Sasmuan

Also known as Municipality of Sasmuan, Sasmuan, Pampanga, Sexmoán, Municipality of Sexmoán, Sexmoán, Pampanga

Sasmuan, officially the Municipality of Sasmuan (, ; ), formerly known by its Spanish name Sexmoán (), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.

Key facts

Settlement.native_name: Sexmoán
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Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map: Philippines
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within the
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Philippines
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.established_title: Founded

Article

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Contents

Etymology
History
Geography
Barangays
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Tourism
Santa Lucia Parish Church
Education
Primary and elementary schools
Secondary schools
Notable people
Gallery
See also
References
External links

==Etymology== It was known as Sexmoán until January 15, 1991. The town's former name in Spanish was Sexmoán, as was initially transcribed by Spanish friars. In Spanish, the letter used to be pronounced as a voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/, identical to the digraph "sh" in English. It was derived from the ancient Kapampangan root word sasmo, which means to meet, according to a 17th-century Kapampangan dictionary. Sasmuan therefore is synonymous with "pitagmuan" or "meeting place of the datus" or "meeting point". It was named "Sasmuan" because it is where the Pampangos meet when they were at war with the Chinese in Guagua.