Mayorga, officially the Municipality of Mayorga, is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,071 people. Originally the name was Mallorca, the name of the hometown of Fr. Victoriano Sela, a Franciscan friar who served as the parish priest of Dulag, which included Mayorga as a barrio. He suggested the name for the then-barrio. The name presumably suggests the presence of palm trees in the locality, as the island of Mallorca in Spain was famous for its luxurious growth of palms. However, the natives found some difficulty in pronouncing the name. Whether the natural evolution and popular usage corrupted the name "Mallorca" into the present "Mayorga," or whether the transformation was sanctioned by official decree motivated by phonetic convenience is not known. Nevertheless, the original "Mallorca" has evolved into its present name.
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