Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Eastern Visayas
- Capital and largest city
- Tacloban *
- Governor
- Carlos Jericho L. Petilla ( NPC )
- Vice governor
- Leonardo M. Javier Jr. ( NPC )
- Legislature
- Leyte Provincial Board
- Total
- 6,313.33 km (2,437.59 sq mi)
- Rank
- 13th out of 82
- Highest elevation alto peak
- 1,332 m (4,370 ft)
- Density
- 288.827/km (748.058/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Leytehanon, Leyteño (Spanish)
- Independent cities
- 2 Ormoc ** Tacloban *
- Component cities
- 1 Baybay
- Barangays
- 1,393 including independent cities : 1,641
- Districts
- Legislative districts of Leyte (shared with Ormoc and Tacloban cities)
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( PST )
- Idd area code
- +63 (0)53
- Iso 3166 code
- PH-LEY
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Leyte (also Northern Leyte; Waray: Norte san/Amihanan nga Leyte/Probinsya han Leyte; Cebuano: Amihanang Leyte; Tagalog: Hilagang Leyte), officially the Province of Leyte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region occupying the northern three-quarters of Leyte Island (with the remaining portion being the province of Southern Leyte). Its capital (and largest city) is the city of Tacloban, administered independently from the province, as well as the regional center of Eastern Visayas. Leyte is thus north of Southern Leyte, south of Biliran, and west of Samar Island. To the west across the Camotes Sea is the province of Cebu.
The historical name of the Philippines, "Las Islas Felipenas", named by Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos in honor of Prince Philip of Spain, used to refer to the islands of Leyte and Samar only, until it was adopted to refer to the entire archipelago.