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Tagapul-an
Municipality in Samar, Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tagapul-an, officially the Municipality of Tagapul-an (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Tagapul-an; Waray: Bungto han Tagapul-an; Tagalog: Bayan ng Tagupul-an), is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,805 people.[5]
It is the farthest municipality from the province's mainland.
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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.[6]
Geography
Barangays
Tagapul-an is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate
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Demographics
Economy
Poverty incidence of Tagapul-an
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2000
60.87 2003
74.05 2006
38.30 2009
42.45 2012
49.53 2015
50.89 2018
31.62 2021
32.53 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] |
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
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