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'''{{PH wikidata|name}}''', officially the '''{{PH wikidata|official_name}}''' ({{lang-tgl|Bayan ng {{PH wikidata|name}}}}), is a {{PH wikidata|income_class_ordinal}} [[{{PH wikidata|settlement_text}} of the Philippines|{{PH wikidata|settlement_text}}]] in the [[Philippine Province|province]] of {{PH wikidata|province}}, {{PH wikidata|country}}. According to the {{PH wikidata|population_as_of}}, it has a population of {{PH wikidata|population_total}} people.{{PH census|current}}
Culion consists primarily of Culion Island as well as 41 minor surrounding islands, as part of the [[Calamian Islands|Calamian group of islands]].<ref name="brit">{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/146053/Culion-Island |title=Culion Island |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |accessdate=April 7, 2011}}</ref>
It was a former [[leprosarium]], starting in 1906 under the American colonial regime until the [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|American commonwealth of the Philippines]] era. Although leprosy on the island-town was abolished in the 1980s, it was only in 2006 when it was declared a leprosy-free area by the [[World Health Organization]].<ref name="chapman">{{cite book |author=Ronald Fettes Chapman |title =Leonard Wood and leprosy in the Philippines: the Culion Leper Colony, 1921-1927 |publisher =University Press of America |year =1982 |isbn =0-8191-1977-6 |ol =4094674M |pages=85–86 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/travel/623468/inside-the-culion-the-philippines-island-of-no-return/story/|title=Inside Culion, the Philippines' "Island of No Return"|last=Bartolome|first=Jessica|date=August 27, 2017|work=GMA News|language=en-US}}</ref> The municipality was created by virtue of ''[[Republic Act]] No. 7193'' on February 19, 1992.<ref name=ChanRobles-RA>{{cite web|title=Republic Act No. 7193 - An Act Creating the Municipality of Culion in the Province of Palawan|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno7193.html|website=Chan Robles Virtual Law Library|accessdate=28 January 2016|date=19 February 1992}}</ref> In May 2017, the Philippine National Commission for [[UNESCO]] began its initiative to prepare the dossier of Culion's leprosy documentary heritage, which will be nominated in the future in the [[UNESCO]] [[Memory of the World Programme]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.gov.ph/ph-natcom-visits-culion-island-in-palawan/|title=PH NatCom visits Culion Island in Palawan|date=2017|website=UNESCO Philippines}}</ref> In May 2018, the ''Culion Museum and Archives'' was officially nominated by the Philippines in the [[UNESCO]] [[Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific]].<ref name="mowcapunesco.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mowcapunesco.org/core-activities/register/nominations/|title=Nomination Information – Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific|website=www.mowcapunesco.org}}</ref> On June 18, 2018, ''Culion Leprosy Archives'' was officially inscribed to the [[Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific]]. The government and the Asia-Pacific bloc aims to nominate the archives further to the International Memory of the World Register. If approved by [[UNESCO]], it will be the fifth internationally recognized documentary heritage of the Philippines, increasing Culion town's feasibility to become a [[world heritage site]] in the future.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mowcapunesco.org/register/culion-leprosy-archives-2018/|title=Culion Leprosy Archives (2018) – Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific|date=June 18, 2018|website=www.mowcapunesco.org}}</ref>
==Geography==
Culion is an island situated at the northernmost part of Palawan. It is part of the Calamian Archipelago in northern Palawan that also includes the municipalities of [[Busuanga, Palawan|Busuanga]], [[Coron, Palawan|Coron]], and [[Linapacan, Palawan|Linapacan]]. During the Spanish Period, these were known as ''Las Islas de Calamianes, Provincia de España''.
The municipality has a land area of {{convert|500|km2}} which includes the 41 surrounding islands and measures a total of {{convert|1191.39|km2}} including its territorial water. Its largest island, Culion Island, has an area of {{convert|389|km2}}.<ref name="brit"/> It is bounded on the north by [[Busuanga Island]], on the east by the Coron Reef, on the south by Linapacan Island, and on the west by the [[South China Sea]].
The Culion sea is teeming with a total of 201 fish species including commercially important fish like Lapu-lapu (Groupers), Kanuping (Sweetlip Emperor), Maya-Maya (Snapper), Tanguige (Spanish Mackerel), Dalagang Bukid (Blue and Gold Fusiliers) and Bisugo (Breams). Squid, cuttlefish, shrimps, crabs, shellfish and sea cucumber or trepang are plentiful.
Three ecosystems sustain the rich marine life of Culion: mangroves, seagrass, and corals. 17 mangrove species cover the coastline of Culion. 9 seagrass species and 47 coral genera representing 60% of the total genera found in the Philippines are found in Culion.
===Barangays===
Culion is politically subdivided into 14 [[barangay]]s:
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* Balala
* Baldat
* Binudac
* Burabod
* Culango
* De Carabao
* Galoc
* Halsey
* Jardin
* Libis
* Luac
* Malaking Patag
* Osmeña
* Tiza
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===Climate===
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| Jan high C = 30
| Jan low C = 21
| Feb high C = 21
| Feb low C = 21
| Mar high C = 32
| Mar low C = 22
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| Apr low C = 23
| May high C = 31
| May low C = 25
| Jun high C = 30
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| Jul high C = 29
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| Sep high C = 28
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| Oct low C = 24
| Nov high C = 30
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| Dec high C = 30
| Dec low C = 21
| Jan precipitation mm = 30
| Feb precipitation mm = 26
| Mar precipitation mm = 39
| Apr precipitation mm = 58
| May precipitation mm = 192
| Jun precipitation mm = 283
| Jul precipitation mm = 341
| Aug precipitation mm = 323
| Sep precipitation mm = 317
| Oct precipitation mm = 231
| Nov precipitation mm = 119
| Dec precipitation mm = 56
| Jan rain days = 10.3
| Feb rain days = 8.5
| Mar rain days = 12.4
| Apr rain days = 16.3
| May rain days = 23.5
| Jun rain days = 27.1
| Jul rain days = 28.4
| Aug rain days = 27.3
| Sep rain days = 27.6
| Oct rain days = 26.3
| Nov rain days = 19.2
| Dec rain days = 13.6
| source 1 = Meteoblue <small>(modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)</small> <ref name="met_norms">
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| url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/culion_philippines_1716526
| title = Compostela: Average Temperatures and Rainfall
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| date = 17 November 2019
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==History==
===Spanish colonial period===
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Aside from churches, the Spaniards built defensive fortifications in strategic places in Taytay, Cuyo, Agutaya, Linapacan, including a watch tower and fort in the locality of Libis in Culion.
In 1858, Calamianes was divided into 2 provinces, "Castilla" and "Asturias". Castilla, which included northern Palawan, retained its capital of Taytay. Asturias extended south to Balabac. In 1873, the capital of Palawan was changed from Taytay to Cuyo. The French anthropologist Alfred Marche traveled the Philippines and documented his research of many places. French Ambassador Pirre Revol in particular translated Marche's account of the Calamianes, and Culion.
Marche refers to Culion as the principal village of the Calamianes. The fact that a boat from Manila "touches Culion once a month" attests to the growing economy of the place at that time. Marche's description of the place and people he met in the 1880s are important indicators of the ethnography of Calamianes since more than a hundred years ago.
