Caplan
Caplan is a municipality in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada. There are various explanations as to the origin of the name Caplan, including: a corruption of capelin or Cape Land; from the surname of a certain John Kaplan, an Indian who long camped at this location; or from the Mi'kmaq word gaplanjetig.
- Village with about 1,980 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
- …is also known as “Caplan, Quebec”
- Description: municipality in Quebec, Canada
- Neighbors: Saint-Siméon-de-Bonaventure
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Siméon-de-Bonaventure.
Saint-Siméon-de-Bonaventure
Saint-Siméon is a parish municipality in Chaleur Bay, in Gaspésie, in the east of Quebec.
Caplan
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Latitude
48.10256° or 48° 6′ 9″ north
Longitude
-65.68338° or 65° 41′ 0″ west
Open location code
87WP4838+2J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Caplan” goes by many names.
كابلونArabic
CaplanBasque
CaplanCatalan
CaplanCebuano
卡普朗Chinese
CaplanDutch
CaplanItalian
کاپلانPersian
کاپلان، کبکPersian
CaplanSwedish
CaplanTurkish
کاپلان، کیوبیکUrdu
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