Tagapul-an
Tagapul-an, officially the Municipality of Tagapul-an, is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,805 people.
It is the furthest municipality from the province's mainland.
History
The island of Tagapul-an was originally part of the municipality of Almagro. Tagapul-an was established as a municipality of Western Samar on November 15, 1976. It originally consisted of 11 barangays: Baguin, Balocawe, Guimbarocan, Langbaybay, Luna, Mataloto, Nipa, Pantalan, Polangbato, San Vicente, and Sugod, which was designated as the municipal seat of government.Geography
Barangays
Tagapul-an is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.- Baquiw
- Balocawe
- Guinbarucan
- Labangbaybay
- Luna
- Mataluto
- Nipa
- Pantalan
- Pulangbato
- San Vicente
- Sugod
- Suarez
- San Jose
- Trinidad