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Magsaysay covers the eastern half of Cuyo Island and a ring of smaller islands, among them Alcoba, Canipo, Cocoro, Siparay and Tagauanian, in the Cuyo Archipelago of the Sulu Sea. Its centre, Lucbuan, holds both the parish church of Saint Michael the Archangel, where the town fiesta is held, and Cuyo Airport, the archipelago's airfield.

Municipality of 11 barangays, 49.48 km² of land.

Magsaysay covers the eastern half of Cuyo Island and a ring of smaller islands, among them Alcoba, Canipo, Cocoro, Siparay and Tagauanian, in the Cuyo Archipelago of the Sulu Sea. Its centre, Lucbuan, holds both the parish church of Saint Michael the Archangel, where the town fiesta is held, and Cuyo Airport, the archipelago's airfield.

Around Magsaysay

  • Heritage

    Lucbuan Fort

    Site of a fort built in 1666 in Lucbuan, one of Magsaysay's oldest barangays, on the eastern half of Cuyo Island.

  • Heritage

    Saint Michael Archangel Parish Church

    Catholic parish church in Barangay Lucbuan where Magsaysay's town fiesta is celebrated. Cuyo Airport is in the same barangay.

  • Island

    Siparay Island

    One of Magsaysay's islands besides Cuyo Island. It was among the areas separated from Cuyo to form the municipality under Republic Act No. 3426.

A short history

  1. Lucbuan has a long separate history. A fort was begun there in the Spanish period but never finished, and in 1899 Don Casiano Padon declared a short-lived Republic of Lucbuan, unwilling to be ruled by representatives of Aguinaldo's government.

  2. Twelve barrios, including Lucbuan, were separated from Cuyo on 18 June 1961 to form the new municipality.

The way in

  1. Magsaysay

    Nearest gateway. Cuyo Airport, in Lucbuan

Fees, rules and schedules change. Check them with the town.

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Municipality of MagsaysayPSGC 1705314000
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