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Limasawa, Southern Leyte




Limasawa is a Municipality and an island of the same name in the Province of Southern Leyte , Philippines . According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 5,157 people in 1,108 households. It lies south of Leyte , in the Mindanao Sea . The island is about 10 km from north to south.


BARANGAYS


Limasawa is politically subdivided into 6 Barangay s.

  • Cabulihan

  • Lugsongan

  • Magallanes

  • San Agustin

  • San Bernardo

  • Triana



HISTORY


"Limasawa" is so named because it is not "Masawa", the island where the first Mass in the Philippines was celebrated.


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