Sulangan Island

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Sulangan Island
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Sulangan Island
Geography
Coordinates 10°56′13″N125°49′40″E / 10.936944°N 125.827778°E / 10.936944; 125.827778
Highest elevation6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Administration
Region Eastern Visayas
Province Eastern Samar
Town Guiuan
Demographics
Population3,834

Sulangan Island is an island in Guiuan sandwiched between Calicoan Island and Candulo Island in the Philippines. Its population is 3,834.

History

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Sulangan Church

On August 3, 2021, A ship had engine failures near Sulangan Island. All of the crew were rescued and transported to a facility in nearby Barangay Cogon. [1]

On April 19, 2023, another vessel ran aground on the island. The vessel was Chinese. The vessel consisted of 21 Chinese crew. [2] After 2 weeks, It refloated. [3]

References

  1. "Chinese cargo vessel with 49,550MT nickel ore strands off Samar's Sulangan Island" . Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. "Big hampers refloating of stranded Chinese vessel in Guiuan" . Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  3. "Strong current hounding efforts to refloat grounded vessel off Eastern Samar" . Retrieved 11 May 2024.