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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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbS5bFLuK7Q
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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.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbS5bFLuK7Q
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WOkqKTqaww
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limasawa
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 9°55'47"N 125°4'11"E
- Panaon Island 26 km
- Camiguin Island 89 km
- Siargao Island 93 km
- Poro Island 115 km
- Homonhon Island 119 km
- Pacijan Island 123 km
- Olango Island Group 126 km
- Mactan Island 134 km
- Panglao Island 152 km
- Samal Island 311 km
- Barangay San Roque, Macrohon 13 km
- Hunasan sa Aguinaldo Robincm 19 km
- Pasel 19 km
- Among Brgy Diria ko nagpujo, 19 km
- kabanak 20 km
- Wreck of USS Reid (DD-369) 20 km
- Macrohon Town Proper 21 km
- ICHON 26 km
- Pasay 28 km
- Sogod Bay 29 km
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