Sogod, Southern Leyte facts for kids
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Sogod, Southern Leyte
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Country | Philippines |
District | 2nd District of Southern Leyte |
Founded | September 6, 1571 (as a district of the Leyte encomienda); 1603 (as a Catholic mission station) |
Established | May 18, 1700 (as a barangay) |
Incorporated | June 10, 1853 (as a municipality) |
Barangays | 45 (see Barangays) |
Demonym(s) | Sogodnon |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
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Sogod is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines.
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Mounds of gravel deposits are dumped beside the banks of Subangdaku River for the strengthening of the river control in barangay San Miguel. Farmers along the river banks complained on the soil erosion caused by the rechannelization project. Environmentalists in the province also claim that the sand and gravel quarrying in barangay Immaculada Concepcion was not a re-channeling project but a large-scale mining which exports these mineral deposits to Cebu and abroad.
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The Immaculate Conception Shrine, which stood beside the parish rectory, was recently demolished to give way for the construction of a multi-purpose covered court that would house civil and religious activities in the town. It was a project earmarked by the former parish priest, now deceased Monsignor Felix Paloma, PC
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Formerly known as the Southern Leyte State College of Science and Technology [SLCST], the Southern Leyte State University [SLSU] was converted through the passage of Republic Act No. 9261 on March 7, 2004. The institution is the only state university in the province of Southern Leyte, located at barangay San Roque.