Palo

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municipality

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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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Palo canonical 6

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Philippines ⓘ
associatedWithCampaign Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
surface form: 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 of Samar ⓘ
surface form: Waray-Waray
hasMemorial monuments of General Douglas MacArthur landing ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
hasType local government unit ⓘ
historicalEvent U.S. invasion of Leyte ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Philippine archipelago
locatedOnBodyOfWater Leyte Gulf ⓘ
San Juanico Strait ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Leyte ⓘ
surface form: Leyte Island
near Tacloban ⓘ
surface form: Tacloban City
playsRoleIn liberation of the Philippines in World War II ⓘ
provinceCapital Tacloban ⓘ
surface form: Tacloban City
region Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Region VIII ⓘ
religionMajority Roman Catholicism ⓘ
subdivisionType municipality ⓘ
timezone Philippine Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset +08:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leyte Gulf → nearbyCity → Palo ⓘ
Leyte → hasMunicipality → Palo ⓘ
Leyte → locatedIn → Palo ⓘ
subject surface form: MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park
Palo Monte → hasAlternativeName → Palo ⓘ
MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park → municipality → Palo ⓘ
Northern Leyte → containsCity → Palo ⓘ