Calapan

American  

[kah-lah-pahn] / ˌkɑ lɑˈpɑn /

noun

1. a seaport on NE Mindoro, in the central Philippines.

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Example Sentences

Just two mornings before July 4, the first anniversary of Philippine independence, the citizens of Calapan, capital of Mindoro province, awoke to find their town invaded and occupied by local revolutionists.

From Time Magazine Archive

On Saturday in Calapan, Marcos wore a large bandage on his left hand and adhesive strips on his right.

From Time Magazine Archive

There, inasmuch as it was the capital, lived the corregidor, but the capital was later moved to Calapan.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Blair, Emma Helen

The capital is Calapan, with a population of 5,585.

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat

It wrecked the church at Ibaan and severely damaged the church and other buildings in Batangas, Bauang, Calapan, and several other towns.

From Catalogue of Violent and Destructive Earthquakes in the Philippines With an Appendix: Earthquakes in the Marianas Islands 1599-1909 by Saderra Masó, Miguel