Palo

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Palo is a coastal municipality in the province of Leyte in the Philippines, historically significant as one of the main landing sites of General Douglas MacArthur during the liberation of the country in World War II.

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Palo canonical 11

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Philippines ⓘ
associatedWithCampaign Philippines campaign (1944–1945) ⓘ
associatedWithConflict World War II ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
countrySubdivision province of Leyte ⓘ
governingBody Municipal Government of Palo ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Leyte Gulf ⓘ
hasCommemoration Leyte Gulf Landing anniversary ⓘ
hasGeographicFeature coastal plains ⓘ
low-lying areas prone to flooding ⓘ
hasLandmark Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lord’s Transfiguration ⓘ
MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park ⓘ
MacArthur Park ⓘ
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lord’s Transfiguration ⓘ
Palo Cathedral ⓘ
hasLocalLanguage Waray-Waray ⓘ
linked to: Waray of Samar
hasMemorial monuments of General Douglas MacArthur landing ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
hasType local government unit ⓘ
historicalEvent MacArthur Leyte landing ⓘ
historicalEventDate 1944-10-20 ⓘ
historicalSignificance World War II landing site of General Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
isCoastal true ⓘ
isMunicipalityOf Leyte ⓘ
isPartOf Metro Tacloban area ⓘ
isSeatOf Archdiocese of Palo ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Leyte ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
locatedInArchipelago Philippine archipelago ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Leyte Gulf ⓘ
San Juanico Strait ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Leyte Island ⓘ
linked to: Leyte
near Tacloban City ⓘ
linked to: Tacloban
playsRoleIn liberation of the Philippines in World War II ⓘ
provinceCapital Tacloban City ⓘ
linked to: Tacloban
region Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Region VIII ⓘ
religionMajority Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subdivisionType municipality ⓘ
timezone Philippine Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +08:00 ⓘ

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