Cabahan


Cabahan is an island in the province of Romblon in the Philippines. It has one sitio named Cabangahan, which is a part of barangay Guinbirayan, Santa [Fe, Romblon]. The local name of the island is Puro, which means "Island" in the Onhan language; which is the native language of the island's inhabitants.
The island was formerly an island barrio of Santa Fe, Romblon, that existed from 1901 to 1917. The 1903 census on population recorded the island as having 24 residents.

Geography

Cabahan Island, lying off on the eastern shore of Santa Fe, about NNE of Cabalian Point East of Cabahan is joined to it by a reef and about ¼ mile south-southeast from the southeast point of Cabahan is Pez Rock, a red pinnacle high, between which and Cabahan, the water is deep.

Education

The island has one Elementary school, V. A. Gutierrez-Montiel Memorial Elementary School, which provides basic education for the island inhabitants.