The primacy of Culion as a leading settlement community of the Calamianes is further supported by the fact that a Justice of the peace resided and held office in Culion. Claudio Sandoval y Rodriguez a Spanish mestizo from Jaro, Iloilo married Evarista Manlavi daughter of a rich landowner from Cuyo. Claudio Sandoval became Jezgado de Paz de Culion, Calamianes and held office sometime in the late 1880s. The seal of Claudio's office was found stamped on handwritten circular dated December 11, 1889 that he sent to all within Culion's "roriedad y sus visitas" warning residents of the penalties that will be imposed on them should they be caught gambling. Culion's "visitas" included the island of Busuanga and other areas in Calamianes.
A remnant of the fort in San Pedro located somewhere in Burabud is a testimony of a rich history of Culion. In the early 1990s, it was thought that this fort was already invaded by the roots of balete trees. This was built by the Spanish friars (Agustinian Recollects) and is older than the one we now see in Culion proper, the Immaculate Conception Church built by the Jesuits. This fort in San Pedro was more or less built on the same span of time as that of the forts in Agutaya, Taytay and Cuyo which all still stand today preserved by the Palawan government.
===American commonwealth and Culion as a leprosarium===
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[[File:Culionlepercolony.jpg|thumb|right|Members of the Culion leper colony in an undated photograph. The women in the center appear to be playing the [[kulintang]] traditional instrument.]]
When the treaty of Paris was signed on December 10, 1898, wherein Spain sold the Philippines to the United States for 20 million dollars, the funding of Culion as a reservation is closely related to the early efforts of the Americans to establish some form of public health policy in the Philippines as part of their long-term intentions to occupy the archipelago.
One of the motivating factors for the creation of the Manila Board of Health was traditional belief that the maintenance of public health required the isolation of cases of [[leprosy]] from the rest of the public. After an investigation of a number of sites, the island of Culion was selected as a [[Leper colony|segregation colony]] in 1901. On October 27, 1902 the Second Philippine Commission appropriated an initial amount of $50,000 for the establishment of Culion under the Secretary of Interior Dean C. Worcester and Director of Health Victor G. Heiser.<ref>Dr. Heiser, V., ''An American Doctor's Odyssey'' W. W. Norton & Company, 1936.</ref> On August 22, 1904, Luke E. Wright, the American Civil Governor of the Government of the Philippine Islands, signed Executive Order No. 35 which transferred the jurisdiction and control of Culion from the Municipality of Coron, reserving the same as a leper colony and a government stock farm.
===Timeline===
*On May 27, 1906, the first contingent of 370 patients from Cebu was brought to Culion by two Coast Guard cutters, the Polilio and the Mindanao.
*On September 12, 1907, Act 1711 of the Philippine Commission was passed that gave full responsibility to the Director of Health for the compulsory segregation of the lepers, and confinement and treatment in Culion.
*Between 1906 and 1910 the Americans rounded up 5,303 leprosy afflicted individuals and brought them to the colony. On July 18, 1912, acting Governor General Newton Gilbert signed EO No. 35 in which he further defined the territory of the leper colony and government stock farm.
*In 1913, a special coinage issue was minted in aluminum by a private firm for the inmates of the Colony. Further special coinage issues would be minted for them at the [[Manila Mint]] from 1920 to 1930. A special paper money issue was generated during World War II for their use as well.
*In 1917, Section 1066 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Act) provided that the Department Head through the Director of Health shall have jurisdiction over the colony and its waters for the efficient management of the sanitarium.
*On June 18, 1952, Congress passed R.A. No. 753 which transferred administrative control to the Director of Hospitals. In 1964, the Secretary of Health again took administrative control and enforcement of rules and regulations over all the lands and waters of Culion Leper Colony as provided under Section 106 of the Revised Administrative Code. Sections 1060 to 1071 of RA no. 753 was later repealed by Republic Act No. 4073, an Act further liberalizing the Treatment of Leprosy by Amending and Repealing Certain Sections of the Revised Administrative Code, resulting in the loss of jurisdiction by the Department of Health over the natural resources of Culion.
*In 1979, a Culion Committee was created under Letter of Instructions No. 796. The Ministry of Human Settlements conceived and organized in 1982 an alternative development approach for residents of Culion under the Culion Development Project (CDP). This was later amended by Executive Order No. 241 on July 24, 1987 that transferred the said committee and the CDP to the Palawan Integrated Area Development Project (PIADP) of the National Council on Integrated Area Development (NACIAD). This transfer did not however affect the jurisdiction of DOH over the Culion Leper Colony.
*On June 22, 1988, Congress passed R.A. No. 6659 that authorized qualified residents of Culion Leper Colony to vote for the elective provincial officials of the Province of Palawan. In 1991, Speaker Ramon Mitra and House Representative David Ponce De Leon introduced a house bill for the creation of the Municipality of Culion. On February 12, 1992, President [[Corazon C. Aquino]] signed ''Republic Act 7193'' creating the Municipality of Culion in the Province of Palawan.<ref name=ChanRobles-RA />
*May 8, 1995 was when the first election of municipal and barangay officials of Culion was held resulting in the election of Mr. Hilarion M. Guia and Mr. Emiliano Marasigan Jr. as its first duly elected Mayor and Vice Mayor, respectively.
*On October 29, 1998, through Department of Health Administrative Order No. 20-A Series of 1998, administrative control and authority over the Municipality of Culion was officially transferred from the Department of Health to the Municipality ending nearly one century of administrative control by the health department over Culion Island.
[[File:Culion fishing village.jpg|thumbnail|Fishing boats in Culion]]
*On March 12, 2001, Republic Act 9032 signed by President Gloria Macapacal Arroyo expanded the area of jurisdiction of the Municipality of Culion, Province of Palawan, amending for the purpose Republic Act 7193. The barangays of Balala, Baldat, Binudac, Culango, Galoc, Jardin, Libis, Luac, Malaking Patag, Osmeña and Tiza were declared legally existent upon the creation of the Municipality of Busuanga to the Municipality of Culion. Barangays Burabod and Halsey were transferred from the Municipality of Busuanga to the Municipality of Culion subject to ratification by plebiscite in the two municipalities of Culion and Busuanga. Barangay Carabao for the Tagbanua indigenous cultural community was likewise created subject to ratification by plebiscite in Culion.
*While on July 15, 2002, plebiscites held in Culion and Busuanga simultaneously with the election of barangay officials and Sangguniang Kabataan representatives resulted in the ratification of the transfer of Halsey and Burabod to Culion and the creation of Barangay Carabao.
*In May 2018, the ''Culion Museum and Archives'' was nominated by the Philippines to the [[Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific]]. The archive's declaration of passage or failure will be announced on a later date.<ref name="mowcapunesco.org"/>
* June 18, 2018, the ''Culion Leprosy Archives'' was officially inscribed to the [[Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific]].<ref name=":0" />
==Demographics==
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In the {{PH wikidata|population_as_of}}, the population of Culion was {{PH wikidata|population_total}} people,{{PH census|current}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|{{PH wikidata|population_total}}/{{PH wikidata|area}}|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.
