Samar Island
Samar is the third largest island in the Philippines, after Mindanao and Luzon islands. It is located next to Leyte Island and the two are joined by a bridge.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Eastern Samar and Borongan.
Eastern Samar
Eastern Samar is a province forming the eastern part of Samar Island in the Philippines.
Borongan
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Borongan is the capital of Eastern Samar, in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines.
Calbayog
Calbayog is a city of 183,000 in Samar Province in the Philippines.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Samar Province and Northern Samar.
Samar Province
Samar, sometimes unofficially called Western Samar…
Samar Island
- Public building with about 1,750,000 residents
- …is operated by Provincial Government O
- …dates from 1930
- Description: island in the Philippines
- Address: Imelda Road, Catbalogan, Samar 6700
- Postal code: 6700
- Also known as“Samar”“Samar Capitol”“Samar Capitol Building”“Samar Provincial Capitol”“Western Samar Capitol Building”“Western Samar Provincial Capitol”
- Neighbors: Eastern Samar
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude of center
11.7754° or 11° 46′ 32″ north
Longitude of center
124.8859° or 124° 53′ 9″ east
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building = civic
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office = government
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Wu Chinese—“Samar Island” goes by many names.
SamarAchinese
SamarAfrikaans
جزيرة سامارArabic
سامارArabic
سمارArabic
سمرArabic
ՍամարArmenian
SamarAzerbaijani
SamarBasque
Востраў СамарBelarusian
СамарBelarusian
SamarBreton
СамарBulgarian
SamarCatalan
Pulo sa SamarCebuano
SamarCebuano
SamarCentral Bikol
萨马Chinese
萨马岛Chinese
薩馬Chinese
薩馬島Chinese
СамарChuvash
SamarCroatian
SamarCzech
SamarDanish
SamarDutch
Samar EilandDutch
سامارEgyptian Arabic
Insulo SamaroEsperanto
SamarEsperanto
SamaroEsperanto
SamarEstonian
SamarFilipino
SamarFinnish
Illa SamarGalician
SamarGalician
სამარიGeorgian
ΣαμάρGreek
סאמארHebrew
सामारHindi
SamarHungarian
SamarIloko
Pulau SamarIndonesian
Isola di SamarItalian
SamarItalian
サマールJapanese
サマール島Japanese
СамарKazakh
사마르섬Korean
SamaraLatvian
Samara (sala)Latvian
SamarasLithuanian
СамарMacedonian
SamarMalagasy
Samar (nosy)Malagasy
SamarNorwegian
SamarNorwegian Bokmål
Øya SamarNorwegian Nynorsk
SamarNorwegian Nynorsk
СамарOssetian
سامارPersian
سامار (جزیره)Persian
SamarPolish
Insula SamarRomanian
SamarRomanian
СамарRussian
SamarScots
SamarSerbian
СамарSerbian
SamarSlovenian
SamarSwedish
Isla ng SamarTagalog
Pulo ng SamarTagalog
SamarTagalog
சமர், பிலிப்பீன்சுTamil
СамарTatar
Самар (утрау)Tatar
SamarTurkish
Samar AdasıTurkish
СамарUkrainian
سامارUrdu
SàmarVenetian
Đảo SamarVietnamese
SamarVietnamese
Isla han SamarWaray (Philippines)
SamarWaray (Philippines)
SamarWelsh
СамарWestern Mari
萨马Wu Chinese
萨马岛Wu Chinese
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Samar Province: Highlights
Learn more about Catbalogan and Basey.
