Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Municipalities of Southern Leyte, Battle of Leyte, Sogod, Southern Leyte, Macrohon Institute, Inc., Maasin, Macrohon, Southern Leyte, Silago, Southern Leyte, 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Libagon, Southern Leyte, San Juan, Southern Leyte, Bontoc, Southern Leyte, Hinunangan, Southern Leyte, Limasawa, Southern Leyte, Malitbog, Southern Leyte, Liloan, Southern Leyte, Panan-awan Airport, St. Bernard, Southern Leyte, Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte, Hinundayan, Southern Leyte, San Francisco, Southern Leyte, Tomas Oppus, Southern Leyte, Pintuyan, Southern Leyte, Anahawan, Southern Leyte, San Ricardo, Southern Leyte, Magaupas. Excerpt: The Municipality of Sogod meaning "to start" (pronounced Cebuano: Lungsod sa Sogod, Tagalog: Bayan ng Sogod, Waray: Lungsod han Sogod), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. Sogod is conected in the Maharlika Highway (AH26) that links Luzon to Mindanao, one of the strategic towns who holds the important route of the highway. The town links to almost all of the neighboring towns and cities derived from the towns name. It is located 72 kilometers northeast of Maasin City, the city capital of the province, 126 kilometers south of Tacloban City, the regional center of Eastern Visayas, 24 kilometers north of Liloan, a port town that links to Mindanao, and 36.2 kilometers east of Hilongos, an another port town that links to Cebu City. It is the biggest municipality (in terms of land area) of the province that has the total of 23,690 hectares or about 236.9 square kilometers followed by the City of Maasin having the total of 21,165.8 hectares or 211.7 square kilometers. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 39,864 inhabitants. Its landscape are composed of rugged mountain ranges and a vast tropical hinterlands traversing from the western to the nort...