Mabua River

Loreto was formerly called “Mabua”. It was first established by the Boholanos, the Leyteños, and by the Samareños, as early as 1847. With the overfoaming river that until these years, its rapids keep cascading right into the heart of the town proper down to the sea which since nobody knows when, hence, the early settlers called the place “Mabua” meaning foamy.