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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]

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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.

  • Baquiw
  • Balocawe
  • Guinbarucan
  • Labangbaybay
  • Luna
  • Mataluto
  • Nipa
  • Pantalan
  • Pulangbato
  • San Vicente
  • Sugod (Poblacion)
  • Suarez (Manlangit)
  • San Jose (Poblacion)
  • Trinidad

Climate

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Demographics

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Economy

Poverty incidence of Tagapul-an

10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
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

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