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Culion Island
island, Philippines
Culion Island, island, one of the Calamian Group, west-central Philippines. The island is the site of Culion Reservation, a therapeutic community founded in 1906 for the treatment of leprosy (Hansenās disease). Rice and coconuts are grown on the island. Culion, the main settlement, is located on the northeastern coast. Area island, 150 square miles (389 square km). Pop. (2000) Culion mun., 15,090; (2010) Culion mun., 19,543.
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