Magalawa Island Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Magalawa Island
According to the latest census, it has a population of 370 people in 71 households. In the early century, Magalawa was apart of Sitio Luan, Barangay Lipay. The said sitio was bisected by a small body of water fordable by people wherein the current flows southeast during high tide and northward during low tide. The current that runs in this area is about 2-3 knots. In that situation erosion made this body of water wider and wider, which later on became a sea. This came when this part of the land was isolated far from Sitio Luan, so the inhabitants called in their native word "mag-luwa" that means "about two places". This word passed through generation to generation and was later changed to "Magalawa". Magalawa is an island lying 6 km northwest of Poblacion. Surrounding the island is the Chi
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