Linapacan is the southernmost of the four Calamian municipalities, a town made entirely of islands: all ten of its barangays are island communities, with the seat at San Miguel. Culion lies between it and Coron.
It is one of the quietest corners of northern Palawan, known mostly for the clarity of the water around Linapacan Island.
- Area
- Calamianes
- On the map
- Open Linapacan in Google Maps
The local government
- Mayor
- Emil Neri
- Vice mayor
- Ricky Rodriguez
- Municipality of
- Linapacan
- PSGC code
- 1705313000
- Barangays
- 10
- Land area
- 195.4 km²
Elected on 12 May 2025 for the term to 30 June 2028, named as on the ballot, from the count COMELEC released (via Rappler); checked 9 November 2026. An official can be suspended or replaced during a term, so the town hall has the last word.
In an emergency
Call 911Linapacan’s disaster office (MDRRMO): 0948-221-8889, 0999-705-7538
From the provincial emergency page, checked 8 November 2026. Every emergency number
Its people and its past
Under Spain the islands were the barrio of San Miguel, part of Coron, and forts were raised at Caseledan and Ili against raiders. Ten islands were separated from Coron in 1954 to form the town.
A 1988 law renamed the municipality after Gaudencio E. Abordo, a former governor and representative of Palawan, but voters rejected the change in a plebiscite in May 1994, and the name Linapacan stayed.
In 2013 the US news site Daily News Dig ranked Linapacan Island first among the world's 35 clearest waters to swim in. Linapacan Island, Palawan has world's clearest water to swim in (GMA News, 2013)
Also around Linapacan
island
Linapacan Island
Main island of the municipality and site of its main settlement. The municipality lies between Coron and El Nido.
Linapacan - Know Your Candidates 2025 (Palawan News)
Where it is
230 km north-east of Puerto Princesa, as the crow flies.
