Leyte (province)
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/54785
- Note
- "Leyte (also Northern Leyte; Cebuano: Amihanang Leyte; Waray: Norte san/Amihanan nga Leyte) is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region, occupying the northern three-quarters of Leyte Island. Its capital is the city of Tacloban. Leyte is situated west of Samar Island, north of Southern Leyte and south of Biliran. To the west of Leyte across the Camotes Sea is the province of Cebu.
The historical name of the Philippines, "Las Islas Felipenas", named by Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos in honor of Prince Philip of Spain, used to refer to the islands of Leyte and Samar only, until it was adopted to refer to the entire archipelago." - (en.wikipedia.org 18.03.2020) - Latitude
- 11
- Longitude
- 124.84999847412
- Inhabitants
- 1,722,036
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