Padre Burgos, officially the Municipality of Padre Burgos ( ceb, Lungsod sa Padre Burgos; tl, Bayan ng Padre Burgos), is a 5th class
municipality
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in the
province
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of
Southern Leyte
Southern Leyte ( ceb, Habagatang Leyte; Kabalian language, Kabalian: ''Habagatan nga Leyte''; war, Salatan nga Leyte; tl, Timog Leyte), officially the Province of Southern Leyte, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines loc ...
,
Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 11,159 people.
Padre Burgos is named after Fr.
José Burgos
José Apolonio Burgos y García was a Filipino Catholic priest, accused of mutiny by the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines in the 19th century. He was tried and executed in Manila along with two other clergymen, Mariano Gomez a ...
, one of the martyred priests collectively called
Gomburza
Gomburza, alternatively stylized as GOMBURZA or GomBurZa, refers to three Filipino Catholic priests, Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, who were executed by garrote on February 17, 1872, in Bagumbayan, Philippines by Spanish co ...
. The town is being surrounded by Sogod Bay in the East, Padre Burgos was once called "Tamulayag", a vernacular slang which means "Let's go fishing". Fishing is the main livelihood in the town.
The town is famous for its white-sand beaches such as the Tangkaan Beach, from where
Limasawa
Limasawa, officially the Municipality of Limasawa ( Cebuano: ''Lungsod sa Limasawa''; Filipino: ''Bayan ng Limasawa''), is an island municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popula ...
Island can be seen; the Likay-Likay Beach, where you can go fishing and snorkelling; the Bukana which is like a small swam of water and serve as a home of many fishes in Buenavista, the floating Balsa of Bas. And the beaches in Barangay Lungsodaan. Padre Burgos is also famous to diving enthusiasts, the underwater beauty boasts of many colourful clusters of corals. With the Local Government's cooperation, Coral Cay, a foreign non-profit organization established its offices in Barangay Tangkaan whose main purpose is to provide help among local people to maintain fish sanctuaries, awareness programs on ocean-life preservation, and clean-up activities on the shorelines of Padre Burgos.
Padre Burgos is also known for its "budbod" (suman), a very sweet sticky-rice.
Geography
Barangays
Padre Burgos is politically subdivided into 11
barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolita ...
s.
* Buenavista
* Bunga
* Cantutang
* Dinahugan
* Laca
* Lungsodaan
* Poblacion
* San Juan
* Santa Sofia
* Santo Rosario
* Tangkaan
Climate
Demographics
Religion
Majority of the population is Philippine Independent Church (IFI), while others belong to Roman Catholic, Hosanna Assembly of God, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), Iglesia ni Cristo, UCCP, among others.
List of Churches:
* Roman Catholic Church, Poblacion. Holy Mass every day. Monday & Friday 5:30 pm; Tuesday & Thursday 5:30 am. Sunday 5:30 am.
* Iglesia Filipina Independiente, Barangay Santa Sofia
* Hosanna Chapel Philippines (AG), Barangay Poblacion
* United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Barangay Poblacion
* Philippine Independent Church, Barangay Poblacion
* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), Barangay Cantutang
* Iglesia ni Cristo, Barangay Cantutang
Economy
Tourism
* Peter's Dive Resort
* Tangkaan Beach
* Michael's Resort and Dive
* Sogod Bay Scuba Resort
* Padre Burgos Castle Resort
References
External links
Padre Burgos Profile at PhilAtlas.com*
Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>
Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
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Municipalities of Southern Leyte