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Samar
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tỉnh của Philippines
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Vinony's link graph records 522 inbound references to Samar, and connects out to San Jose de Buan, Tarangnan and Philippines.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st, across 27 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1965 establishments in the Philippines, Geographic coordinate lists and Lists of coordinates.
Vinony links it to 45 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of the Philippines
- Official name
- Lalawigan ng Samar
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Eastern Visayas
- Contains
- Santa Margarita
- Capital
- Catbalogan
- Population
- 806179
- Area
- 6048.03
- Shares border with
- Masbate
- Official website
- samar.lgu-ph.com
- Image
- Marabut, Philippines, Limestone islands in San Pedro Bay.jpg
- Households
- 181794
- Dialing code
- 55
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- native label
- Lalawigan ng Samar
- inception
- 1965-06-19
- topic's main category
- Category:Samar (province)
- postal code
- 6700–6725
- electorate
- 625543
- Commons category
- Samar (province)
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- language used
- Abaknon
- poverty incidence
- 27.00
- total assets
- 7922872143.71
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 2763460845.90
- total liabilities
- 1454440144.19
- total expenditure
- 1642657349.73
Sources (14)
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Gallery (12)
On the map
27 mapped locations
Connections
San Jose de Buan
Entity
Tarangnan
Entity
Philippines
Country
Waray
Entity
Samar Island
Entity
conjoined twins
Disease
Congress of the Philippines
Entity
House of Representatives of the Philippines
Entity
Philippine Independent Church
Entity
Balangiga
Entity
Paranas
Entity
Basey
Entity
Lawaan
Entity
Calbiga
Entity
Jiabong
Entity
Talalora
Entity
Tagapul-an
Entity
Matuguinao
Entity
Pagsanghan
Entity
Pinabacdao
Entity