Northern Samar
Northern Samar is one of the three provinces of Samar Island in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines.
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Northern Samar
- Type: State with 646,000 residents
- Description: province of the Philippines
- Also known as: “Lalawigan ng Hilagang Samar”, “Lalawigan sa Amihanang Samar”, “Probinsiya ng Hilagang Samar”, “Probinsya ng Hilagang Samar”, “Propinsi Samar Barôh”, “Province of Northern Samar”, “Provincia de Samar del Norte”, “Provincia de Sámar del Norte”, “provincia di Samar Settentrionale”, “Provinz Nord-Samar”, “Samar del Norte”, “उत्तरी समर”, and “北三描省”
- Neighbors: Masbate and Sorsogon
- 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
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Latitude of center
12.42° or 12° 25′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
124.81° or 124° 48′ 36″ east
Population
646,000
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Waray—“Northern Samar” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Propinsi Samar Utara”
- Achinese: “Samar Barôh”
- Arabic: “سامار الشمالية”
- Asturian: “Northern Samar”
- Balinese: “Northern Samar”
- Banjar: “Northern Samar”
- Belarusian: “Паўночны Самар”
- Bengali: “উত্তর সামার”
- Capiznon: “Northern Samar”
- Catalan: “Samar Septentrional”
- Cebuano: “Amihanang Samar”
- Central Bikol: “Amihanan na Samar”
- Central Bikol: “Northern Samar”
- Chavacano: “Northern Samar”
- Chinese: “北萨马”
- Chinese: “北薩馬”
- Chinese: “北薩馬省”
- Danish: “Northern Samar”
- Dutch: “Northern Samar”
- Esperanto: “Norda Samaro”
- Esperanto: “Nordsamaro”
- Finnish: “Northern Samar”
- French: “Samar du Nord”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი სამარი”
- German: “Nord-Samar”
- German: “Northern Samar”
- Gorontalo: “Northern Samar”
- Greek: “Βόρειο Σαμάρ”
- Gujarati: “નધર્ન સમર”
- Hiligaynon: “Northern Samar”
- Hindi: “उत्तरी सामार प्रान्त”
- Iloko: “Amianan a Samar”
- Indonesian: “Samar Utara”
- Italian: “Provincia di Samar Settentrionale”
- Italian: “Samar Settentrionale”
- Japanese: “北サマル”
- Japanese: “北サマル州”
- Javanese: “Northern Samar”
- Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಸಮಾರ್”
- Kinaray-A: “Northern Samar”
- Korean: “북사마르주”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļsamara”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļu Samara”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Samaras”
- Macedonian: “Северен Самар”
- Malay: “Samar Utara”
- Marathi: “नॉर्दर्न समर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Northern Samar”
- Minangkabau: “Northern Samar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Northern Samar”
- Norwegian: “Northern Samar”
- Pampanga: “Northern Samar”
- Pampanga: “Pangulung Samar”
- Pangasinan: “Northern Samar”
- Persian: “سامار شمالی”
- Polish: “Northern Samar”
- Portuguese: “Samar do Norte”
- Rinconada Bikol: “Northern Samar”
- Russian: “Северный Самар”
- Sinhala: “උතුරු සමර්”
- Slovenian: “Severni Samar”
- South Azerbaijani: “قوزئی سامار”
- Spanish: “Sámar del Norte”
- Sundanese: “Northern Samar”
- Swedish: “Norra Samar”
- Tagalog: “Hilagang Samar”
- Tagalog: “Northern Samar”
- Tamil: “நொர்தேர்ந் சாமர்”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு சமர், பிலிப்பீன்சு”
- Telugu: “ఉత్తర సమర్”
- Tetum: “Samar do Norte”
- Thai: “จังหวัดฮีลากังซามาร์”
- Thai: “ฮีลากังซามาร์”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Samar”
- Ukrainian: “Північний Самар”
- Urdu: “شمالی سامار”
- Vietnamese: “Bắc Samar”
- Waray (Philippines): “Norte san Samar”
- Waray (Philippines): “Northern Samar”
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