The original people of Culion are the [[Tagbanwa people|Tagbanuas]], a cultural minority group that lives by fishing and food gathering. While preserving their native customs and traditions, the Tagbanuas are greatly influenced by Muslim culture and social organization.
Early trading activities attracted people from other parts of Palawan, like Calamianen and Cuyonon, who came and stayed in Culion as their new home.
Today, however, the [[Tagbanwa people|Tagbanuas]] no longer practice many of their cultural traditions and many of them have been converted to Christianity. They are largely marginalized, making up only about 8% of Culion's total population. Barangay Carabao, under Republic Act 9032, was established for these indigenous people. They were also granted Certificates of Ancestral Domain under Republic Act 8371, also known as the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997.
The establishment of the leper colony in 1906, Hansenites and hospital staff were brought to Culion from different parts of the Philippines bringing their customs, habits, dialects, and regional characteristics, and the influx of migrants in the last three decades have understandably made Culion an heterogeneous population.
== Economy ==
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== In popular culture ==
The 2019 film [[Culion (film)|''Culion'']] depicts the island's history during the 1940s when the disease was considered a life sentence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph//article/1835180|title=MMFF entry 'Culion' to mount red carpet world premiere in Culion, Palawan|last=Silvestre|first=Edmund|date=December 6, 2019|work=Sunstar Manila|language=en|access-date=December 26, 2019}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/mimaropa/palawan/culion.html Culion Profile at PhilAtlas.com]
* [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120024509/http://www.census.gov.ph/data/census2007/index.html Philippine Census Information]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060230/http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=7&frmIdProvince=42&frmIdLgu=902 Local Governance Performance Management System]
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Culion
| North = [[Busuanga, Palawan|Busuanga]] / [[Coron, Palawan|Coron]]
| East = ''[[Sulu Sea]]''
| Southeast = ''[[Sulu Sea]]'' / [[Agutaya, Palawan|Agutaya]]
| South = [[Linapacan, Palawan|Linapacan]]
| West = ''[[West Philippine Sea]]''
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{{Palawan}}
{{Islands of the Philippines}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of Palawan]]
[[Category:Calamian Islands]]
[[Category:Culion leper colony]]
[[Category:Island municipalities in the Philippines]]' |
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'''{{PH wikidata|name}}''', officially the '''{{PH wikidata|official_name}}''' ({{lang-tgl|Bayan ng {{PH wikidata|name}}}}), is a {{PH wikidata|income_class_ordinal}} [[{{PH wikidata|settlement_text}} of the Philippines|{{PH wikidata|settlement_text}}]] in the [[Philippine Province|province]] of {{PH wikidata|province}}, {{PH wikidata|country}}. According to the {{PH wikidata|population_as_of}}, it has a population of {{PH wikidata|population_total}} people.{{PH census|current}}
Culion consists primarily of Culion Island as well as 41 minor surrounding islands, as part of the [[Calamian Islands|Calamian group of islands]].<ref name="brit">{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/146053/Culion-Island |title=Culion Island |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica |accessdate=April 7, 2011}}</ref>
It was a former [[leprosarium]], starting in 1906 under the American colonial regime until the [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|American commonwealth of the Philippines]] era. Although leprosy on the island-town was abolished in the 1980s, it was only in 2006 when it was declared a leprosy-free area by the [[World Health Organization]].<ref name="chapman">{{cite book |author=Ronald Fettes Chapman |title =Leonard Wood and leprosy in the Philippines: the Culion Leper Colony, 1921-1927 |publisher =University Press of America |year =1982 |isbn =0-8191-1977-6 |ol =4094674M |pages=85–86 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/travel/623468/inside-the-culion-the-philippines-island-of-no-return/story/|title=Inside Culion, the Philippines' "Island of No Return"|last=Bartolome|first=Jessica|date=August 27, 2017|work=GMA News|language=en-US}}</ref> The municipality was created by virtue of ''[[Republic Act]] No. 7193'' on February 19, 1992.<ref name=ChanRobles-RA>{{cite web|title=Republic Act No. 7193 - An Act Creating the Municipality of Culion in the Province of Palawan|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno7193.html|website=Chan Robles Virtual Law Library|accessdate=28 January 2016|date=19 February 1992}}</ref> In May 2017, the Philippine National Commission for [[UNESCO]] began its initiative to prepare the dossier of Culion's leprosy documentary heritage, which will be nominated in the future in the [[UNESCO]] [[Memory of the World Programme]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.gov.ph/ph-natcom-visits-culion-island-in-palawan/|title=PH NatCom visits Culion Island in Palawan|date=2017|website=UNESCO Philippines}}</ref> In May 2018, the ''Culion Museum and Archives'' was officially nominated by the Philippines in the [[UNESCO]] [[Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific]].<ref name="mowcapunesco.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mowcapunesco.org/core-activities/register/nominations/|title=Nomination Information – Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific|website=www.mowcapunesco.org}}</ref> On June 18, 2018, ''Culion Leprosy Archives'' was officially inscribed to the [[Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific]]. The government and the Asia-Pacific bloc aims to nominate the archives further to the International Memory of the World Register. If approved by [[UNESCO]], it will be the fifth internationally recognized documentary heritage of the Philippines, increasing Culion town's feasibility to become a [[world heritage site]] in the future.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mowcapunesco.org/register/culion-leprosy-archives-2018/|title=Culion Leprosy Archives (2018) – Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific|date=June 18, 2018|website=www.mowcapunesco.org}}</ref>
==Geography==
Culion is an island situated at the northernmost part of Palawan. It is part of the Calamian Archipelago in northern Palawan that also includes the municipalities of [[Busuanga, Palawan|Busuanga]], [[Coron, Palawan|Coron]], and [[Linapacan, Palawan|Linapacan]]. During the Spanish Period, these were known as ''Las Islas de Calamianes, Provincia de España''.
The municipality has a land area of {{convert|500|km2}} which includes the 41 surrounding islands and measures a total of {{convert|1191.39|km2}} including its territorial water. Its largest island, Culion Island, has an area of {{convert|389|km2}}.<ref name="brit"/> It is bounded on the north by [[Busuanga Island]], on the east by the Coron Reef, on the south by Linapacan Island, and on the west by the [[South China Sea]].
The Culion sea is teeming with a total of 201 fish species including commercially important fish like Lapu-lapu (Groupers), Kanuping (Sweetlip Emperor), Maya-Maya (Snapper), Tanguige (Spanish Mackerel), Dalagang Bukid (Blue and Gold Fusiliers) and Bisugo (Breams). Squid, cuttlefish, shrimps, crabs, shellfish and sea cucumber or trepang are plentiful.
Three ecosystems sustain the rich marine life of Culion: mangroves, seagrass, and corals. 17 mangrove species cover the coastline of Culion. 9 seagrass species and 47 coral genera representing 60% of the total genera found in the Philippines are found in Culion.
===Barangays===
Culion is politically subdivided into 14 [[barangay]]s:
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* Balala
* Baldat
* Binudac
* Burabod
* Culango
* De Carabao
* Galoc
* Halsey
* Jardin
* Libis
* Luac
* Malaking Patag
* Osmeña
* Tiza
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===Climate===
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==History==
===Spanish colonial period===
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Aside from churches, the Spaniards built defensive fortifications in strategic places in Taytay, Cuyo, Agutaya, Linapacan, including a watch tower and fort in the locality of Libis in Culion.
