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Limasawa

Philippines / Eastern Visayas / San Francisco /
 island, town, place with historical importance, municipality, third-level administrative division

Limasawa, officially the Municipality of Limasawa, is a 6th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 6,061 people.

Limasawa is famous as it is believed to be the site of the first mass in Philippine soil, officiated on Easter Sunday of March 31, 1521 by Father Pedro de Valderrama under the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan. The island is one of the early Pacific contact sites between the East and the West.

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Coordinates:   9°55'47"N   125°4'11"E

Comments

  • alexjr (guest)
    Fiesta in Limasawa is celebrated every March 31 in observance of the Holy Cross and the First Mass.
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