74.97 km2 (28.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 22,923 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 6603 |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
| Income class | 4th municipal income class |
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| Electorate | 11,664 voters as of 2016 |
| Website | www |
Malitbog is a 4th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 22,923 people.
The municipality is located in Region VIII, specifically in the southern part of Leyte Island. It is situated along the coast of Sogod Bay and is bounded on the north-west by the municipalities of Macrohon and Maasin City, the capital town of the province of Southern Leyte, on the north-east by the municipality of Tomas Oppus and on the south by the municipality of Padre Burgos. It is two 228 kilometres (142 mi) away from Tacloban City, the regional center of Region VIII. It can be reached by bus and other public utility vehicles and privately owned ones with a travel time of one (1) hour to and from Maasin City and forty five (45) minutes to Sogod.
Malitbog is politically subdivided into 37 barangays.
The town of Malitbog, Southern Leyte came into existence in the early part of the 18th century as proven from the inscriptions on the stone walls of the ruins of the watchtowers "Baluarte" located equidistant from the Roman Catholic Church. One is found south of the Poblacion in Barangay Caaga and the other in Barangay Abgao north of the Poblacion. Said watchtowers were constructed in the year 1820. The two barangays abovementioned were ruled by their chieftains, called capitanes. No traces could be found as to the names of the capitanes. As absolute rulers of their respective barangays, they tried to established their own kingdoms. Both of the chieftains wanted to rule the other, hence, there was strong and keen rivalry between the two and the pueblo was to be organized by the Spaniards sometimes in the middle part of the 18th century. The inhabitants were very much confused as to where the pueblo be located. Confusion in the local dialect means "makalibog". Since that time the Spaniards organized the pueblo, they called it Malitbog, a derivative or distorted word from the dialect "makalibog".
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