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23-504: Sogod Bay is a large bay in the southern part of Leyte Island in the Philippines. An extension of the Bohol Sea , the bay is surrounded by the province of Southern Leyte , and the namesake municipality of Sogod is located at the head of the bay. Panaon Island forms part of the eastern side of Sogod Bay, while Sarangani or Limasawa Island is at the mouth of the bay. The bay is home to

46-430: A variety of fishes, is therefore a major fishing ground for the nine municipalities surrounding the bay. Mangko ( Euthynnus affinis ) is its major fishery resource. Seasonal influx of Mangko has provided food and livelihood to the people of Sogod and nearby municipalities. A study of Sogod Bay by Silliman University in 1994 mentioned that there are seven finfish species that are pelagic and are harvested when they enter

69-418: Is a supplementary activity. Rice and corn (maize) are the main food crops; cash crops include coconuts, abaca, tobacco, bananas, and sugarcane. There are some manganese deposits, and sandstone and limestone are quarried in the northwest. Politically, the island is divided into two provinces : (Northern) Leyte and Southern Leyte . Territorially, Southern Leyte includes the island of Panaon to its south. To

92-479: Is a virgin island with pure white sand. The ecological atmosphere of the island had been preserved by the municipality. The Sto. Nino Shrine and Heritage Museum boasts the painting of the fourteen stations of the cross done by Filipino artists and a bas-relief of the legend of the first Filipino man and woman ( Malakas and Maganda ). The San Juanico Bridge is the longest bridge in the Philippines . Leyte Island

115-469: Is the birthplace of the Tinikling dance, popular throughout the Philippines. On Friday, 8 November 2013, Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) destroyed 70-80% of the structures in its path on Leyte province. An estimated 10,000 people died and up to 620,000 people were displaced across the region. Leyte was affected by Tropical Storm Megi (2022) . Leyte Tide Embankment Project was conceptualized as part of

138-472: The Battle of Leyte . The convergence of naval forces resulted in the four-day Battle of Leyte Gulf , the largest naval battle in history . During World War II the island was part of a large US Navy base Leyte-Samar Naval Base . The island measures about 180 kilometres (110 mi) north-south and about 65 kilometres (40 mi) at its widest point. In the north it nearly joins the island of Samar , separated by

161-750: The Empire of Japan . Formed during the Meiji Restoration in 1868, they were disbanded in 1945, shortly after Japan's defeat to the Allies of World War II ; the revised Constitution of Japan , drafted during the Allied occupation of Japan , replaced the IJAF with the present-day Japan Self-Defense Forces . The Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy functioned as the IJAF's primary service branches, with

184-638: The San Juanico Strait , which becomes as narrow as 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in some places. The island province of Biliran is also to the north of Leyte and is joined to Leyte island by a bridge across the narrow Biliran Strait . To the south, Leyte is separated from Mindanao by the Surigao Strait . To the east, Leyte is somewhat "set back" from the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean , Samar to

207-774: The United Kingdom and the United States . Some equipment was also procured separately. For example, the IJA secured its own ships and self-designed submarines in World War 2 . Former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida criticized the sectionalism of the IJAF. The Imperial Army and Navy had a fierce interservice rivalry centering around how the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces ought to secure territories containing valuable natural resources not available at home to fuel and grow

230-647: The IJA. The IJN was dominated by the Satsuma Domain from Kagoshima Prefecture . This resulted in that they operated separately rather than a single umbrella strategy. During the Showa period , the IJA and IJN had different outlooks on allies and enemies. The IJA considered Nazi Germany as a natural partner and the Soviet Union as a threat, while the IJN stressed that collaboration with Nazi Germany would hurt relations with

253-886: The Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy to achieve major victories, such as during the First Sino-Japanese war and the Russo-Japanese War . The IJAF also served in WW1 and WW2 . It was operational until the Surrender of Japan after World War II in 1945. During the pre-war era the army and navy had separate school branches. Since the Meiji era, the Choshu Domain from Yamaguchi Prefecture dominated

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276-506: The Leyte and Ormoc valleys. The island was once the location of Mairete , a historic community which was ruled by Datu Ete. Before being colonized by Spain, the island was once home to indigenous animist Warays to the east and other indigenous animist Visayan groups to the west. In the early 17th Century Father Ignacio Alcina, recorded a local epic that a certain Datung Sumanga of Leyte courted

