Capul

Capul is a municipality in Northern Samar, Eastern Visayas, Philippines. In 2020 census, it has a population of 12,000.

Understand

Capul is the only town in the province of Northern Samar with a distinct language, Inabaknon, 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.

See

Capul Island Lighthouse

• 1 Capul Island Lighthouse. A historic lighthouse on Titoog Point in San Luis on the northern tip of Capul Island. Built in 1896. (updated Mar 2016)

Capul Church

• 2 Capul Church and Fortress. The Capul Church, built during the Spanish colonial period, is dedicated to St. Ignatius of Loyola and is surrounded by a square fort with bulwarks of dissimilar designs. The church structure was actually the third that was built on the site. The first two structures, made of hard wood and nipa roofs, were razed when Moro pirates plundered the island in 1615 and 1768. In 1781, Fr. Mariano Valero, a Spanish architect-priest led the restoration of the church and built the stonewall fortress similar to that in Intramuros, Manila that would fortify it against Moro attacks. (updated Mar 2016)
• Bitō Cave (Beto Cave). A popular natural attraction in Sawang. (updated Mar 2016)

Sleep

• Abak Beach Resort, Brgy. Oson. (updated Mar 2016)
• Capul Island Beach Resort, Brgy. San Luis. (updated Mar 2016)
• Alisampan Beach Resort. (updated Mar 2016)