Major industries
Charcoal (Burnt Coconut shells), Abaca Fibers, Ceramics, Furnitures, Garments, Hollow Blocks, Gravel, Sand, Rice Refining, Textiles, Saw Mill
Major products
Rice, white corn, sugar cane, copra, Abaca production, root crops, bread, Coconuts, Poultry, Hog Raising, fisheries

Statistics on Education

Literacy Rate	98%
Pre-Elementary :	Public: 28 Private: 6
Elementary :	Public: 28 Private: 7
Secondary :	Public: 3 Private: 1
Tertiary :	Public: 1 Private: 2

Sogod (pronounced [ˈsuɡud]), officially the municipality of Sogod, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 44,986 people.

The name of the municipality originated from the Cebuano word, sogod, meaning "to start." Founded as a Catholic mission station by the Society of Jesus in 1601, Sogod became a regular municipality on June 10, 1853.

Sogod is located along the Southern Leyte section of the Pan-Philippine Highway, 126 kilometers (78 miles) south of Tacloban City, the regional center of Eastern Visayas. Rugged mountains enveloped most of the town's northern terrain with numerous river systems crept throughout the southern lowlands. These rivers sustain the production of rice, corn, coconuts, tobacco, abaca and root crops. Quarrying firms in the river of Subangdaku greatly affect the economic performance of Sogod.

The municipality is home to Southern Leyte State University (SLSU) Main Campus and Saint Thomas Aquinas College (STAC), one of the oldest parochial schools in the province, established in 1946.

Lying within Sogod Bay, the town is the center of trade, commerce and industry.

The dearth of resource materials brought difficulty in providing a complete historical account of Sogod from the pre-Hispanic era up to today. Most of the references identified in the account were chronicles written by Spanish missionaries - the Jesuits, the Augustinians, and the Seculars (the Franciscans were assigned to parishes of northeastern Leyte and Samar) - who administered the town. It should be noted that the island provinces of Leyte and Samar, at the forefront of colonization, were neglected by the Spanish colonial government, resulting to short-term revolts and insurrections. In addition, it is worthy to attribute the Catholic Church's influence in the islands which further improved the shaping of cultural, political, economic and spiritual dimension of the people of Sogod.

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