In 1858, Calamianes was divided into 2 provinces, "Castilla" and "Asturias". Castilla, which included northern Palawan, retained its capital of Taytay. Asturias extended south to Balabac. In 1873, the capital of Palawan was changed from Taytay to Cuyo. The French anthropologist Alfred Marche traveled the Philippines and documented his research of many places. French Ambassador Pirre Revol in particular translated Marche's account of the Calamianes, and Culion.
Marche refers to Culion as the principal village of the Calamianes. The fact that a boat from Manila "touches Culion once a month" attests to the growing economy of the place at that time. Marche's description of the place and people he met in the 1880s are important indicators of the ethnography of Calamianes since more than a hundred years ago.
The primacy of Culion as a leading settlement community of the Calamianes is further supported by the fact that a Justice of the peace resided and held office in Culion. Claudio Sandoval y Rodriguez a Spanish mestizo from Jaro, Iloilo married Evarista Manlavi daughter of a rich landowner from Cuyo. Claudio Sandoval became Jezgado de Paz de Culion, Calamianes and held office sometime in the late 1880s. The seal of Claudio's office was found stamped on handwritten circular dated December 11, 1889 that he sent to all within Culion's "roriedad y sus visitas" warning residents of the penalties that will be imposed on them should they be caught gambling. Culion's "visitas" included the island of Busuanga and other areas in Calamianes.
A remnant of the fort in San Pedro located somewhere in Burabud is a testimony of a rich history of Culion. In the early 1990s, it was thought that this fort was already invaded by the roots of balete trees. This was built by the Spanish friars (Agustinian Recollects) and is older than the one we now see in Culion proper, the Immaculate Conception Church built by the Jesuits. This fort in San Pedro was more or less built on the same span of time as that of the forts in Agutaya, Taytay and Cuyo which all still stand today preserved by the Palawan government.
===American commonwealth and Culion as a leprosarium===
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[[File:Culionlepercolony.jpg|thumb|right|Members of the Culion leper colony in an undated photograph. The women in the center appear to be playing the [[kulintang]] traditional instrument.]]
When the treaty of Paris was signed on December 10, 1898, wherein Spain sold the Philippines to the United States for 20 million dollars, the funding of Culion as a reservation is closely related to the early efforts of the Americans to establish some form of public health policy in the Philippines as part of their long-term intentions to occupy the archipelago.
One of the motivating factors for the creation of the Manila Board of Health was traditional belief that the maintenance of public health required the isolation of cases of [[leprosy]] from the rest of the public. After an investigation of a number of sites, the island of Culion was selected as a [[Leper colony|segregation colony]] in 1901. On October 27, 1902 the Second Philippine Commission appropriated an initial amount of $50,000 for the establishment of Culion under the Secretary of Interior Dean C. Worcester and Director of Health Victor G. Heiser.<ref>Dr. Heiser, V., ''An American Doctor's Odyssey'' W. W. Norton & Company, 1936.</ref> On August 22, 1904, Luke E. Wright, the American Civil Governor of the Government of the Philippine Islands, signed Executive Order No. 35 which transferred the jurisdiction and control of Culion from the Municipality of Coron, reserving the same as a leper colony and a government stock farm.
===Timeline===
*On May 27, 1906, the first contingent of 370 patients from Cebu was brought to Culion by two Coast Guard cutters, the Polilio and the Mindanao.
*On September 12, 1907, Act 1711 of the Philippine Commission was passed that gave full responsibility to the Director of Health for the compulsory segregation of the lepers, and confinement and treatment in Culion.
*Between 1906 and 1910 the Americans rounded up 5,303 leprosy afflicted individuals and brought them to the colony. On July 18, 1912, acting Governor General Newton Gilbert signed EO No. 35 in which he further defined the territory of the leper colony and government stock farm.
*In 1913, a special coinage issue was minted in aluminum by a private firm for the inmates of the Colony. Further special coinage issues would be minted for them at the [[Manila Mint]] from 1920 to 1930. A special paper money issue was generated during World War II for their use as well.
*In 1917, Section 1066 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Act) provided that the Department Head through the Director of Health shall have jurisdiction over the colony and its waters for the efficient management of the sanitarium.
*On June 18, 1952, Congress passed R.A. No. 753 which transferred administrative control to the Director of Hospitals. In 1964, the Secretary of Health again took administrative control and enforcement of rules and regulations over all the lands and waters of Culion Leper Colony as provided under Section 106 of the Revised Administrative Code. Sections 1060 to 1071 of RA no. 753 was later repealed by Republic Act No. 4073, an Act further liberalizing the Treatment of Leprosy by Amending and Repealing Certain Sections of the Revised Administrative Code, resulting in the loss of jurisdiction by the Department of Health over the natural resources of Culion.
*In 1979, a Culion Committee was created under Letter of Instructions No. 796. The Ministry of Human Settlements conceived and organized in 1982 an alternative development approach for residents of Culion under the Culion Development Project (CDP). This was later amended by Executive Order No. 241 on July 24, 1987 that transferred the said committee and the CDP to the Palawan Integrated Area Development Project (PIADP) of the National Council on Integrated Area Development (NACIAD). This transfer did not however affect the jurisdiction of DOH over the Culion Leper Colony.
*On June 22, 1988, Congress passed R.A. No. 6659 that authorized qualified residents of Culion Leper Colony to vote for the elective provincial officials of the Province of Palawan. In 1991, Speaker Ramon Mitra and House Representative David Ponce De Leon introduced a house bill for the creation of the Municipality of Culion. On February 12, 1992, President [[Corazon C. Aquino]] signed ''Republic Act 7193'' creating the Municipality of Culion in the Province of Palawan.<ref name=ChanRobles-RA />
*May 8, 1995 was when the first election of municipal and barangay officials of Culion was held resulting in the election of Mr. Hilarion M. Guia and Mr. Emiliano Marasigan Jr. as its first duly elected Mayor and Vice Mayor, respectively.
*On October 29, 1998, through Department of Health Administrative Order No. 20-A Series of 1998, administrative control and authority over the Municipality of Culion was officially transferred from the Department of Health to the Municipality ending nearly one century of administrative control by the health department over Culion Island.
[[File:Culion fishing village.jpg|thumbnail|Fishing boats in Culion]]
*On March 12, 2001, Republic Act 9032 signed by President Gloria Macapacal Arroyo expanded the area of jurisdiction of the Municipality of Culion, Province of Palawan, amending for the purpose Republic Act 7193. The barangays of Balala, Baldat, Binudac, Culango, Galoc, Jardin, Libis, Luac, Malaking Patag, Osmeña and Tiza were declared legally existent upon the creation of the Municipality of Busuanga to the Municipality of Culion. Barangays Burabod and Halsey were transferred from the Municipality of Busuanga to the Municipality of Culion subject to ratification by plebiscite in the two municipalities of Culion and Busuanga. Barangay Carabao for the Tagbanua indigenous cultural community was likewise created subject to ratification by plebiscite in Culion.
