Ormoc (IPA: [ʔoɾˈmok]), officially the City of Ormoc (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Ormoc; Waray: Syudad han Ormoc; Filipino: Lungsod ng Ormoc), is a 1st class independent component city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 230,998 inhabitants,[3] making it the second most-populous city in the province of Leyte after the provincial capital of Tacloban. Ormoc is the economic, cultural, commercial and transportation hub of western Leyte.
Ormoc is an independent component city, not subject to regulation from the Provincial Government of Leyte. However, the city is part of the 4th Congressional District of Leyte together with Albuera, Kananga, Merida, Palompon and Isabel, and statistically grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority. On November 8, 2013, the city was extensively damaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), having previously suffered severe destruction and loss of life in 1991 from torrential flooding during Tropical Storm Thelma (Uring).[5]
The city's name is derived from ogmok, an archaic Visayan term for "lowland" or "depressed plain".[6] The city also celebrates an annual thanksgiving festival called the Piña Festival in honor of the saints Peter and Paul in thanks for the bountiful pineapple harvest.[7]
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Ormoc (IPA: [ʔoɾˈmok]), officially the City of Ormoc (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Ormoc; Waray: Syudad han Ormoc; Filipino: Lungsod ng Ormoc), is a 1st class...
Ormoc Airport (IATA: OMC, ICAO: RPVO) is an airport serving the general area of Ormoc, located in the province of Leyte in the Philippines. It is one...
through a mountainous neck to enter the northern Ormoc Valley. This continued south to the port of Ormoc City, then along the western shore to Baybay town...
The Battle of Ormoc Bay was a series of air-sea battles between Imperial Japan and the United States in the Camotes Sea in the Philippines from 9 November-21...
water overwhelmed the Anilao–Malbasag watershed and rushed downstream. Ormoc City, located past where the Anilao and Malbasag rivers converge, suffered...
corner of Leyte Gulf, and Ormoc, on the west coast. Leyte today is notable for the geothermal electric power plants near Ormoc. The island was known to...
Ormoc Bay is a large bay in the island of Leyte in the Philippines. The bay is an extension of the Camotes Sea. The city of Ormoc lies at the head of...
second-largest indoor arena in the Eastern Visayas region, after the Ormoc Superdome in Ormoc. The arena is used for some out-of-town games of the Philippine...
the Representative of Leyte's 4th district since 2022, and was mayor of Ormoc from 2016 to 2022. Gomez was a leading actor in the early 1990s, earning...
City Ormoc City Palompon, Leyte Larena, Siquijor Tagbilaran City, Bohol Loon, Bohol Oceanjet presently operates in the following routes: Cebu-Ormoc & Vice...
confirmed the identity of the wreck. In December 2017, Petrel explored Ormoc Bay and discovered the wrecks of the American destroyers USS Ward, USS Cooper...
Biliran, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte, Ormoc and Tacloban. The highly urbanized city of Tacloban is the sole regional...
Ormoc City School of Arts and Trades is an arts and trades school in Ormoc City, Leyte, the Philippines. Its predecessor Ormoc City High School was elevated...
Star Ormoc MV Star Hilongos MV Star Ozamis MV Star Danao MV Star Davao MV Star Iligan MV Star Dinagat Former Vessels: MV Marao MV Heaven Star MV Ormoc Star...
Company. The station's studio is located at the 2nd Floor, Ormoc Centrum Bldg., Aviles St., Ormoc. "An Ormocanon KBP EV Chapter Chairman". Leyteño Peryodiko...
Cebuano. Cebuano is also the primary language in Western Leyte—noticeably in Ormoc. Cebuano is assigned the ISO 639-2 three-letter code ceb, but not a ISO...
No. 179 – An Act Creating Ormoc City". Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. June 21, 1947. Retrieved February 23, 2016. "Ormoc City Profile". City Development...
Portuguese and Spanish Osaka Medical College Oxfordshire Museums Council Ormoc Airport in Ormoc City, Leyte, the Philippines OMC (band), a New Zealand music group...
representations of the province of Leyte, the independent component city of Ormoc, and highly urbanized city of Tacloban in the various national legislatures...
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