Macrohon
Sign in to saveMacrohon, officially the Municipality of Macrohon (; ), is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 27,276 people.
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- Parish Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Barangay San Vicente
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- Philippines
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- Manuel MacCrohon
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- Founded
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- October 31, 1860
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Macrohon, officially the Municipality of Macrohon (; ), is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 27,276 people.
==History== Macrohon since 1895, was named in memory of Spanish Governor-General Manuel MacCrohon, of Irish descent. It was weaned from the jurisdiction of Maasin in 1904. The town of Macrohon holds the distinction of having a son who led the resistance in Leyte and prepared the landing of the Liberation Forces which earned him high posts after the war and posthumous promotion by President Fidel V. Ramos to Brigadier General Ruperto K. Kangleon. In 1898, after the United States took over the Philippines from Spain,