*While on July 15, 2002, plebiscites held in Culion and Busuanga simultaneously with the election of barangay officials and Sangguniang Kabataan representatives resulted in the ratification of the transfer of Halsey and Burabod to Culion and the creation of Barangay Carabao.
*In May 2018, the ''Culion Museum and Archives'' was nominated by the Philippines to the [[Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific]]. The archive's declaration of passage or failure will be announced on a later date.<ref name="mowcapunesco.org"/>
* June 18, 2018, the ''Culion Leprosy Archives'' was officially inscribed to the [[Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific]].<ref name=":0" />
==Demographics==
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In the {{PH wikidata|population_as_of}}, the population of Culion was {{PH wikidata|population_total}} people,{{PH census|current}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|{{PH wikidata|population_total}}/{{PH wikidata|area}}|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.
The original people of Culion are the [[Tagbanwa people|Tagbanuas]], a cultural minority group that lives by fishing and food gathering. While preserving their native customs and traditions, the Tagbanuas are greatly influenced by Muslim culture and social organization.
Early trading activities attracted people from other parts of Palawan, like Calamianen and Cuyonon, who came and stayed in Culion as their new home.
Today, however, the [[Tagbanwa people|Tagbanuas]] no longer practice many of their cultural traditions and many of them have been converted to Christianity. They are largely marginalized, making up only about 8% of Culion's total population. Barangay Carabao, under Republic Act 9032, was established for these indigenous people. They were also granted Certificates of Ancestral Domain under Republic Act 8371, also known as the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997.
The establishment of the leper colony in 1906, Hansenites and hospital staff were brought to Culion from different parts of the Philippines bringing their customs, habits, dialects, and regional characteristics, and the influx of migrants in the last three decades have understandably made Culion an heterogeneous population.
== Economy ==
{{PH poverty incidence}}
== In popular culture ==
The 2019 film [[Culion (film)|''Culion'']] depicts the island's history during the 1940s when the disease was considered a life sentence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph//article/1835180|title=MMFF entry 'Culion' to mount red carpet world premiere in Culion, Palawan|last=Silvestre|first=Edmund|date=December 6, 2019|work=Sunstar Manila|language=en|access-date=December 26, 2019}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/mimaropa/palawan/culion.html Culion Profile at PhilAtlas.com]
* [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120024509/http://www.census.gov.ph/data/census2007/index.html Philippine Census Information]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060230/http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=7&frmIdProvince=42&frmIdLgu=902 Local Governance Performance Management System]
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Culion
| North = [[Busuanga, Palawan|Busuanga]] / [[Coron, Palawan|Coron]]
| East = ''[[Sulu Sea]]''
| Southeast = ''[[Sulu Sea]]'' / [[Agutaya, Palawan|Agutaya]]
| South = [[Linapacan, Palawan|Linapacan]]
| West = ''[[West Philippine Sea]]''
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{{Palawan}}
{{Islands of the Philippines}}
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[[Category:Calamian Islands]]
[[Category:Culion leper colony]]
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<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Municipality of the Philippines in the province of Palawan</div>
<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Municipality in Mimaropa, Philippines</div><table class="infobox geography vcard" style="width:22em;width:23em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-size:125%;font-weight:bold;font-size:1.25em; white-space:nowrap"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Culion</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color:#cddeff; font-weight:bold;"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;">Municipality of Culion</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/File:Municipality_of_Culion_outlook_from_local_hillside.jpg" class="image" title="Culion Skyline"><img alt="Culion Skyline" src="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Municipality_of_Culion_outlook_from_local_hillside.jpg/250px-Municipality_of_Culion_outlook_from_local_hillside.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" data-file-width="4377" data-file-height="2918" /></a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="maptable" style="text-align:center"><div style="display:table; width:100%; background:none;">
<div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/File:Culion_Palawan.png" class="image" title="Official seal of Culion"><img alt="Official seal of Culion" src="/media/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Culion_Palawan.png/80px-Culion_Palawan.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="260" /></a><div style="padding:0.2em 0 0.2em 0;">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_locator_palawan_culion.png" class="image" title="Map of Palawan with Culion highlighted"><img alt="Map of Palawan with Culion highlighted" src="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Ph_locator_palawan_culion.png/250px-Ph_locator_palawan_culion.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="271" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="325" /></a><div style="padding:0.3em 0 0 0;">Map of Palawan with Culion highlighted</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;font-size:95%;padding:4px;border:none;"><div style="font-size:100%;line-height:1.6;font-weight:bold;background:transparent;text-align:center;;">OpenStreetMap</div><div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw="interface" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-overlays="["_b76ea64250fb0737f29a1c59b6059af689a304f0"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/10/a/a/en"><img src="/media/maps_wikimedia_org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Culion&groups=_b76ea64250fb0737f29a1c59b6059af689a304f0" alt="" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="/media/maps_wikimedia_org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Culion&groups=_b76ea64250fb0737f29a1c59b6059af689a304f0 2x" /></a></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r997900035">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><a href="/wiki/File:Philippines_location_map_(square).svg" class="image" title="Culion is located in Philippines"><img alt="Culion is located in Philippines" src="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg/250px-Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" srcset="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg/375px-Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg.png 1.5x, /media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg/500px-Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1332" data-file-height="1332" /></a><div class="od" style="top:55.385%;left:34.826%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><img alt="Culion" src="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Culion" width="6" height="6" srcset="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, /media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></div><div class="pl" style="font-size:91%;width:6em;right:4px"><div>Culion</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">Coordinates: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r994658806">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Culion&params=11.84_N_119.99_E_region:PH_type:city(20139)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°50′N</span> <span class="longitude">119°59′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.84°N 119.99°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.84; 119.99</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="coordinates"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r994658806"/><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Culion&params=11.84_N_119.99_E_region:PH_type:city(20139)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°50′N</span> <span class="longitude">119°59′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.84°N 119.99°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.84; 119.99</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td><span class="flagicon"><img alt="" src="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="thumbborder" srcset="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, /media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">Region</a></th><td><a href="/wiki/Mimaropa" title="Mimaropa">Mimaropa</a> <span class="nowrap">(Region IV-B)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">Province</a></th><td><a href="/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan">Palawan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines#District_representation" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">District</a></th><td><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Palawan" title="Legislative districts of Palawan">1st district</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Date_of_establishment" title="Date of establishment">Founded</a></th><td>February 19, 1992</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">Barangays</a></th><td><b></b>14 (see <a