Eastern Samar
Eastern Samar is a province forming the eastern part of Samar Island in the Philippines. Being on the east coast, the province boasts spectacular high waves from the Pacific Ocean making it ideal for surfing.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations: Borongan and Guiuan.
Borongan
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Guiuan
Guiuan is a municipality in Eastern Samar, Philippines.Eastern Samar
- Type: State with 473,000 residents
- Description: province of the Philippines
- Also known as: “Lalawigan ng Eastern Samar”, “Lalawigan ng Silangang Samar”, “Lalawigan sa Sidlakang Samar”, “Probinsiya ng Eastern Samar”, “Probinsiya ng Silangang Samar”, “Probinsya ng Eastern Samar”, “Probinsya ng Silangang Samar”, “Province of Eastern Samar”, “Provincia de Samar Oriental”, “Provincia de Sámar Oriental”, “provincia di Samar Orientale”, “Provinz Eastern Samar”, “पूर्वी समर”, and “東三描省”
- Neighbors: Samar Island
- Categories: province of the Philippines and locality
- Location: Eastern Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- Belarusian: “Усходні Самар”
- Bengali: “পূর্ব সামার”
- Capiznon: “Eastern Samar”
- Catalan: “Samar Oriental”
- Cebuano: “Sidlakang Samar”
- Central Bikol: “Eastern Samar”
- Central Bikol: “Subangan na Samar”
- Chavacano: “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: “Samar Oriental”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი სამარი”
- German: “Eastern Samar”
- German: “Ost-Samar”
- Gorontalo: “Eastern Samar”
- Greek: “Ανατολικό Σαμάρ”
- Gujarati: “ઇસ્ટર્ન સમર”
- Hiligaynon: “Eastern Samar”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी सामार प्रान्त”
- Hungarian: “Kelet-Samar”
- Iloko: “Daya a Samar”
- Indonesian: “Samar Timur”
- 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”
- 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: “Samar Oriental”
- Spanish: “Sámar Oriental”
- Sundanese: “Eastern Samar”
- Swedish: “Östra Samar”
- Tagalog: “Silangang Samar”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு சமர், பிலிப்பீன்சு”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு சாமர்”
- Telugu: “తూర్పు సమర్”
- Tetum: “Samar Oriental”
- Thai: “จังหวัดซีลางังซามาร์”
- Thai: “ซีลางังซามาร์”
- Turkish: “Doğu Samar”
- Ukrainian: “Східний Самар”
- Urdu: “مشرقی سامار”
- Venetian: “Sàmar Orientale”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Samar”
- Waray (Philippines): “Eastern Samar”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sinirangan nga Samar”
Visayas: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Dumaguete and Boracay.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.