Tagapul-an, officially the Municipality of Tagapul-an (; ; ), is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province
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of
Samar
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,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,805 people.
It is the farthest municipality from the province's mainland.
History
The island of Tagapul-an was originally part of the municipality of
Almagro. Tagapul-an was established as a municipality of Western Samar on November 15, 1976. It originally consisted of 11 barangays: Baguin, Balocawe, Guimbarocan, Langbaybay, Luna, Mataloto, Nipa, Pantalan, Polangbato, San Vicente, and Sugod, which was designated as the municipal seat of government.
Geography
Barangays
Tagapul-an is politically subdivided into 14
barangay
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s. Each barangay consists of
purok
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s and some have
sitios
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.
* Baquiw
* Balocawe
* Guinbarucan
* Labangbaybay
* Luna
* Mataluto
* Nipa
* Pantalan
* Pulangbato
* San Vicente
* Sugod (
Poblacion
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)
* Suarez (Manlangit)
* San Jose (
Poblacion
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)
* Trinidad
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Transportation
The only one means of access to Tagapul-an is by motorboat from the port of
Calbayog, taking usually up to 2 hours of travel.
References
External links
Tagapul-an Profile at PhilAtlas.com*
Philippine Standard Geographic CodePhilippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
Municipalities of Samar (province)
Island municipalities in the Philippines
Establishments by Philippine presidential decree
1976 establishments in the Philippines
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