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Balabac

Balabac is a second-class municipality in the southern tip of consisting of 32 islands. Being the westernmost point of the country, it is closer to than the rest of the Philippines, with only the Sabah Strait separating the municipality from its neighboring country.
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  • Type: Town with 42,700 residents
  • Description: municipality of the Philippines in the province of Palawan
  • Also known as: “Balabac, Palawan” and “Municipality of Balabac”

Balabac

Latitude
7.9865° or 7° 59′ 11″ north
Longitude
117.0647° or 117° 3′ 53″ east
Population
42,700
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PH BLC
Open location code
6PVVX3P7+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198531689
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1728675
Wiki­data ID
Q111372
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Waray—“Balabac” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Balabac, Palawan”
  • Cebuano: “Lungsod sa Balabac”
  • Central Bikol: “Balabac”
  • Chavacano: “Balabac”
  • Chinese: “巴拉巴克”
  • Dutch: “Balabac”
  • French: “Balabac”
  • French: “Commune de Balabac”
  • Georgian: “ბალაბაკი (პალავანი)”
  • Georgian: “ბალაბაკი”
  • Iloko: “Balabac, Palawan”
  • Indonesian: “Balabac, Palawan”
  • Italian: “Balabac”
  • Japanese: “バラバク (パラワン州)”
  • Japanese: “バラバク”
  • Malay: “Balabac”
  • Norwegian: “Balabac”
  • Pampanga: “Balabac”
  • Pangasinan: “Balabac”
  • Persian: “بالاباک”
  • Portuguese: “Balabac”
  • Spanish: “Balábac”
  • Swedish: “Balabac”
  • Tagalog: “Balabac”
  • Tagalog: “Bayan ng Balabac”
  • Tagalog: “Munisipalidad ng Balabac”
  • Tagalog: “Munisipyo ng Balabac”
  • Vietnamese: “Balabac, Palawan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Balabac”
  • “Balabac”
  • “Balabac, Palawan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Balabac”. Photo: Schadow1, CC BY-SA 4.0.