Location and Land Area
Originally, the municipality of Sogod covers a total land area of 236.4 square kilometers until 1953. The five barangays, namely Barangays Lawgawan, Pangi, Santa Cruz, Taa, and Tuburan; Casao still held as a sitio at the dependency of Barangay Santa Cruz at that time, were the common disputes between the towns of Sogod and Bontoc until the two municipalities both agreed to handle a referendum. However, Sogod won the plebiscite of the people but neither yet signed nor approved by the province of Leyte. Bontoc, however moved its borders from Casao - Talisay land borders to Granada Creek in the Tampoong - Santa Cruz borders along with the other disputed barangays were seized without notice. This enraged many Sogodnons damaging its mutual friendship between the two municipalities. Until today, Sogod is still claiming the five barangays taken over by the municipality of Bontoc. As a result, the land area of the municipality was reduced to 19,270 hectares or about 192.7 square kilometers in land area. The municipality is situated in the northern portion of the province of Southern Leyte and in the south-central side of Leyte Island, facing the Sogod Bay.
It is located 10°23'10 North Longitude and 124°58'48 East Latitude. The town belongs to the province of Southern Leyte. It is approximately seventy-two kilometers (72) from the City of Maasin, the provincial capital of Southern Leyte; one hundred twenty-seven (127) kilometers from Tacloban City, the regional centre of Eastern Visayas and the provincial capital of Leyte; one hundred six kilometers (106) from Ormoc City, the major entry of point of Leyte.
The town is bounded on the north by the municipality of Mahaplag, Leyte, approximately thirty-eight (38) kilometers northbound via the Maharlika Highway; in the east are the municipalities of Silago, Hinunangan, and some portion of the municipality Saint Bernard; in the southeast is the municipality of Libagon, about twenty-two (22) kilometers eastbound via the national highway; facing to the south is Sogod Bay, the only water form that divides the province from west to east; monitoring six (6) kilometers southwest bound lies the municipality of Bontoc; in the west are the towns of Hindang, Hilongos, and several portion of the municipalities of Bato and Inopacan.
It is either bounded by mountain ranges, rivers, creeks, and irrigation canals that run thru the municipality. In the north, the Mahaplag-Sogod boundary line is the provincial boundary line that separates the two provinces: Leyte and Southern Leyte, wherein the mountain slopes serves as a line. In Barangay Kahupian (particularly at Sitio Balintulay), passing by the Agas-Agas Bridge, are two bridges that links Sogod and Mahaplag, Leyte. Beneath these bridges are deep ravenous ridges that are made as a boundary for the two provinces and its people. In the east and west sides of the municipality are much similar to the north side, the mountain slopes serves also barricades from the other municipalities. However, some mountain roads are passable and people from these hinterlands are using these pivotal roads in order to bargain and trade their produce. In the southern part is bounded by rivers and creeks, wherein Santa Cruz creek serves as demarcation line bounded by the municipality of Bontoc and Gakat creek on the southeastern side of the town.
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