Capul | |
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Municipality of Capul | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°25′23″N124°10′55″E / 12.423°N 124.182°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Northern Samar |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 12 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Teresita S. Bandal |
• Vice Mayor | Joselito C. Catucod |
• Representative | Paul R. Daza |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 11,013 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 35.56 km2 (13.73 sq mi) |
Elevation | 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 |
• Revenue | ₱ 81.21 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 166.7 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 75.35 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 20.67 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Northern Samar Electric Cooperative (NORSAMELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6408 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Abaknon Waray Tagalog |
Website | www |
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]
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.
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 is said to be derived from the word Acapulco , an old trading post in Mexico. [7]
The municipality is contiguous with Capul Island, located at the southern entrance to the San Bernardino Strait.
Capul is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Capul, Northern Samar | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
Average low °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 84 (3.3) | 59 (2.3) | 58 (2.3) | 55 (2.2) | 93 (3.7) | 133 (5.2) | 149 (5.9) | 125 (4.9) | 155 (6.1) | 165 (6.5) | 140 (5.5) | 136 (5.4) | 1,352 (53.3) |
Average rainy days | 18.1 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 21.7 | 25.5 | 26.6 | 25.1 | 24.8 | 25.8 | 22.7 | 20.1 | 255.9 |
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) [8] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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] |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. |
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.
Capul Church and Fortress
Capul Watchtower
Bitō Cave
Timon-timon Rock
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