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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,970 residents
- Description: municipality in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Caplan, Quebec”
- Neighbors: Saint-Siméon-de-Bonaventure
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Siméon-de-Bonaventure.
Saint-Siméon-de-Bonaventure
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Saint-Siméon is a parish municipality in Chaleur Bay, in Gaspésie, in the east of Quebec. The local community is mostly made up of Acadians.
Caplan
- Categories: municipality and locality
- Location: Caplan, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
48.10256° or 48° 6′ 9″ northLongitude
-65.68338° or 65° 41′ 0″ westPopulation
1,970Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
87WP4838+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 305819330OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8556283Wikidata ID
Q2937522
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“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”
- Italian: “Caplan”
- Persian: “کاپلان، کبک”
- Portuguese: “Caplan”
- Spanish: “Caplan”
- Swedish: “Caplan”
- Turkish: “Caplan”
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Notable Places Nearby
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