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Capul, officially the Municipality of Capul (Waray: Bungto han Capul; Tagalog: Bayan ng Capul), is a 5th class island municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,323 people. [4]

Capul
Municipality
Municipality of Capul
USS Essex passes Capul Island while passing through the San Bernardino Strait
Map of Northern Samar with Capul highlighted
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Capul Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 12°25′23″N 124°10′55″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas
Province	Northern Samar
District	1st district
Barangays	12 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Teresita S. Bandal
• Vice Mayor	Joselito C. Catucod
• Representative	Paul R. Daza
• Councilors	List • Leonora F. Alfaro • Isidro S. Bandal • Jerome E. Encina • Danilo D. Ampuan • Mark Eric T. Magdaraog • Alfredo P. Castillo • Zeto C. Tan • Clodualdo B. Bayabay DILG Masterlist of Officials
• Electorate	11,013 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	35.56 km2 (13.73 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	73 m (240 ft)
Highest elevation	585 m (1,919 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [4]
• Total	12,323
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
• Households	2,712
Economy
• Income class	5th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	37.35% (2018)[5]
• Revenue	₱81,207,973.39 (2020)
• Assets	₱166,729,070.68 (2020)
• Expenditure	₱75,345,784.95 (2020)
• Liabilities	₱20,674,438.16 (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Northern Samar Electric Cooperative (NORSAMELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6408
PSGC	084804000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)55
Native languages	Abaknon Waray Tagalog
Website	www.capul-nsamar.gov.ph

A lighthouse was built on the island which served as a guidepost for the Acapulco-Manila galleon trade vessels passing through the treacherous waters of San Bernardino Strait. It also served as the capital of Samar from 1848 to 1852.

Capul is the only town in the province of Northern Samar with a distinct language, Inabaknon, instead of Waray, the native language spoken by the locals of Samar island. Inabaknon is unique in it being only distantly related to the languages spoken in the entire Visayas and Luzon regions. Instead, it is classified by linguists as a Sama-Bajaw language.

History

According to oral folk history, due to their not liking of the religion of the Moros who ruled over them, a group of people and their leader Abak fled Balabac and sailed until reaching the island of Capul.[6] Here, they established a settlement which they called Abak.

By 1610, Spanish Jesuits had arrived in the island and construction of the first church began around this period.

According to folklore, the name Capul came is said to have derived from the word Acapulco, an old trading post in Mexico.[7]

Geography

The municipality is contiguous with Capul Island, located at the southern entrance to the San Bernardino Strait.

Barangays

Capul is politically subdivided into 12 barangays.

• Aguin
• Jubang
• Landusan
• Oson
• Poblacion Barangay 1
• Poblacion Barangay 2
• Poblacion Barangay 3
• Poblacion Barangay 4
• Poblacion Barangay 5
• Sagaosawan
• San Luis
• Sawang

Climate

Demographics

Population census of Capul

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	3,969	—
1918	4,257	+0.47%
1939	7,488	+2.73%
1948	9,257	+2.38%
1960	10,678	+1.20%
1970	8,648	−2.08%
1975	9,386	+1.66%
1980	10,237	+1.75%
1990	9,510	−0.73%
1995	9,964	+0.88%
2000	10,619	+1.37%
2007	11,289	+0.85%
2010	12,659	+4.26%
2015	12,679	+0.03%
2020	12,323	−0.56%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [10] [11][12]

Economy

Language

Capul has a different language from the rest of Northern Samar and the rest of Eastern Visayas. The native language in the island-municipality is Inabaknon. Inabaknon has been classified by linguists as a Sama-Bajaw language closely related to those found in Mindanao, rather than a Visayan language. Nonetheless, the Capul people can speak and understand the Waray language as it is spoken by the majority of the people in Northern Samar.

Tourism

Capul Church and Fortress

The Capul Church, built during the Spanish Colonial Period, is dedicated to St. Ignatius of Loyola and is surrounded by a square fort with bulwarks of dissimilar designs.[20] The church structure was actually the third that was built on the site. The first two structures, made of hard wood and nipa roofs, were razed when Moro pirates plundered the island in 1615 and 1768. In 1781, Fr. Mariano Valero, a Spanish architect-priest led the restoration of the church and built the stonewall fortress similar to that in Intramuros, Manila that would fortify it against Moro attacks.[21]

Capul Watchtower

Located on a hill near the Capul fort overlooking the town harbor, a stone watchtower was erected to serve as a sentry or warning system and a refuge for indigents during Moro raids.

Bitō Cave

Bitō Cave, also known as Beto Cave, is a popular natural attraction located in Sawang.

Timon-timon Rock

Timon-timon is a rudder-shaped rock formation located near the southern point of the island.

Capul Island Lighthouse

References

• I Capul, siray patiʼ inaʼanto / Capul, noon at ngayon: Ang kasaysayan ng palo ng Capul / Capul, before and now: a history of Capul Island. Manila: Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1983.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System

На других языках

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[de] Capul

Capul ist eine philippinische Stadtgemeinde in der Provinz Northern Samar. Sie liegt auf der gleichnamigen Insel Capul westlich der Insel Samar. Auf Capul wurde im 18. Jahrhundert die spanische Festung Fuerza de Capul fertiggestellt, sie diente zur Kontrolle des Schiffsverkehrs, vor allem zur Sichtung und Ankündigung der aus Acapulco – daher der Name Capul – kommenden Manila-Galeone, die durch die schwierige San-Bernardino-Straße in den philippinischen Archipel einfuhren, und zur Frühwarnung der spanischen Wachmannschaften, wenn die auf Beutezügen befindlichen Moropiraten, im 18. Jahrhundert, sich der Insel näherten.

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- [en] Capul

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[fr] Capul

L'île de Capul est une île des Visayas orientales, au centre de l'archipel des Philippines. L'île est située au nord-ouest de l'île de Samar et constitue une municipalité de la province de Samar du Nord.

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