Cool Sogod Southern Leyte World TravelSogod is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 36,000. The municipality of Sogod is the home of Southern Leyte State University. Parts of the municipality are prone to mudslides. Following the 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide, Governor Lerias placed the town of Sogod under a state of calamity.
In 1853, before it officially became a municipality, Sogod was already a trading center in the Southern Leyte. Natives of the then Sugut village found a settlement in the enclaves of Seilani (now Southern Leyte) near the banks of the Subangdaku River in what the Spaniards later named Baluarte which has retained its name until the present day. In 1543, during era of Villalobos expedition, folks living in Abuyog informed the navigators that a certain area in the southeastern part of the island lies a village named Sugut where Chinese junks are regularly traded the natives with gold. The information was later confirmed when Legazpi expedition in 1565 came to visit the country. Seventeen years later, the Spanish chronicler Loarca noted the Sugut was one of the aboriginal villages of Leyte together with Cabalian (now San Juan), Ormoc and Carigara. On September 6, 1571, Sogod became a part of the Spanish encomienda in Leyte.
In 1853, before it officially became a municipality, Sogod was already a trading center in the Southern Leyte. Natives of the then Sugut village found a settlement in the enclaves of Seilani (now Southern Leyte) near the banks of the Subangdaku River in what the Spaniards later named Baluarte which has retained its name until the present day. In 1543, during era of Villalobos expedition, folks living in Abuyog informed the navigators that a certain area in the southeastern part of the island lies a village named Sugut where Chinese junks are regularly traded the natives with gold. The information was later confirmed when Legazpi expedition in 1565 came to visit the country. Seventeen years later, the Spanish chronicler Loarca noted the Sugut was one of the aboriginal villages of Leyte together with Cabalian (now San Juan), Ormoc and Carigara. On September 6, 1571, Sogod became a part of the Spanish encomienda in Leyte.
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