Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Eastern Visayas
- Founded via samar division
- June 11, 1965
- Ratified
- November 14, 1967
- Renamed
- June 21, 1969
- Capital
- Catbalogan
- Largest city
- Calbayog
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlalawigan
- Governor
- Sharee Ann T. Tan ( NP )
- Vice governor
- Arnold V. Tan ( PFP )
- Legislature
- Samar Provincial Board
- Total
- 6,048.03 km (2,335.16 sq mi)
- Rank
- 10th out of 82
- Highest elevation mount huraw
- 890 m (2,920 ft)
- Density
- 133.296/km (345.235/sq mi)
- Component cities
- 2 Catbalogan Calbayog
- Municipalities
- 24 Almagro Basey Calbiga Daram Gandara Hinabangan Jiabong Marabut Matuguinao Motiong Pagsanghan Paranas Pinabacdao San Jorge San Jose de Buan San Sebastian Santa Margarita Santa Rita Santo Niño Tagapul-an Talalora Tarangnan Villareal Zumarraga
- Districts
- Legislative districts of Samar
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Samar, officially the Province of Samar (Waray: Probinsya han Samar; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Samar), or also known as Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Catbalogan while Calbayog is the most populous city in the province. It is bordered by Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte and Leyte Gulf, and includes several islands in the Samar Sea. Samar is connected to the island of Leyte via the San Juanico Bridge.
In 1768, Leyte and modern Samar were created out of the historical province of Samar. In 1965, Northern and Eastern Samar were created.