href="#Barangays">Barangays</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Government<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"> </span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Type</th><td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Bayan" title="Sangguniang Bayan">Sangguniang Bayan</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td>Ma. Virginia N. de Vera</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/wiki/Vice_Mayor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Mayor">Vice Mayor</a></th><td>Alister S. Leyson</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines#Current_composition" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">Representative</a></th><td>Franz Josef George E. Alvarez</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Philippines#Qualification" title="Elections in the Philippines">Electorate</a></th><td>13,028 voters (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_general_election,_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine general election, 2019">2019</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Area<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"> </span><sup id="cite_ref-nscb-area_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-area-2">[2]</a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Total</th><td>499.59 km<sup>2</sup> (192.89 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row">Elevation<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"></div></th><td>45 m (148 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row">Highest elevation<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Oltaloro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mount Oltaloro (page does not exist)">Mount Oltaloro</a>)</div></th><td>468 m (1,535 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Population<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2015 census) <sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–17_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–17-3">[3]</a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Total</th><td>20,139</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Density</th><td>40/km<sup>2</sup> (100/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/wiki/Household" title="Household">Households</a><div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"></div></th><td>4,640</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Philippines" title="Economy of the Philippines">Economy</a><div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines#Income_classification" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Income class</a></th><td>3rd municipal income class</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/wiki/Measuring_poverty" title="Measuring poverty">Poverty incidence</a></th><td>24.94% (2015)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • <a href="/wiki/Revenue" title="Revenue">Revenue</a></th><td>₱114,722,054.47 (2016)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;text-align:left">Service provider<div style="font-weight:normal;display:inline;"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"> • Electricity</th><td>Busuanga Island Electric Cooperative</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ZIP_codes_in_the_Philippines" title="List of ZIP codes in the Philippines">ZIP code</a></th><td class="adr"><div class="postal-code">5315</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/"><abbr title="Philippine Standard Geographic Code">PSGC</abbr></a></span></th><td class="adr"><div class="postal-code"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/?q=psgc/barangays/175322000&regcode=17&provcode=53">175322000</a></span></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_direct_dialing" title="International direct dialing">IDD</a><span style="white-space:nowrap"> </span>:<span style="white-space:nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Philippines" title="Telephone numbers in the Philippines">area code</a> </span></th><td>+63 (0)48</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate type</a></th><td><a href="/wiki/Tropical_climate" title="Tropical climate">tropical climate</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines" title="Languages of the Philippines">Native languages</a></th><td>Calamian Tagbanwa<br /> Palawano<br /> Tagalog</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Culion</b>, officially the <b>Municipality of Culion</b> (<a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>: <i lang="tl">Bayan ng Culion</i>), is a 3rd class <a href="/wiki/Municipality_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipality of the Philippines">municipality</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Province">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan">Palawan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 20,139 people. <sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–17_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–17-3">[3]</a></sup>
</p><p>Culion consists primarily of Culion Island as well as 41 minor surrounding islands, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Calamian_Islands" title="Calamian Islands">Calamian group of islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-5">[5]</a></sup>
</p><p>It was a former <a href="/wiki/Leprosarium" class="mw-redirect" title="Leprosarium">leprosarium</a>, starting in 1906 under the American colonial regime until the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines" title="Commonwealth of the Philippines">American commonwealth of the Philippines</a> era. Although leprosy on the island-town was abolished in the 1980s, it was only in 2006 when it was declared a leprosy-free area by the <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chapman_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chapman-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> The municipality was created by virtue of <i><a href="/wiki/Republic_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic Act">Republic Act</a> No. 7193</i> on February 19, 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-ChanRobles-RA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChanRobles-RA-8">[8]</a></sup> In May 2017, the Philippine National Commission for <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> began its initiative to prepare the dossier of Culion's leprosy documentary heritage, which will be nominated in the future in the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_Programme" title="Memory of the World Programme">Memory of the World Programme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> In May 2018, the <i>Culion Museum and Archives</i> was officially nominated by the Philippines in the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_Register_%E2%80%93_Asia_and_the_Pacific" title="Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific">Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mowcapunesco.org_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mowcapunesco.org-10">[10]</a></sup> On June 18, 2018, <i>Culion Leprosy Archives</i> was officially inscribed to the <a href="/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_Register_%E2%80%93_Asia_and_the_Pacific" title="Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific">Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific</a>. The government and the Asia-Pacific bloc aims to nominate the archives further to the International Memory of the World Register. If approved by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>, it will be the fifth internationally recognized documentary heritage of the Philippines, increasing Culion town's feasibility to become a <a href="/wiki/World_heritage_site" class="mw-redirect" title="World heritage site">world heritage site</a> in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a></sup>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#American_commonwealth_and_Culion_as_a_leprosarium"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">American commonwealth and Culion as a leprosarium</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Geography">Geography</span></h2>
<p>Culion is an island situated at the northernmost part of Palawan. It is part of the Calamian Archipelago in northern Palawan that also includes the municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Busuanga,_Palawan" title="Busuanga, Palawan">Busuanga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coron,_Palawan" title="Coron, Palawan">Coron</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Linapacan,_Palawan" class="mw-redirect" title="Linapacan, Palawan">Linapacan</a>. During the Spanish Period, these were known as <i>Las Islas de Calamianes, Provincia de España</i>.
</p><p>The municipality has a land area of 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) which includes the 41 surrounding islands and measures a total of 1,191.39 square kilometres (460.00 sq mi) including its territorial water. Its largest island, Culion Island, has an area of 389 square kilometres (150 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-brit_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-5">[5]</a></sup> It is bounded on the north by <a href="/wiki/Busuanga_Island" title="Busuanga Island">Busuanga Island</a>, on the east by the Coron Reef, on the south by Linapacan Island, and on the west by the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a>.
</p><p>The Culion sea is teeming with a total of 201 fish species including commercially important fish like Lapu-lapu (Groupers), Kanuping (Sweetlip Emperor), Maya-Maya (Snapper), Tanguige (Spanish Mackerel), Dalagang Bukid (Blue and Gold Fusiliers) and Bisugo (Breams). Squid, cuttlefish, shrimps, crabs, shellfish and sea cucumber or trepang are plentiful.
