Limasawa

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Municipality in Southern Leyte, Philippines

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::summary Municipality in Southern Leyte, Philippines ::

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Limasawa, officially the Municipality of Limasawa (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Limasawa; Filipino: Bayan ng Limasawa), is an island municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 6,191 people, making it the least populated town in the province.

History

Limasawa was the second island (after Suluan) of the Philippines that the Magellan Expedition landed on. Antonio Pigafetta documented the island as "Mazaua". He described it as being inhabited with cultivated fields. In March 28, 1521 the Magellan Expedition met with two rulers, Rajah Colambu and Rahah Siaui, of the Rajahnate of Butuan and "Calagan" (Caraga), which Pigafetta misidentified as islands. The rulers were on a hunting expedition on Limasawa (which were under their domain) with two balangay ships. The rulers entertained Magellan's crew with feasting for a few days. Afterwards, Father Pedro de Valderrama performed the first mass in the Philippines on Easter Sunday (March 31, 1521). Magellan also climbed the highest elevation in Limasawa and erected a cross before leaving for "Zubu" (Cebu).

At the request of the residents of the island of Limasawa, the six barangays that comprise that island were detached and separated from the municipality of Padre Burgos through Presidential Decree No. 1549, signed by then President Ferdinand Marcos on June 11, 1978, with the effort of the Late Guillermo trigo Urag, and constituted as the Municipality of Limasawa. Limasawa completely became a municipality on August 27, 1989, after then President Corazon Aquino ordered the plebiscite which its residents voted in favor of the creation. The island, also known as Limasawa Island, is located south of Leyte, in the Mindanao or Bohol Sea. It is about 10 km long from north to south and is the smallest municipality in the province, in both area and population.

Geography

Barangays

Limasawa is politically subdivided into 6 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Cabulihan
  • Lugsongan
  • Magallanes (Poblacion)
  • San Agustin (Tawid)
  • San Bernardo (Tigib)
  • Trianas

Climate

| location = Limasawa, Southern Leyte | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 27 | Jan low C = 22 | Feb high C = 28 | Feb low C = 22 | Mar high C = 29 | Mar low C = 22 | Apr high C = 30 | Apr low C = 23 | May high C = 31 | May low C = 24 | Jun high C = 30 | Jun low C = 24 | Jul high C = 29 | Jul low C = 23 | Aug high C = 30 | Aug low C = 23 | Sep high C = 30 | Sep low C = 23 | Oct high C = 29 | Oct low C = 23 | Nov high C = 28 | Nov low C = 23 | Dec high C = 28 | Dec low C = 23 | Jan precipitation mm = 98 | Feb precipitation mm = 82 | Mar precipitation mm = 96 | Apr precipitation mm = 71 | May precipitation mm = 104 | Jun precipitation mm = 129 | Jul precipitation mm = 101 | Aug precipitation mm = 94 | Sep precipitation mm = 99 | Oct precipitation mm = 135 | Nov precipitation mm = 174 | Dec precipitation mm = 143 | Jan rain days = 18.0 | Feb rain days = 14.1 | Mar rain days = 17.1 | Apr rain days = 16.8 | May rain days = 23.7 | Jun rain days = 25.7 | Jul rain days = 25.8 | Aug rain days = 23.3 | Sep rain days = 24.4 | Oct rain days = 25.9 | Nov rain days = 24.0 | Dec rain days = 20.6 | source 1 = Meteoblue | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/forecast/modelclimate/limasawa_philippines_1960478 | title = Limasawa, Southern Leyte : Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | accessdate = 12 January 2019 }} | date = 12 January 2019

Demographics

| align= none | title= Population census of | 1990 = | 1995 = | 2000 = | 2007 = | 2010 = | 2015 = | 2020 = | 2024 = | 2030 = | footnote = Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

Economy

References

References

  1. {{DILG detail
  2. Nowell, C. E.. (1962). "Magellan's Voyage Around the World". Northwestern University Press.
  3. (June 11, 1978). "Presidential Decree No. 1549, s. 1978". Philippine Government.

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