Tagapul-an, officially the Municipality of Tagapul-an, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,805 people. It is the farthest 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.

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Transportation

The only one means of access to Tagapul-an is by motorboat from the port of Calbayog, taking usually up to 2 hours of travel.