Samar Island

Samar is the third largest island in the Philippines, after Mindanao and Luzon islands. It is located next to and the two are joined by a bridge.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Eastern Samar and Borongan.

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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.

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is the capital of , in the region of the . The city is a surfer's paradise, mostly frequented during the cool, rainy months.

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is a city of 183,000 in in the . It is home to many waterfalls, so its nickname "City of Waterfalls". is a stop along the Asian Highway 26 or the Maharlika Highway.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Samar Province and Northern Samar.

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Samar, sometimes unofficially called Western Samar, is one of the three provinces in Samar Island, region of the .

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is one of the three provinces of Samar Island in the region of the .

Samar Island

Latitude of center
11.7754° or 11° 46′ 31″ north
Longitude of center
124.8859° or 124° 53′ 9″ east
Population
1,750,000
Elevation
171 metres (561 feet)
Inception
1930
Operator
Philippine_Government
Open­Street­Map ID
way 216243435
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Geo­Names ID
1690650
Wiki­data ID
Q219737
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Wu Chinese—“Samar Island” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Samar”
  • Afrikaans: “Samar”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة سامار”
  • Arabic: “سامار”
  • Arabic: “سمار”
  • Arabic: “سمر”
  • Armenian: “Սամար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Samar”
  • Basque: “Samar”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Самар”
  • Belarusian: “Самар”
  • Breton: “Samar”
  • Bulgarian: “Самар”
  • Catalan: “Samar”
  • Cebuano: “Pulo sa Samar”
  • Cebuano: “Samar”
  • Central Bikol: “Samar”
  • Chinese: “萨马”
  • Chinese: “萨马岛”
  • Chinese: “薩馬”
  • Chinese: “薩馬島”
  • Chuvash: “Самар”
  • Croatian: “Samar”
  • Czech: “Samar”
  • Danish: “Samar”
  • Dutch: “Samar Eiland”
  • Dutch: “Samar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سامار”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Samaro”
  • Esperanto: “Samar”
  • Esperanto: “Samaro”
  • Estonian: “Samar”
  • Filipino: “Samar”
  • Finnish: “Samar”
  • French: “Samar”
  • Galician: “Illa Samar”
  • Galician: “Samar”
  • Georgian: “სამარი”
  • German: “Samar-Insel”
  • German: “Samar”
  • Greek: “Σαμάρ”
  • Hebrew: “סאמאר”
  • Hindi: “सामार”
  • Hungarian: “Samar”
  • Iloko: “Samar”
  • Indonesian: “pulau Samar”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Samar”
  • Italian: “isola di Samar”
  • Italian: “Isola di Samar”
  • Italian: “Samar”
  • Japanese: “サマール”
  • Japanese: “サマール島”
  • Kazakh: “Самар”
  • Korean: “사마르섬”
  • Latvian: “Samara (sala)”
  • Latvian: “Samara”
  • Lithuanian: “Samaras”
  • Macedonian: “Самар”
  • Malagasy: “Samar (nosy)”
  • Malagasy: “Samar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øya Samar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Samar”
  • Norwegian: “Samar”
  • Ossetian: “Самар”
  • Persian: “سامار (جزیره)”
  • Persian: “سامار”
  • Polish: “Samar”
  • Portuguese: “Samar”
  • Romanian: “Insula Samar”
  • Romanian: “Samar”
  • Russian: “Самар”
  • Scots: “Samar”
  • Serbian: “Samar”
  • Serbian: “Самар”
  • Slovenian: “Samar”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Samar”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Sámar”
  • Spanish: “Samar”
  • Spanish: “Sámar”
  • Swedish: “Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Isla ng Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Samar”
  • Tagalog: “Samar”
  • Tamil: “சமர், பிலிப்பீன்சு”
  • Tatar: “Самар (утрау)”
  • Tatar: “Самар”
  • Turkish: “Samar Adası”
  • Turkish: “Samar”
  • Ukrainian: “Самар”
  • Urdu: “سامار”
  • Venetian: “Sàmar”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Samar”
  • Vietnamese: “Samar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Isla han Samar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Samar”
  • Welsh: “Samar”
  • Western Mari: “Самар”
  • Wu Chinese: “萨马”
  • Wu Chinese: “萨马岛”

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