About Ormoc

Ormoc, city and port, central Philippines, in Leyte Province, on Leyte Island, on Ormoc Bay (an arm of the Camotes Sea), near Tacloban. A port and market center in an area of chiefly rice and sugar production, the city has milling industries. It was one of the chief ports of supply for the Japanese during World War II until it was captured by American troops in 1944. The city was briefly renamed MacArthur after 1950 in honor of the American general Douglas MacArthur, who helped to liberate the country. Population (1999 estimate) 160,501.