Caplan

Caplan is a municipality in the region of the province of in . 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.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Siméon-de-Bonaventure.

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Saint-Siméon is a parish municipality in , in Gaspésie, in the east of . The local community is mostly made up of Acadians.

Caplan

Latitude
48.10256° or 48° 6′ 9″ north
Longitude
-65.68338° or 65° 41′ 0″ west
Population
1,970
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
87WP4838+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305819330
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8556283
Wiki­data ID
Q2937522
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Caplan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كابلون”
  • Basque: “Caplan”
  • Catalan: “Caplan”
  • Cebuano: “Caplan”
  • Chinese: “卡普朗”
  • Dutch: “Caplan”
  • French: “Caplan”
  • French: “Saint-Charles de Caplan”
  • French: “Saint-Charles-de-Caplan”
  • Italian: “Caplan”
  • Persian: “کاپلان، کبک”
  • Portuguese: “Caplan”
  • Spanish: “Caplan”
  • Swedish: “Caplan”
  • Turkish: “Caplan”
  • Urdu: “کاپلان، کیوبیک”
  • “Caplan”

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