Central Luzon
Tarlac
Capas

Capas

Capas is a municipality in the southern part of . Dubbed the "Tourism Capital of Tarlac", Capas is known as the endpoint of the infamous Death March during World War II, and is the jumping point for treks to Mount Pinatubo, which have its devastating eruption in 1991.
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  • Type: Town with 156,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of the Philippines in the province of Tarlac
  • Also known as: “Capas, Tarlac” and “Municipality of Capas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Death March historical marker.

Memorial
Photo: Judgefloro, Public domain.
is a memorial.

Capas

Latitude
15.336° or 15° 20′ 10″ north
Longitude
120.5896° or 120° 35′ 23″ east
Population
156,000
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
7Q728HPQ+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198509909
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1718722
Wiki­data ID
Q56427
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Satellite Map

Discover Capas from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Amis to Zulu—“Capas” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Capas”
  • Asturian: “Capas”
  • Balinese: “Capas”
  • Banjar: “Capas”
  • Basque: “Capas”
  • Batak Toba: “Capas”
  • Buginese: “Capas”
  • Capiznon: “Capas”
  • Catalan: “Capas”
  • Cebuano: “Capas, Tarlac”
  • Cebuano: “Capas”
  • Cebuano: “Lungsod sa Capas”
  • Central Bikol: “Capas, Tarlac”
  • Central Bikol: “Capas”
  • Chavacano: “Capas, Tarlac”
  • Chavacano: “Capas”
  • Chinese: “卡帕斯”
  • Dagbani: “Capas”
  • Danish: “Capas”
  • Dutch: “Capas”
  • Esperanto: “Capas”
  • Fijian: “Capas”
  • Filipino: “Capas”
  • Filipino: “Capaz”
  • French: “Capas”
  • Georgian: “კაპასი”
  • German: “Capas”
  • Gorontalo: “Capas”
  • Hausa: “Capas”
  • Hebrew: “קאפאס”
  • Hiligaynon: “Capas”
  • Hiri Motu: “Capas”
  • Igbo: “Capas”
  • Iloko: “Capas”
  • Indonesian: “Capas, Tarlac”
  • Indonesian: “Capas”
  • Irish: “Capas”
  • Italian: “Capas”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Capas”
  • Japanese: “カパス”
  • Javanese: “Capas”
  • Kinaray-A: “Capas”
  • Kongo: “Capas”
  • Malagasy: “Capas”
  • Malay: “Capas”
  • Maori: “Capas”
  • Minangkabau: “Capas”
  • Nauru: “Capas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Capas”
  • Norwegian: “Capas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Capas”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Capas”
  • Oromo: “Capas”
  • Paiwan: “Capas”
  • Pampanga: “Capas, Tarlac”
  • Pampanga: “Capas”
  • Pangasinan: “Capas, Tarlac”
  • Pangasinan: “Capas”
  • Persian: “کاپاس”
  • Portuguese: “Capas”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Capas”
  • Russian: “Капас”
  • Sakizaya: “Capas”
  • Samoan: “Capas”
  • Scots: “Capas”
  • Spanish: “Capas”
  • Sundanese: “Capas”
  • Swahili: “Capas”
  • Swedish: “Capas”
  • Tagalog: “Bayan ng Capas”
  • Tagalog: “Capas, Tarlac”
  • Tagalog: “Capas”
  • Tahitian: “Capas”
  • Tetum: “Capas”
  • Tok Pisin: “Capas”
  • Vietnamese: “Capas, Tarlac”
  • Vietnamese: “capas”
  • Vietnamese: “Capas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Capas, Tarlac”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Capas”
  • Welsh: “Capas”
  • Xhosa: “Capas”
  • Yoruba: “Capas”
  • Zulu: “Capas”
  • “Capas”
  • “Capas, Tarlac”

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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 “Capas”. Photo: jopetsy, CC BY 2.0.