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Suluan quincentennial monument and historical marker, unveiled as part of the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations. This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission.
This list contains an overview of the government recognized Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Eastern Visayas. The list is based on the official lists provided by the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the National Museum of the Philippines.
Eastern Visayas faces the Philippine Sea to the east. The region's most famous landmark is the San Juanico Bridge, which links the islands of Samar and Leyte. As of 2020, the Eastern Visayas region has a population of 4,547,150 inhabitants, [1] making it the least populous region in the Visayas.
Leyte (also Northern Leyte; Waray: Norte san/Amihanan nga Leyte/Probinsya han Leyte; Cebuano: Amihanang Leyte; Tagalog: Hilagang Leyte), officially the Province of Leyte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region occupying the northern three-quarters of Leyte Island (with the remaining portion being the province of Southern Leyte).
Southern Leyte ranked fifth in terms of population among the six provinces in Eastern Visayas with 9.98 percent of the 3.6 million persons of the region. On the contrary, it was the fastest-growing province in the region. At the national level, the province contributed 0.47 percent to the total population of the Philippines with 76.5 million. [26]
Historic sites in the Philippines are designated by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor agencies through the installation of historical markers (Filipino: panandang pangkasaysayan). [1] The following are lists of NHCP historical markers by region:
Ormoc became a city by virtue of Republic Act No. 179 on October 20, 1947, becoming the fifteenth city in the Philippines and the first in the Eastern Visayas region. [ 11 ] Kananga was created in 1950 from the barrios of Lonoy, Kananga, Rizal, Tugbong, Montebello, Aguiting, Tagaytay, Montealegre, Libungao, Naghalin, and Masarayao which all ...
Sogod is located along the Southern Leyte section of the Pan-Philippine Highway, 126 kilometers (78 miles) south of Tacloban City, the regional center of Eastern Visayas. Rugged mountains enveloped most of the town's northern terrain with numerous river systems crept throughout the southern lowlands.