Padre Burgos is a 5th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 8,926 people in 1,672 households. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Southern Leyte is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
Padre Burgos is also famous of its white sand beaches like Tangkaan Beach, from where you can sea the island of Limasawa; the Likay-Likay Beach, where you can go fishing and snorkling; the Canlusay Resort, in which they call it "Small Boracay"; the floating Balsa of Bas. In 1521, Rajah Calambu of Limasawa Island in the Philippines managed to guide the ships of Magellan, a potential threat, safely past his island to the more powerful chieftain on Cebu, where Magellan landed on April 7, 1521. ...
It has an orphanage called "Kinderhilfe Philipinen", managed and sponsored by Mr. Georgen Schnight, a German Citizen.
Padre Burgos is also known for its "budbod" (suman), a sticky rice which is very sweet.
Barangays
Padre Burgos is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
SouthernLeyte is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region.
SouthernLeyte occupies the southern one-fourth of the island of Leyte.
SouthernLeyte is bounded by the province of Leyte to the north, by Surigao Strait to the east, Bohol Sea to the south, and Canigao Channel, across from Bohol, to the west.
Its capital is Maasin City[?] and occupies the southern one-fourth of the island of Leyte.
Leyte is bounded by the province of Leyte to the north, by Surigao Strait[?] to the east, Bohol Sea to the south, and Canigao Channel, across from Bohol, to the west.
A law was passed forming the province of SouthernLeyte in 1959 and the province was inaugurated in 1960.
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