Guiuan

Guiuan is a municipality in , . It was the first place in the Philippines where Europeans landed; Magellan's expedition reached here in March 1521.
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  • Town with about 52,700 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
  • Description: municipality of the Philippines in the province of Eastern Samar
  • Also known as
    “Guian”
    “Guinan”
    “Guiuan, Eastern Samar”
    “Municipality of Guiuan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guiuan Church and Guiuan Airport.
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Church
Immaculate Conception Parish Church, commonly known…
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Aerodrome
is an airport located in the…

Guiuan

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Latitude
11.0307° or 11° 1′ 50″ north
Longitude
125.7237° or 125° 43′ 25″ east
UN/LOCODE
PH GUN
Open location code
7Q372PJF+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5012993496
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1712206
Wiki­data ID
Q313984

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amis to Zulu—“Guiuan” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Guiuan”
  • Arabic: “غويوان”
  • Asturian: “Guiuan”
  • Balinese: “Guiuan”
  • Banjar: “Guiuan”
  • Basque: “Guiuan”
  • Batak Toba: “Guiuan”
  • Buginese: “Guiuan”
  • Capiznon: “Guiuan”
  • Catalan: “Guiuan”
  • Cebuano: “Guiuan, Sidlakang Samar”
  • Cebuano: “Guiuan”
  • Cebuano: “Lungsod sa Guiuan”
  • Central Bikol: “Guiuan”
  • Chavacano: “Guiuan”
  • Chinese: “吉万”
  • Chinese: “吉萬”
  • Chinese: “圭安”
  • Dagbani: “Guiuan”
  • Danish: “Guiuan”
  • Dutch: “Guiuan”
  • Esperanto: “Guiuan”
  • Fijian: “Guiuan”
  • French: “Guiuan”
  • Georgian: “გიუანი”
  • German: “Guiuan”
  • Gorontalo: “Guiuan”
  • Hausa: “Guiuan”
  • Hiligaynon: “Guiuan”
  • Hiri Motu: “Guiuan”
  • Igbo: “Guiuan”
  • Iloko: “Guiuan”
  • Indonesian: “Guiuan, Samar Timur”
  • Indonesian: “Guiuan”
  • Irish: “Guiuan”
  • Italian: “Guiuan”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Guiuan”
  • Japanese: “ギウアン (東サマル州)”
  • Japanese: “ギウアン”
  • Japanese: “ギュイアン”
  • Japanese: “ギワン (東サマール州)”
  • Javanese: “Guiuan”
  • Kinaray-A: “Guiuan”
  • Kongo: “Guiuan”
  • Korean: “기완”
  • Malagasy: “Guiuan”
  • Malay: “Guiuan”
  • Maori: “Guiuan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Guiuan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “藝苑”
  • Minangkabau: “Guiuan”
  • Nauru: “Guiuan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guiuan”
  • Norwegian: “Guiuan”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Guiuan”
  • Oromo: “Guiuan”
  • Paiwan: “Guiuan”
  • Pampanga: “Guiuan”
  • Pangasinan: “Guiuan”
  • Portuguese: “Guiuan”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Guiuan”
  • Sakizaya: “Guiuan”
  • Samoan: “Guiuan”
  • Scots: “Guiuan”
  • Spanish: “Guiguan”
  • Spanish: “Guiuan”
  • Sundanese: “Guiuan”
  • Swahili: “Guiuan”
  • Swedish: “Guiuan”
  • Tagalog: “Bayan ng Guiuan”
  • Tagalog: “Guiuan, Silangang Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Guiuan”
  • Tahitian: “Guiuan”
  • Tok Pisin: “Guiuan”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіуан”
  • Urdu: “گیوان”
  • Vietnamese: “Guiuan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bungto han Guiuan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guiuan, Sinirangan Samar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Guiuan”
  • Welsh: “Guiuan”
  • Xhosa: “Guiuan”
  • Yoruba: “Guiuan”
  • Zulu: “Guiuan”
  • “Guiuan, Eastern Samar”

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