Libagon, Southern Leyte
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Libagon Rizal Park
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| Nickname(s): The Heart of Southern Leyte | ||
 Map of Southern Leyte showing the location of Libagon |
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| Coordinates: 10°18′N 125°03′E / 10.300°N 125.050°ECoordinates: 10°18′N 125°03′E / 10.300°N 125.050°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) | |
| Province | Southern Leyte | |
| District | Lone district of Southern Leyte | |
| Founded | 1913 | |
| Barangays | 14 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Oliver Escamis Ranque | |
| • Vice Mayor | Protacio Cañeda Edillo | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 98.62 km2 (38.08 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 15,169 | |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 6615 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 | |
| Income class | 5th municipal income class | |
| 086405000 | ||
| Electorate | 9,520 voters as of 2016 | |
| Website | www |
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Libagon is a 5th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 15,169 people.
It is the home the province's frontier mountain, Mount Patag Daku.
Libagon celebrates its town fiesta every 8th day of December, the feast of Immaculate Concepcion. Another fiesta that is celebrated by the Libagonians is the feast of the Virgin of Mount Carmel every July 16.
The people's main sources of income are copra, abaca, farming, and fishing.
Libagon is politically subdivided into 14 barangays.
It was said that Libagon got its name from a derivative or distorted word of the dialect, libaong, which means a small depression of the ground. Spanish authorities mistook the reference to the ground fault on the land being tilled as the name of the place. It has since been known by that name, Libagon.
The early known settlers of Libagon were of Bol-anon ancestry (Boholano people). The settlers' first chosen leader of Libagon was Domingo Mateo Espina. He was the son of Agustin Mateo Espina and Francisca Barbara and the grandson of Pedro Espina of Duero, Bohol. Espina's wife, Potenciana Escaño, was called Capitana Potenciana by townsfolk, in recognition of her role as First Lady of Libagon. The town of Libagon was founded in 1845. At this point in the history of the municipality, the barrios or barangays under Libagon included Sogod and at the farthest north and Punta at the farthest south. The Poblacion comprised two barangays: Jubas (at the south) and Talisay (at the north).
At some point in time, possibly during the years following 1845 until 1885, Libagon was deemed as a barrio of Sogod, together with and Consolacion. In 1885, Nicolas Idjao was elected as gobernadorcillo and transferred the poblacion of Sogod to Libagon, 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Sogod. Then, he renamed Libagon as Sogod Nuevo or Sogod Del Norte while Sogod as Sogod Viejo or Sogod Del Sur. After twelve years of power, the poblacion was restored to Sogod for a while when Benito Faelnar was appointed as capitan municipal of Sogod. But in 1904, Ladislao or "Estanislao" Decenteceo was elected and transferred the poblacion to Barangay Consolacion, a barrio 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Libagon. However, in 1912, the poblacion was again transferred to Sogod when Vicente Cariño took office in that year.
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