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Northern Samar

Northern Samar is one of the three provinces of in the region of the .
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is the capital of Northern Samar, in the , . It is on the northern coast of . It is the commercial, educational, financial, political and government center of the province.

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is a municipality in Northern Samar, , . In 2020 census, it has a population of 12,000.

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is a municipality in Northern Samar, , . serves as the economic center of the Northeastern Pacific region. In 2022, it had a population of 62,000.

Northern Samar

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
node 305704547
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1697549
Wiki­data ID
Q13864
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Waray—“Northern Samar” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Samar Barôh”
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Samar Utara”
  • Achinese: “Samar Barôh”
  • Arabic: “سامار الشمالية”
  • Asturian: “Northern Samar”
  • Balinese: “Northern Samar”
  • Banjar: “Northern Samar”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর সামার”
  • Capiznon: “Northern Samar”
  • Catalan: “Samar Septentrional”
  • Cebuano: “Amihanang Samar”
  • Cebuano: “Lalawigan sa Amihanang Samar”
  • Central Bikol: “Northern Samar”
  • Chavacano: “Northern Samar”
  • Chinese: “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”
  • German: “Provinz Nord-Samar”
  • Gorontalo: “Northern Samar”
  • Greek: “Βόρειο Σαμάρ”
  • Gujarati: “નધર્ન સમર”
  • Hiligaynon: “Northern Samar”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी समर”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी सामार प्रान्त”
  • Iloko: “Amianan a Samar”
  • Indonesian: “Samar Utara”
  • Italian: “provincia di Samar Settentrionale”
  • 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”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “北三描省”
  • 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: “Provincia de Samar del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Sámar del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Samar del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Sámar del Norte”
  • Sundanese: “Northern Samar”
  • Swedish: “Norra Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Hilagang Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Hilagang Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Northern Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Probinsiya ng Hilagang Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Probinsya ng Hilagang Samar”
  • Tamil: “நொர்தேர்ந் சாமர்”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு சமர், பிலிப்பீன்சு”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర సమర్”
  • Tetum: “Northern Samar”
  • 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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