299-506: The Plain") , though filmed in Japan, is set in Leyte in 1945. The film was remade in 2014 under the same name ; this version was filmed in the Philippines. Imperial Japanese forces The Imperial Japanese Armed Forces ( IJAF , full Japanese: 帝国陸海軍 , romanized:  Teikoku riku-kaigun or Nippon-gun ( 日本軍 ) by short which by meaning "Japanese Forces") were the unified forces of

322-560: The bay. Recently, there have been reports of whale shark sightings in the bay. The Subangdaku River is a major tributary of Sogod Bay, emptying into the bay at the municipality of Sogod. Human activity within the rivers watershed, such as quarrying and rechanneling, has disturbed the river and bay's ecology, and is also causing rapid siltation . These activities were mentioned in the Silliman University study that identified sand and gravel mining, rechanneling, and sand harvest near

345-594: The country's aerial power being split between the Army Air Service under the former and the Navy Air Service under the latter. The IJAF was founded with an edict emanated on 3 January 1868, as part of the Japanese reorganization of the army and the application of innovations during the Meiji Restoration . The reorganization of the army and the navy during the Meiji period boosted Japanese military strength, allowing

368-722: The landing of General Douglas MacArthur . The MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park in Red Beach, Palo , marks the 1944 landing by the American liberation forces. It also has a lagoon where a life-sized statue of Gen. MacArthur stands. Mahagnao Volcano Natural Park Located in Burauen , Leyte, about 66 km (41 mi) from Tacloban City, the Mahagnao Volcano Natural Park attracts visitors with its lakes, craters, hot springs, multi-colored mud, virgin forests and lagoon. It

391-428: The north of Leyte is the island province of Biliran , a former sub-province of Leyte. The major cities of Leyte are Tacloban , on the eastern shore at the northwest corner of Leyte Gulf , and Ormoc , on the west coast. Leyte today is notable for the geothermal electric power plants near Ormoc. The island was known to 16th-century Spanish explorers as Tandaya. Its population grew rapidly after 1900, especially in

414-680: The northeast and the Dinagat Islands to the southeast forming Leyte Gulf . To the west is the Camotes Sea . Leyte is mostly heavily forested and mountainous, but the Leyte Valley in the northeast has much agriculture. The Leyte provincial capitol is the seat of the provincial government where there is a mural depicting the First Mass in the Philippines , believed to have happened in Limasawa , and

437-470: The princess, Bugbung Humasanum of Bohol by raiding Imperial China, and upon their marriage, they were the precursors of a kingdom there . Leyte was once labeled as Ceylon in early Spanish maps of the Philippines and in the 1700s, was home to 38 Spanish Filipino families and 7,678 native families. Leyte is most famous for its role in the reconquest of the Philippines in World War II . The province

460-468: The program on rehabilitation from the aftermath of the strongest typhoon , to build safer cities/communities. The flood control shall cover a length of about 27.3 kilometers stretching from the shoreline of Barangay Diit, Tacloban City passing through the entire shoreline of the Municipality of Palo, Leyte and ending up to Barangay Ambao of Tanauan, Leyte . The 1959 Japanese film Nobi ("Fires on

483-500: The river's mouth, as causes of degraded habitats and major water quality issues of the area. The same report mentioned mining as one of the harmful practices that the bay should be protected from, and it recommended regulating quarrying and rechanneling with competent planning based on scientific evidence and monitoring. Leyte Island Since the accessibility of land has been depleted, Leyte has provided countless number of migrants to Mindanao . Most inhabitants are farmers. Fishing

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506-452: Was proclaimed as a national park in 1937. Like other regions in the Philippines, the area enjoys a temperate climate. It has an elevation of 1,200 meters above sea level and an area of 635 hectares, within the boundaries of Burauen, La Paz and McArthur towns. Lake Danao is a guitar-shaped lake hemmed by the cloud-capped Anonang-Lobi mountain ranges. Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte

529-459: Was utilized by the Japanese as a hub for sexual slavery. Some sex slave sites included Tacloban and Burauen, where the Japanese kidnapped girls, teenagers, and young adults and forced them into becoming sex slaves under the brutal " comfort women " system. On 20 October 1944, General Douglas MacArthur waded ashore on Leyte, saying, "I have returned", but the Japanese continued to resist strongly in

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