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Palo (IPA: ), officially the Municipality of Palo (Waray: Bungto han Palo; Tagalog: Bayan ng Palo), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines.According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 76,213 people, making it the most populous municipality (non-city) in the province.
Palo's regional government center is located right across from the memorial. Other notable structures nearby include the Rock Garden of Peace inaugurated during its 50th anniversary in 1994 when the memorial was also declared a national historic landmark by the National Historical Commission; [13] and The Oriental Leyte.
When the American army liberated Leyte Island through the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the cathedral of Palo was used by the Americans as a hospital for war casualties from October 20, 1944, to March 7, 1945. [3] The Philippine Historical Committee designated Palo Cathedral as a heritage zone/ historical center in 1954. [4]
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo is a large administrative diocese of the Catholic Church in the town of Palo in Leyte province, Philippines.It was formed as a diocese on the 28th of November, 1937, and became an archdiocese in 1982, with Calbayog, Borongan, Catarman and Naval Diocese serving as suffragan to it.
[2] San Joachim Parish (or San Joaquin Parish) is a parish at the barangay of San Joaquin, Palo, It was founded on January 14, 1973. Rev Fr. Jaime Segun was installed as the parish priest by the decree of Bishop Salvador, Archbishop Pedro Dean accepted the addition of Nine barangays to the Parish.
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The MacArthur Park Beach Resort was a resort hotel in the town of Palo in Leyte, Philippines.It was built by then-First Lady Imelda Marcos, the wife of president Ferdinand Marcos, although the hotel was run privately.
The Governor Benjamin T. Romualdez General Hospital and Schistosomiasis Center is a public hospital in the Palo, Philippines.It was originally created as a research arm of the Schistosomiasis Control and Research Service and to provide clinical services to patients of Schistosomiasis in the country.