</p><p>Three ecosystems sustain the rich marine life of Culion: mangroves, seagrass, and corals. 17 mangrove species cover the coastline of Culion. 9 seagrass species and 47 coral genera representing 60% of the total genera found in the Philippines are found in Culion.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Barangays">Barangays</span></h3>
<p>Culion is politically subdivided into 14 <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">barangays</a>:
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<ul><li>Balala</li>
<li>Baldat</li>
<li>Binudac</li>
<li>Burabod</li>
<li>Culango</li>
<li>De Carabao</li>
<li>Galoc</li>
<li>Halsey</li>
<li>Jardin</li>
<li>Libis</li>
<li>Luac</li>
<li>Malaking Patag</li>
<li>Osmeña</li>
<li>Tiza</li></ul>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Climate">Climate</span></h3>
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<th colspan="14">Climate data for Culion, Palawan
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<th scope="row">Month
</th>
<th scope="col">Jan
</th>
<th scope="col">Feb
</th>
<th scope="col">Mar
</th>
<th scope="col">Apr
</th>
<th scope="col">May
</th>
<th scope="col">Jun
</th>
<th scope="col">Jul
</th>
<th scope="col">Aug
</th>
<th scope="col">Sep
</th>
<th scope="col">Oct
</th>
<th scope="col">Nov
</th>
<th scope="col">Dec
</th>
<th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year
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<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average high °C (°F)
</th>
<td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;">30<br />(86)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;">21<br />(70)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;">32<br />(90)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;">32<br />(90)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;">31<br />(88)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;">30<br />(86)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;">29<br />(84)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;">28<br />(82)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;">28<br />(82)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;">29<br />(84)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;">30<br />(86)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;">30<br />(86)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">29<br />(85)
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<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average low °C (°F)
</th>
<td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;">21<br />(70)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;">21<br />(70)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;">22<br />(72)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;">23<br />(73)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;">25<br />(77)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;">25<br />(77)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;">25<br />(77)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;">25<br />(77)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;">25<br />(77)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;">24<br />(75)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;">23<br />(73)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;">21<br />(70)
</td>
<td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium">23<br />(74)
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<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches)
</th>
<td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;">30<br />(1.2)
</td>
<td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;">26<br />(1.0)
</td>
<td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;">39<br />(1.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;">58<br />(2.3)
</td>
<td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;">192<br />(7.6)
</td>
<td style="background: #00004A; color:#FFFFFF;">283<br />(11.1)
</td>
<td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;">341<br />(13.4)
</td>
<td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;">323<br />(12.7)
</td>
<td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;">317<br />(12.5)
</td>
<td style="background: #0000A5; color:#FFFFFF;">231<br />(9.1)
</td>
<td style="background: #4747FF; color:#FFFFFF;">119<br />(4.7)
</td>
<td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;">56<br />(2.2)
</td>
<td style="background: #0000FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium">2,015<br />(79.3)
</td></tr>
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<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days
</th>
<td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;">10.3
</td>
<td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;">8.5
</td>
<td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;">12.4
</td>
<td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;">16.3
</td>
<td style="background: #0000DC; color:#FFFFFF;">23.5
</td>
<td style="background: #0000A4; color:#FFFFFF;">27.1
</td>
<td style="background: #00009F; color:#FFFFFF;">28.4
</td>
<td style="background: #0000AD; color:#FFFFFF;">27.3
</td>
<td style="background: #00009E; color:#FFFFFF;">27.6
</td>
<td style="background: #0000B9; color:#FFFFFF;">26.3
</td>
<td style="background: #0A0AFF; color:#FFFFFF;">19.2
</td>
<td style="background: #5757FF; color:#FFFFFF;">13.6
</td>
<td style="background: #0303FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium">240.5
</td></tr>
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<td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Meteoblue <small>(modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)</small> <sup id="cite_ref-met_norms_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-met_norms-12">[12]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Spanish_colonial_period">Spanish colonial period</span></h3>
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<p>Aside from churches, the Spaniards built defensive fortifications in strategic places in Taytay, Cuyo, Agutaya, Linapacan, including a watch tower and fort in the locality of Libis in Culion.
</p><p>In 1858, Calamianes was divided into 2 provinces, "Castilla" and "Asturias". Castilla, which included northern Palawan, retained its capital of Taytay. Asturias extended south to Balabac. In 1873, the capital of Palawan was changed from Taytay to Cuyo. The French anthropologist Alfred Marche traveled the Philippines and documented his research of many places. French Ambassador Pirre Revol in particular translated Marche's account of the Calamianes, and Culion.
</p><p>Marche refers to Culion as the principal village of the Calamianes. The fact that a boat from Manila "touches Culion once a month" attests to the growing economy of the place at that time. Marche's description of the place and people he met in the 1880s are important indicators of the ethnography of Calamianes since more than a hundred years ago.
</p><p>The primacy of Culion as a leading settlement community of the Calamianes is further supported by the fact that a Justice of the peace resided and held office in Culion. Claudio Sandoval y Rodriguez a Spanish mestizo from Jaro, Iloilo married Evarista Manlavi daughter of a rich landowner from Cuyo. Claudio Sandoval became Jezgado de Paz de Culion, Calamianes and held office sometime in the late 1880s. The seal of Claudio's office was found stamped on handwritten circular dated December 11, 1889 that he sent to all within Culion's "roriedad y sus visitas" warning residents of the penalties that will be imposed on them should they be caught gambling. Culion's "visitas" included the island of Busuanga and other areas in Calamianes.
</p><p>A remnant of the fort in San Pedro located somewhere in Burabud is a testimony of a rich history of Culion. In the early 1990s, it was thought that this fort was already invaded by the roots of balete trees. This was built by the Spanish friars (Agustinian Recollects) and is older than the one we now see in Culion proper, the Immaculate Conception Church built by the Jesuits. This fort in San Pedro was more or less built on the same span of time as that of the forts in Agutaya, Taytay and Cuyo which all still stand today preserved by the Palawan government.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="American_commonwealth_and_Culion_as_a_leprosarium">American commonwealth and Culion as a leprosarium</span></h3>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culion_leper_colony" title="Culion leper colony">Culion leper colony</a></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Culionlepercolony.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Culionlepercolony.jpg/220px-Culionlepercolony.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="764" data-file-height="517" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Culionlepercolony.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Members of the Culion leper colony in an undated photograph. The women in the center appear to be playing the <a href="/wiki/Kulintang" title="Kulintang">kulintang</a> traditional instrument.</div></div></div>
<p>When the treaty of Paris was signed on December 10, 1898, wherein Spain sold the Philippines to the United States for 20 million dollars, the funding of Culion as a reservation is closely related to the early efforts of the Americans to establish some form of public health policy in the Philippines as part of their long-term intentions to occupy the archipelago.
</p><p>One of the motivating factors for the creation of the Manila Board of Health was traditional belief that the maintenance of public health required the isolation of cases of <a href="/wiki/Leprosy" title="Leprosy">leprosy</a> from the rest of the public. After an investigation of a number of sites, the island of Culion was selected as a <a href="/wiki/Leper_colony" title="Leper colony">segregation colony</a> in 1901. On October 27, 1902 the Second Philippine Commission appropriated an initial amount of $50,000 for the establishment of Culion under the Secretary of Interior Dean C. Worcester and Director of Health Victor G. Heiser.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> On August 22, 1904, Luke E. Wright, the American Civil Governor of the Government of the Philippine Islands, signed Executive Order No. 35 which transferred the jurisdiction and control of Culion from the Municipality of Coron, reserving the same as a leper colony and a government stock farm.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Timeline">Timeline</span></h3>
<ul><li>On May 27, 1906, the first contingent of 370 patients from Cebu was brought to Culion by two Coast Guard cutters, the Polilio and the Mindanao.</li>
<li>On September 12, 1907, Act 1711 of the Philippine Commission was passed that gave full responsibility to the Director of Health for the compulsory segregation of the lepers, and confinement and treatment in Culion.</li>
<li>Between 1906 and 1910 the Americans rounded up 5,303 leprosy afflicted individuals and brought them to the colony. On July 18, 1912, acting Governor General Newton Gilbert signed EO No. 35 in which he further defined the territory of the leper colony and government stock farm.</li>
