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Limasawa

Limasawa
Municipality
Nickname(s): First Mass site in the Philippines
Map of Southern Leyte with Limasawa highlighted
Map of Southern Leyte with Limasawa highlighted
Limasawa is located in Philippines
Limasawa
Limasawa
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 09°56′00″N 125°04′20″E / 9.93333°N 125.07222°E / 9.93333; 125.07222Coordinates: 09°56′00″N 125°04′20″E / 9.93333°N 125.07222°E / 9.93333; 125.07222
Country Philippines
Region Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
Province Southern Leyte
District Lone district of Southern Leyte
Barangays 6
Government
 • Mayor Melchor Palero Petracorta
 • Vice Mayor Sim Balane Olojan
Area
 • Total 6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Highest elevation 22 m (72 ft)
Population (2015 census)
 • Total 6,061
 • Density 870/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 6605
IDD:area code +63 (0)53
Income class 6th municipal income class
086419000
Electorate 4,071 voters as of 2016

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

It is the smallest municipality in the province, in both area and population. Located at an island of the same name, it lies south of Leyte, in the Mindanao or Bohol Sea. The island, also known as Sarangani Island, is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long from north to south. This is most famous for the first mass in the Philippines officiated on Easter Sunday of March 31, 1521 by Father Pedro de Valderrama under the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan.

Limasawa is politically subdivided into 6 barangays.


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