Culion is a 4th class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 14,302 people in 3,082 households. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Palawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region in Luzon. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Barangays
Culion is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
The island is located halfway between the islands of Mindoro and Palawan with the South China Sea located to the west and the Sulu Sea to the southeast.
BusuangaIsland is mainly known as a diving location due to the eleven World War II Japanese wrecks that were sunk in Coron Bay, a natural anchorage near the town center of Coron, on September 24, 1944.
The islands of Palawan stretches from Mindoro to Borneo in the southwest.
The Philippine government claims most of the Spratly Islands, locally called the Kalayaan Group of Islands, in the South China Sea Islands to be under the jurisdiction of Palawan.
The disputed Spratly Islands, located a few hundred kilometers to the west is considered part of Palawan by the Philippines, and is locally called the Kalayaan Group of Islands.
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