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Eastern Samar

Eastern Samar is a province forming the eastern part of in the Philippines. Being on the east coast, the province boasts spectacular high waves from the Pacific Ocean making it ideal for surfing.
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is the capital of Eastern Samar, in the region of . The city is a surfer's paradise, mostly frequented during the cool, rainy months.

is a municipality in Eastern Samar, . It was the first place in the Philippines where Europeans landed; Magellan's expedition reached here in March 1521.

Eastern Samar

Latitude
11.73° or 11° 43′ 48″ north
Longitude
125.37° or 125° 22′ 12″ east
Population
473,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
7Q37P9JC+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305704538
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1713986
Wiki­data ID
Q13809
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Waray—“Eastern Samar” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Samar Timu”
  • Achinese: “Samar Timu”
  • Arabic: “سامار الشرقية”
  • Asturian: “Eastern Samar”
  • Balinese: “Eastern Samar”
  • Banjar: “Eastern Samar”
  • Bengali: “পূর্ব সামার”
  • Capiznon: “Eastern Samar”
  • Catalan: “Samar Oriental”
  • Cebuano: “Lalawigan sa Sidlakang Samar”
  • Cebuano: “Sidlakang Samar”
  • Central Bikol: “Eastern Samar”
  • Chavacano: “Eastern Samar”
  • Chinese: “Eastern Samar”
  • Chinese: “东萨马省”
  • Chinese: “東薩馬省”
  • Chuvash: “Тухăç Самар”
  • Danish: “Eastern Samar”
  • Dutch: “Eastern Samar”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Samaro”
  • Finnish: “Eastern Samar”
  • French: “Samar oriental”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Samar Oriental”
  • Galician: “Samar Oriental”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი სამარი”
  • German: “Eastern Samar”
  • German: “Ost-Samar”
  • German: “Provinz Eastern Samar”
  • Gorontalo: “Eastern Samar”
  • Greek: “Ανατολικό Σαμάρ”
  • Gujarati: “ઇસ્ટર્ન સમર”
  • Hiligaynon: “Eastern Samar”
  • Hindi: “पूर्वी समर”
  • Hindi: “पूर्वी सामार प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Kelet-Samar”
  • Iloko: “Daya a Samar”
  • Indonesian: “Samar Timur”
  • Italian: “provincia di Samar Orientale”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Samar Orientale”
  • Italian: “Samar Orientale”
  • Japanese: “東サマル”
  • Japanese: “東サマル州”
  • Javanese: “Eastern Samar”
  • Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಸಮರ್”
  • Kinaray-A: “Samar Nasidlangan”
  • Korean: “동사마르주”
  • Latvian: “Austrumsamara”
  • Latvian: “Austrumu Samara”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Samaras”
  • Macedonian: “Источен Самар”
  • Malay: “Samar Timur”
  • Marathi: “ईस्टर्न समर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Eastern Samar”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “東三描省”
  • Minangkabau: “Eastern Samar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eastern Samar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Samar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Samar”
  • Norwegian: “Eastern Samar”
  • Pampanga: “Aslagang Samar”
  • Pampanga: “Eastern Samar”
  • Pangasinan: “Eastern Samar”
  • Persian: “سامار شرقی”
  • Polish: “Eastern Samar”
  • Portuguese: “Samar Oriental”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Eastern Samar”
  • Russian: “Восточный Самар”
  • Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර සමාර්”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodni Samar”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دوغو سامار”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Samar Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Sámar Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Samar Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Sámar Oriental”
  • Sundanese: “Eastern Samar”
  • Swedish: “Östra Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Eastern Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Eastern Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Silangang Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Probinsiya ng Eastern Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Probinsiya ng Silangang Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Probinsya ng Eastern Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Probinsya ng Silangang Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Silangang Samar”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்கு சமர், பிலிப்பீன்சு”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்கு சாமர்”
  • Telugu: “తూర్పు సమర్”
  • Tetum: “Eastern Samar”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดซีลางังซามาร์”
  • Thai: “ซีลางังซามาร์”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Samar”
  • Ukrainian: “Східний Самар”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی سامار”
  • Venetian: “Sàmar Orientale”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Samar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Eastern Samar”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Eastern Samar”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.