The island of Tagapul-an was originally part of the municipality of Almagro.

Tagapul-an was established as a municipality of Western Samar on November 15, 1976.

It originally consisted of 11 barangays: Baguin, Balocawe, Guimbarocan, Langbaybay, Luna, Mataloto, Nipa, Pantalan, Polangbato, San Vicente, and Sugod, which was designated as the municipal seat of government.

Poverty Incidence of Tagapul-an Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] The only one means of access to Tagapul-an is by motorboat from the port of Calbayog, taking usually up to 2 hours of travel.

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