San Francisco (IPA: ɐn fɾɐn'sisko, officially the Municipality of San Francisco (; ), is a

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in the

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Southern Leyte Southern Leyte (; Kabalian: ''Habagatan nga Leyte''; ; ), officially the Province of Southern Leyte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital and largest city is Maasin. Southern Leyte comprised the ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 13,436 people.

History

The town of San Francisco used to be part of

Liloan, Southern Leyte Liloan, officially the Municipality of Liloan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,800 people. Liloan's town center is located at the northern part of P ...

and was created as a separate municipality on November 1, 1949 by President Elpidio Quirino through ''Executive Order No. 292''. People from Bohol were the early settlers that started in Habay river. They gave it the name ''Canlili-ug'' because the river's waters that time reached up to a person's neck or "''liog"''. Nowadays the river is knee-deep. During the Spanish period, the inhabitants became Roman Catholics and the place came to be known as San Francisco, after Saint Francis Javier. Tradition holds that the inhabitants requested for an image of Saint Francis Javier but got Saint Isidore's instead. At present, the town remains to be called San Francisco but venerates Saint Isidore as its Patron Saint. On May 14, 1951, the Municipality of San Francisco was formally inaugurated with just 7 barangays under its jurisdiction namely San Francisco, Tuno, Pinamudlan, Napantao, Habay, Sudmon, and Sta. Paz. Through the years, these barrios were subdivided to create new barangays, taking the total number of barangays to the current 22. In December 2003, a landslide destroyed most of barangay Punta, killing 200 people.

Geography

Barangays

San Francisco is politically subdivided into 22

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

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. * Anislagon * Bongbong * Central (

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) * Dakit (

) * Habay * Marayag * Napantao * Pinamudlan * Santa Paz Norte * Santa Paz Sur * Sudmon * Tinaan * Tuno * Ubos (

) * Bongawisan * Cuasi * Gabi * Cahayag * Malico * Pasanon * Punta * Santa Cruz

Climate

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

San Francisco profile at PhilAtlas.com
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