Lapinig, officially the Municipality of Lapinig ( war, Bungto han Lapinig; tl, Bayan ng Lapinig), is a 5th class

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in the

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Northern Samar Northern Samar ( war, Amihanan Samar/Norte san Samar; tl, Hilagang Samar), officially the Province of Northern Samar, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines, regio ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 11,844 people. It is Northern Samar's boundary municipality with Eastern Samar on its coastal side in the Pacific. To the south, it is bounded by Arteche, to the west by

Jipapad Jipapad, officially the Municipality of Jipapad ( war, Bungto han Jipapad; tl, Bayan ng Jipapad), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,439 people. Bara ...

, to the northeast by the

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, and in the northwest by

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Geography

Barangays

Lapinig is politically subdivided into 15

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s. * Alang-alang * Bagacay * Cahagwayan * Can Maria * Can Omanio * Imelda * Lapinig del Sur (Poblacion) * Lapinig del Norte (Poblacion) * Lo-ok * Mabini * May-igot * Palanas * Pio Del Pilar * Potong * Potong Del Sur

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