Balabac
Balabac is a second-class municipality in the southern tip of Palawan consisting of 32 islands. Being the westernmost point of the country, it is closer to Sabah than the rest of the Philippines, with only the Sabah Strait separating the municipality from its neighboring country.
- 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
- Categories: municipality of the Philippines and locality
- Location: Palawan, Mimaropa, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amis to Yoruba—“Balabac” goes by many names.
- Amis: “Balabac”
- Azerbaijani: “Balabac”
- Capiznon: “Balabac”
- Cebuano: “Balabac”
- Cebuano: “Lungsod sa Balabac”
- Central Bikol: “Balabac”
- Chavacano: “Balabac”
- Chinese: “巴拉巴克”
- Czech: “Balabac”
- Danish: “Balabac”
- Dutch: “Balabac”
- Finnish: “Balabac”
- French: “Balabac”
- French: “Commune de Balabac”
- Georgian: “ბალაბაკი (პალავანი)”
- Georgian: “ბალაბაკი”
- German: “Balabac”
- Hausa: “Balabac”
- Hiligaynon: “Balabac”
- Hungarian: “Balabac”
- Iloko: “Balabac, Palawan”
- Iloko: “Balabac”
- Indonesian: “Balabac”
- Italian: “Balabac”
- Japanese: “バラバク (パラワン州)”
- Japanese: “バラバク”
- Javanese: “Balabac”
- Kinaray-A: “Balabac”
- Korean: “발라박”
- Malay: “Balabac”
- Norwegian: “Balabac”
- Paiwan: “Balabac”
- Pampanga: “Balabac”
- Pangasinan: “Balabac”
- Persian: “بالاباک”
- Polish: “Balabac”
- Portuguese: “Balabac”
- Rinconada Bikol: “Balabac”
- Romanian: “Balabac”
- Sakizaya: “Balabac”
- Slovak: “Balabac”
- Spanish: “Balabac”
- Spanish: “Balábac”
- Swahili: “Balabac”
- Swedish: “Balabac”
- Tagalog: “Balabac”
- Tagalog: “Bayan ng Balabac”
- Tagalog: “Munisipalidad ng Balabac”
- Tagalog: “Munisipyo ng Balabac”
- Tetum: “Balabac”
- Turkish: “Balabac”
- Urdu: “بالاباک، پالاوان”
- Uzbek: “Balabac”
- Vietnamese: “Balabac”
- Waray (Philippines): “Balabac”
- Xhosa: “Balabac”
- Yoruba: “Balabac”
- “Balabac”
- “Balabac, Palawan”
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