Maasin is a component city and the capital of Southern Leyte province, in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. Established as a parish in the 1700s and chartered as a city on August 10, 2000, it had a 2024 census population of 85,486 across roughly 211.71 square kilometers. Known as the City of Faith and seat of the Diocese of Maasin since 1968, the city is the largest commercial and religious center of Southern Leyte and the birthplace of Rodrigo Duterte, the sixteenth president of the Philippines.
Facts
Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Wikidata: Maasin, Southern Leyte
- Wikidata Q1025387, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata P1082 (population), preferred/latest rank
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. Maasin (Wikipedia)
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.25, 124.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.25, 124.75
10.25 124.75 Af
4. GeoNames: Maasin - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1704758, place matched by name within the country (most populous of the name)Quote, cities500 record 1704758, place matched by name within the country (most populous of the name)
10.13272 124.84082 P PPLA3 PH 08 59 086407000 18313 3 -9999 Asia/Manila
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