<li>In 1913, a special coinage issue was minted in aluminum by a private firm for the inmates of the Colony. Further special coinage issues would be minted for them at the <a href="/wiki/Manila_Mint" title="Manila Mint">Manila Mint</a> from 1920 to 1930. A special paper money issue was generated during World War II for their use as well.</li>
<li>In 1917, Section 1066 of Act No. 2711 (Revised Administrative Act) provided that the Department Head through the Director of Health shall have jurisdiction over the colony and its waters for the efficient management of the sanitarium.</li>
<li>On June 18, 1952, Congress passed R.A. No. 753 which transferred administrative control to the Director of Hospitals. In 1964, the Secretary of Health again took administrative control and enforcement of rules and regulations over all the lands and waters of Culion Leper Colony as provided under Section 106 of the Revised Administrative Code. Sections 1060 to 1071 of RA no. 753 was later repealed by Republic Act No. 4073, an Act further liberalizing the Treatment of Leprosy by Amending and Repealing Certain Sections of the Revised Administrative Code, resulting in the loss of jurisdiction by the Department of Health over the natural resources of Culion.</li>
<li>In 1979, a Culion Committee was created under Letter of Instructions No. 796. The Ministry of Human Settlements conceived and organized in 1982 an alternative development approach for residents of Culion under the Culion Development Project (CDP). This was later amended by Executive Order No. 241 on July 24, 1987 that transferred the said committee and the CDP to the Palawan Integrated Area Development Project (PIADP) of the National Council on Integrated Area Development (NACIAD). This transfer did not however affect the jurisdiction of DOH over the Culion Leper Colony.</li>
<li>On June 22, 1988, Congress passed R.A. No. 6659 that authorized qualified residents of Culion Leper Colony to vote for the elective provincial officials of the Province of Palawan. In 1991, Speaker Ramon Mitra and House Representative David Ponce De Leon introduced a house bill for the creation of the Municipality of Culion. On February 12, 1992, President <a href="/wiki/Corazon_C._Aquino" class="mw-redirect" title="Corazon C. Aquino">Corazon C. Aquino</a> signed <i>Republic Act 7193</i> creating the Municipality of Culion in the Province of Palawan.<sup id="cite_ref-ChanRobles-RA_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChanRobles-RA-8">[8]</a></sup></li>
<li>May 8, 1995 was when the first election of municipal and barangay officials of Culion was held resulting in the election of Mr. Hilarion M. Guia and Mr. Emiliano Marasigan Jr. as its first duly elected Mayor and Vice Mayor, respectively.</li>
<li>On October 29, 1998, through Department of Health Administrative Order No. 20-A Series of 1998, administrative control and authority over the Municipality of Culion was officially transferred from the Department of Health to the Municipality ending nearly one century of administrative control by the health department over Culion Island.</li></ul>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Culion_fishing_village.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Culion_fishing_village.jpg/220px-Culion_fishing_village.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Culion_fishing_village.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Fishing boats in Culion</div></div></div>
<ul><li>On March 12, 2001, Republic Act 9032 signed by President Gloria Macapacal Arroyo expanded the area of jurisdiction of the Municipality of Culion, Province of Palawan, amending for the purpose Republic Act 7193. The barangays of Balala, Baldat, Binudac, Culango, Galoc, Jardin, Libis, Luac, Malaking Patag, Osmeña and Tiza were declared legally existent upon the creation of the Municipality of Busuanga to the Municipality of Culion. Barangays Burabod and Halsey were transferred from the Municipality of Busuanga to the Municipality of Culion subject to ratification by plebiscite in the two municipalities of Culion and Busuanga. Barangay Carabao for the Tagbanua indigenous cultural community was likewise created subject to ratification by plebiscite in Culion.</li>
<li>While on July 15, 2002, plebiscites held in Culion and Busuanga simultaneously with the election of barangay officials and Sangguniang Kabataan representatives resulted in the ratification of the transfer of Halsey and Burabod to Culion and the creation of Barangay Carabao.</li>
<li>In May 2018, the <i>Culion Museum and Archives</i> was nominated by the Philippines to the <a href="/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_Register_%E2%80%93_Asia_and_the_Pacific" title="Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific">Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific</a>. The archive's declaration of passage or failure will be announced on a later date.<sup id="cite_ref-mowcapunesco.org_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mowcapunesco.org-10">[10]</a></sup></li>
<li>June 18, 2018, the <i>Culion Leprosy Archives</i> was officially inscribed to the <a href="/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_Register_%E2%80%93_Asia_and_the_Pacific" title="Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific">Memory of the World Register – Asia and the Pacific</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11">[11]</a></sup></li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Demographics">Demographics</span></h2>
<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r992277484"/><div class="mw-stack stack-container stack-left"><div><table class="toccolours" style="width:auto;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption style="border-top:1px #aaa solid;border-left:1px #aaa solid;border-right:1px #aaa solid;background-color:lavender;padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Population census of Culion</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid black;padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid black;padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid black;padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">13,024</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">14,302</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.03%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">17,194</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.57%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">19,543</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.77%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">20,139</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.57%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a> <sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–17_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–17-3">[3]</a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–17_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–17-14">[14]</a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-NSO07-17_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO07-17-15">[15]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWUA-PopulationData_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWUA-PopulationData-16">[16]</a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
<p>In the 2015 census, the population of Culion was 20,139 people, <sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–17_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–17-3">[3]</a></sup> with a density of 40 inhabitants per square kilometre or 100 inhabitants per square mile.
</p><p>The original people of Culion are the <a href="/wiki/Tagbanwa_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tagbanwa people">Tagbanuas</a>, a cultural minority group that lives by fishing and food gathering. While preserving their native customs and traditions, the Tagbanuas are greatly influenced by Muslim culture and social organization.
</p><p>Early trading activities attracted people from other parts of Palawan, like Calamianen and Cuyonon, who came and stayed in Culion as their new home.
</p><p>Today, however, the <a href="/wiki/Tagbanwa_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tagbanwa people">Tagbanuas</a> no longer practice many of their cultural traditions and many of them have been converted to Christianity. They are largely marginalized, making up only about 8% of Culion's total population. Barangay Carabao, under Republic Act 9032, was established for these indigenous people. They were also granted Certificates of Ancestral Domain under Republic Act 8371, also known as the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997.
</p><p>The establishment of the leper colony in 1906, Hansenites and hospital staff were brought to Culion from different parts of the Philippines bringing their customs, habits, dialects, and regional characteristics, and the influx of migrants in the last three decades have understandably made Culion an heterogeneous population.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Economy">Economy</span></h2>
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<b>Poverty Incidence of Culion</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="mbox-text"><b>Source:</b> <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> <br /></td></tr>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</span></h2>
<p>The 2019 film <a href="/wiki/Culion_(film)" title="Culion (film)"><i>Culion</i></a> depicts the island's history during the 1940s when the disease was considered a life sentence.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup>
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<li><span><a href="/wiki/File:Ic%C3%B4ne_Ile.svg" class="image"><img alt="icon" src="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ic%C3%B4ne_Ile.svg/28px-Ic%C3%B4ne_Ile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="noviewer" srcset="/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ic%C3%B4ne_Ile.svg/42px-Ic%C3%B4ne_Ile.svg.png 1.5x, /media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ic%C3%B4ne_Ile.svg/56px-Ic%C3%B4ne_Ile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Islands" title="Portal:Islands">Islands portal</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>
<dl><dt>See also</dt>
<dd><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_Philippines" title="Geography of the Philippines">Geography of the Philippines</a></dd>
<dd><a href="/wiki/Island_groups_of_the_Philippines" title="Island groups of the Philippines">Island groups of the Philippines</a></dd>
<dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of islands">List of islands</a></dd></dl>
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<li><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/WorldCat_Identities_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="WorldCat Identities (identifier)">WorldCat Identities</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81113049">lccn-n81113049</a></span></li></ul>
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