Guiuan
Guiuan is a municipality in Eastern Samar, Philippines. It was the first place in the Philippines where Europeans landed; Magellan's expedition reached here in March 1521.Places of Interest
Highlights include Guiuan Airport and Tubabao.
Guiuan Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Guiuan Airport is an airport located in the municipality of Guiuan, in the province of Eastern Samar in the Philippines. It is classified as a feeder airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, an attached agency of the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the operations all airports in the Philippines, except the major international airports.
Tubabao
Island
Photo: Angelo Juan Ramos, CC BY 2.0.
Tubabao is an island off the southeastern point of Samar. It is one of the islands comprising the town of Guiuan in the province of Eastern Samar, in east central Philippines. Tubabao is situated 4½ km west of Guiuan.
Guiuan
- Type: Locality with 52,700 residents
- Location: Eastern Samar, Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.0356° or 11° 2′ 8″ northLongitude
125.7334° or 125° 44′ 0″ eastPopulation
52,700Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
7Q372PPM+69GeoNames ID
1712208
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In Other Languages
“Guiuan” goes by many names.
- Filipino: “Guiuan”
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