Culion

Culion, officially the Municipality of Culion, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 23,213 people. Culion consists primarily of Culion Island as well as 41 minor surrounding islands, as part of the Calamian group of islands.It was a former leprosarium, starting in 1906 under the American colonial regime until the American commonwealth of the Philippines era.