Linapacan is a fifth class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 9,198 people in 1,721 households.

In 1954, the islands of Linapacan, Cabunlaoan, Niangalao, Decabayotot, Calibanbangan, Pical, and Barangonan were separated from Coron

Coron, Palawan

Coron is a first class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 32,243 people in 6,264 households....

, Palawan

Palawan

Palawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region or Region 4. Its capital is Puerto Princesa City, and it is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of jurisdiction. The islands of Palawan stretch from Mindoro in the northeast to Borneo in the...

 to form the town of Linapacan.

Barangays

Linapacan is politically subdivided into 10 barangay

Barangay

A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...

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• Barangonan (Iloc)
• Cabunlawan
• Calibangbangan
• Decabaitot
• Maroyogroyog
• Nangalao
• New Culaylayan
• Pical
• San Miguel (Pob.)
• San Nicolas

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information