Sogod, Southern Leyte

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subdivision_name1 = Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
subdivision_type2 = Province
subdivision_name2 = Southern Leyte
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subdivision_name3 = Legislative district of Southern Leyte
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subdivision_name4 = 45 Barangays
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Sogod is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 39,864.

The municipality of Sogod is the home of Southern Leyte State University. Parts of the municipality are prone to mudslides. Following the 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Governor Lerias placed the town of Sogod under a state of calamity.

Within the bay, Sogod town is the centre for trade, commerce and industry. [ [http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:Zo-Ofyxn_QAJ:www.coralcay.org/science/publications/philippines_m_2004_leyte_annual.pdf+southern+leyte+climate&hl=tl&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=ph Coralcay.org] ]

Town History

Early discovery

In 1853, before it officially became a municipality, Sogod was already a trading center in the Southern Leyte. Natives of the then Sugut village found a settlement in the enclaves of Seilani (now Southern Leyte) near the banks of the Subangdaku River in what the Spaniards later named Baluarte which has retained its name until the present day. In 1543, during era of Villalobos expedition, folks living in Abuyog informed the navigators that a certain area in the southeastern part of the island lies a village named Sugut where Chinese junks are regularly traded the natives with gold. The information was later confirmed when Legazpi expedition in 1565 came to visit the country. Seventeen years later, the Spanish chronicler Loarca noted the Sugut was one of the aboriginal villages of Leyte together with Cabalian (now San Juan), Ormoc and Carigara. [ [http://www.otopphilippines.gov.ph/microsite.aspx?rid=9&provid=16&prodid=465&sec=2 One Town One Product - OTOP Philippines ] ] On September 6, 1571, Sogod became a part of the Spanish encomienda in Leyte.

New munipality

In 1616, Sogod was founded as mission by the Jesuits. [ [http://www.admu.edu.ph/offices/mirlab/panublion/r8_leytesouth.html#sogod Southern Leyte ] ] By virtue of a decree signed by Governor General Antonio de Urbiztondo, Sogod became a municipality on June 10, 1853. On August 8, 1869, thirteen year after its inauguration, Sogod was raised with a parish status under the patronage of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception by virtue of a Real Aprobacion, an episcopal decree dated May 14, 1866. [ [http://www.southernleyte.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=287&Itemid=66 The Official Website of the Provincial Government Of Southern Leyte - Sogod ] ]

Barangays

Sogod is politically subdivided into 45 barangays.

* Benit * Buac Daku * Buac Gamay * Cabadbaran * Concepcion * Consolacion * Dagsa * Hibod-hibod * Hindangan * Hipantag * Javier * Kahupian * Kanangkaan * Kauswagan * La Purisima Concepcion

* Libas * Lum-an * Mabicay * Mac * Magatas * Mahayahay * Malinao * Maria Plana * Milagroso * Olisihan * Pancho Villa * Pandan * Zone I (Pob.) * Zone II (Pob.) * Zone III (Pob.)

* Zone IV (Pob.) * Zone V (Pob.) * Rizal * Salvacion * San Francisco Mabuhay * San Isidro * San Jose * San Juan (Agata) * San Miguel * San Pedro * San Roque * San Vicente * Santa Maria * Suba * Tampoong

Geography

Sogod is bounded in the north by Mahaplag, Leyte, in the south by Sogod Bay, in the east by Libagon and in the west by Bontoc. It has a total land area of 19,270 hectares. The town has mostly plains and hills and mountainous areas in the deep northern-northwestern and northearstern parts.

References

External links

* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]