• Source: Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte

Padre Burgos, officially the Municipality of Padre Burgos (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Padre Burgos; Tagalog: Bayan ng Padre Burgos), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 11,159 people.
Padre Burgos is named after Fr. José Burgos, one of the martyred priests collectively called Gomburza. 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 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.




History


Padre Burgos was converted to a municipality from portions of Malitbog and Macrohon through Executive Order No. 265 signed by President Carlos P. Garcia on August 29, 1957.




Geography






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Padre Burgos is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Buenavista
Bunga
Cantutang
Dinahugan
Laca
Lungsodaan
Poblacion
San Juan
Santa Sofia
Santo Rosario
Tangkaan




= Climate

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Demographics






= Religion

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Majority of the population are members of the 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, and 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 (IFI), Barangay Santa Sofia
Hosanna Chapel Philippines (AG), Barangay Poblacion
United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP), 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


Poverty incidence of Padre Burgos




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 Code
Philippine Census Information
Local Governance Performance Management System

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• Sogod, Southern Leyte
• Burgos (disambiguation)
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• Southern Leyte's 1st congressional district