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| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||
| Subdivision Name: | Philippines | ||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
| Subdivision Type2: | Province | ||
| Etymology: | Tamulayag | ||
| Named For: | José Burgos | ||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||
| Established Date: | 1957 | ||
| Parts Type: | Barangays | ||
| Parts Style: | para | ||
| P1: | (see Barangays) | ||
| Leader Name: | Hermenegildo C. Culpa (Lakas) | ||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||
| Leader Name1: | Maria Fe Crispina B. Poblete (PDPLBN) | ||
| Leader Name2: | Luz V. Mercado | ||
| Leader Title3: | Municipal Council | ||
| Leader Title4: | Electorate | ||
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| Elevation Max M: | 324 | ||
| Elevation Min M: | 0 | ||
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| Timezone: | PST | ||
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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.
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.[1]
Padre Burgos is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
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.