Palo, Leyte

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Palo, Leyte is a coastal municipality in the Philippines’ Eastern Visayas region, historically significant as a major World War II landing site of General Douglas MacArthur and now a center of heritage and religious tourism.

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Palo, Leyte canonical 7
Palo, Leyte, Philippines 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
country Philippines
hasAdministrativeRole seat of the Archdiocese of Palo
hasBodyOfWater Leyte Gulf
San Juanico Strait
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate
hasCommemoration annual World War II landing anniversary
hasCommemorativeStructure monuments to World War II landings
hasEcclesiasticalJurisdiction Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo
linked to: Archdiocese of Palo
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
services
tourism
hasHeritageType religious heritage
war heritage
hasHistoricalEvent Leyte Gulf landings
Return of General Douglas MacArthur to the Philippines
hasHistoricalSignificance World War II
hasIsland Leyte
hasLandmark Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lord’s Transfiguration
MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park
MacArthur Park
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord’s Transfiguration
Palo Cathedral
hasLanguage English
Filipino
linked to: Tagalog

Waray-Waray
hasMajorReligion Roman Catholicism
hasNearbyCity Tacloban City
linked to: Tacloban
hasReconstructionEffort post–Typhoon Haiyan rehabilitation
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
hasReligiousSignificance center of Catholic devotion in Leyte
hasTourismType historical tourism
pilgrimage tourism
isCenterOf heritage tourism
religious tourism
isCoastalSettlement true
isSuburbanAreaOf Tacloban metropolitan area
locatedIn Leyte
locatedInIslandGroup Visayas
locatedInProvince Leyte province
linked to: Province of Leyte
locatedInRegion Eastern Visayas
locatedOn eastern coast of Leyte Island
partOf Philippine archipelago
wasAffectedBy Super Typhoon Yolanda
linked to: Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan
wasLandingSiteOf Allied forces in World War II
General Douglas MacArthur
linked to: Douglas MacArthur

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

City of Palo Alto hasSisterCity Palo, Leyte, Philippines
linked to: Palo, Leyte
San Juanico Strait near Palo, Leyte
Palo Cathedral locatedIn Palo, Leyte
Archdiocese of Palo locatedIn Palo, Leyte