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Capul
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Also known as Municipality of Capul

Capul, officially the Municipality of Capul (; ; ), is an island municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 12,127 people.

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US Navy 061104-N-5067K-055 USS Essex (LHD 2) passes the Capul Island Lighthouse as it transits through the San Bernardino Straits.jpg
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USS Essex passes Capul Island while passing through the San Bernardino Strait
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Official name
Municipality of Capul
Population
12127
Area
35.56
Elevation
73
Official website
www.capul-nsamar.gov.ph
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US Navy 061104-N-5067K-055 USS Essex (LHD 2) passes the Capul Island Lighthouse as it transits through the San Bernardino Straits.jpg
Households
2712
Dialing code
55
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postal code
6408
poverty incidence
17.91
Commons category
Capul
fiscal/tax revenue
97799721.65
total assets
207562251.91
total expenditure
79698321.27
total liabilities
22650055.52
electorate
10333
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  • Etymology
  • History
  • Geography
  • Barangays
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • Economy
  • Language
  • Tourism
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Capul, officially the Municipality of Capul (; ; ), is an island municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 12,127 people.

The natives of Capul are known as the Abaknon or the Capuleño people. It is the only town in the province of Northern Samar with a distinct language, Inabaknon (also known as Capuleño, Abaknon Sama, or Capul Sinama), 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.

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