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History
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Geography
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Economy
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Infrastructure
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Key facts & relationships
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- Adjacent to
- Leyte Gulf · Philippine Sea · Samar Sea · San Bernardino Strait · San Juanico Strait
- Archipelago
- Visayas
- Area
- 13,428.8 km2 (5,184.9 sq mi)
- Area rank
- 63rd
- Coastline
- 800.6 km (497.47 mi)
- Ethnic groups
- Visayans (Waray-Waray) · Mamanwa · Samar Agta
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Overview
- Philippines
- Eastern Visayas
- Visayas
- Provinces Provinces of the Philippines
- Western Samar Samar (province)
- Northern Samar
- Eastern Samar
- Catarman Catarman, Northern Samar
- Catbalogan
- Borongan
- Waray Waray people
- Roman Catholic
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Spanish occupation History of the Philippines (1521–1898)
- Cebu
- Philippine–American War
- First Philippine Republic
- Eugenio Daza
- Successful attack Balangiga massacre
- Pacification of Samar
- Pulajan Pulahan
- Battle off Samar
- Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos
- Sag-od massacre
- New People's Army rebellion
- Leyte
- Bicol Peninsula
- Luzon
- Samar Sea
- Philippine Sea
History
- Datus Datu
- Laoang
- Sulat
- Palapag
- Binatac Basey
- Antonio Pigafetta
- Mariana Islands
- Archipelago
- Saint Lazarus
- Lazarus Saturday
- Suluan
- Homonhon
- Spanish Filipino
- Miguel Lopez de Legaspi
- Miguel de Loarca Miguel de Loarca?action=edit&redlink=1
- Mindanao
- Carigara
- 9th Infantry Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment (United States)
- Jacob H. Smith
- Brian McAllister Linn
- James Henderson Blount
- Luke Edward Wright
- 1904 United States presidential election
- World War II
- United States Navy
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Japanese battleship Yamato
- 1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis
- First Quarter Storm
- Martial Law Martial Law under Ferdinand Marcos
Geography
- San Juanico Strait
- San Bernardino Strait
- Lowlands Upland and lowland
- Philippine Trench
- Paranas
- Karst bauxite Bauxite
- Dipterocarpaceae
- Philippine eagle
- Philippine sailfin lizard
- Mindanao flying dragon Draco mindanensis
- Philippine hawk-eagle
- Giant golden-crowned flying fox
- Red-vented cockatoo
- Philippine crocodile
- Karst forests Karst forest
- Begonia
- SunStar
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Demographics
- Waray Waray language
- Cebuano Cebuano language
- Linguistic diversity index
- Bisaya Visayans
- Cebuano Cebuano people
- Tagalog Tagalog people
- Islam
- Iglesia ni Cristo
Administrative divisions and politics
- House of Representatives House of Representatives of the Philippines
- Philippines's 9th senatorial district
- Senate of the Philippines
- Commonwealth of the Philippines
Economy
- Gross domestic product
- PHP Philippine peso
- Sweet potatoes Sweet potato
- Cassava
- Carabaos Carabao
- Palay Rice
- Metro Retail Stores Group
- Iron ore
- General MacArthur General MacArthur, Eastern Samar
- Coal
- Phosphate Phosphate mineral
- Chromite
- Sharee Ann Tan
- One Town One Product One Town, One Product (Philippines)
- Department of Trade and Industry Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines)
- Robinsons North Tacloban
Infrastructure
- N670 highway N670 highway (Philippines)
- Wright–Taft Road
- Guiuan
- San Isidro San Isidro, Northern Samar
- Catarman National Airport
- Philippine Airlines
- Borongan Airport
- Calbayog Airport
- Cebu Pacific
- Smart Communications
- Globe Telecom
- Edwin Ongchuan
- Eastern Samar State University
- University of Eastern Philippines
- Samar State University
- Northwest Samar State University
- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
- Juan Miguel Zubiri
- 18th Congress of the Philippines
- Eastern Visayas Medical Center
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Map overview Semantic statistics
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Nodes160
Edges159
Triples358
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.0125
Components1
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Samar
Top relations
related to Spanish colonialism (1521–1898) · 42
Samar → Achan, Although Samar, An, Antonio Pigafetta, Bingi, Camlaya, Candaya, Cibabao, Europeans, Eventually, Ferdinand Magellan, Filipinas, Having, He, Homonhon Island, Ibabao, Iberein, Later, Lawan, Lazarus Saturday
related to Transportation · 28
Samar → Another, Borongan, Borongan Airport, Calbayog, Calbayog Airport, Catarman, Catarman National Airport, Catarman-Calbayog Road, Cebu, Cebu Pacific, December, Four, Guiuan, Leyte, Manila, March, N670, Northern Samar, Pan-Philippine Highway, Paranas
related to Power and telecommunication · 26
Samar → Catarman, Eastern Samar, Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative, Eastern Samar's, ESAMELCO, Globe Telecom, Governor Edwin Ongchuan, In Taft, New, NORSAMELCO, Northern Samar, Northern Samar Electric Cooperative, Northern Samar's, Over, PhilTower Consortium, Samar II Electric Cooperative, SAMELCO, San Benardino Strait, Singaporean, Smart Communications
related to American and Japanese colonization; World War II (1902–1946) · 25
Samar → After, American, Battle, Blount, Four, Governor-General Luke Edward Wright's, Imperial Japanese Navy, In, In World War II, James Henderson Blount, Japan, Japanese, More, Numerous, October, Philippines, Pulajan, Pulajans, The, United States
related to Flora and fauna · 23
Samar → Basey, Begonia, Biri Rock Formations, Department, Dipterocarpaceae, Environment, In, It, Karst, Mindanao, National Geological Monument, Natural Resources, Northern Samar, On June, Out, Park, Philippine, Philippines, Species, SunStar
related to Geography · 22
Samar → Bicol Peninsula, Eastern Samar, Eastern Visayas, It, Leyte, Lowlands, Luzon, Mindanao, Mount Huraw, Numerous, Paranas, Philippine Sea, Philippine Trench, Philippines, Samar Sea, Samar's, San Bernardino Strait, San Juanico Strait, The, To
related to Tourism · 21
Samar → Benchmarking Tour, Calbayog, Catbalogan, Cebu, Department, DTI, During, Eastern Samar, February, Governor Sharee Ann Tan, Heritage Month Trade Fair, In, Industry, June, Northern Samar, One Town One Product, OTOP, Robinsons North Tacloban, Samar Tourism Council, Trade
related to Economy · 20
Samar → Abacá, As, August, Catbalogan, Eastern Samar's, Eastern Visayas, Fishery, General MacArthur, In Eastern Samar, Iron, Leyte, Metro Retail Stores Group, Municipal, Northern Samar, Palay, PHP, Since Samar, The, There, Western Samar's
related to Demographics · 19
Samar → As, Bisaya, Cebuano, Cristo, Eastern Samar, Iglesia, In, Islam, Linguistic, Males, Many, Northern Samar, Other, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Samar Island, Tagalog, The, Waray
related to Philippine–American War (1898–1902) · 19
Samar → American, Area Commander, Army Company, Balangiga, Balangiga Encounter Day, Brian McAllister Linn, Eastern Samar, Eugenio Daza, Filipino, General Jacob, In, Infantry Regiment, On September, Philippine War, Smith, Southeastern Samar, This, United States, Valeriano Abanador
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Important terminology
island eastern northern provinces philippines three philippine also two major leyte western visayas province numerous san cebu marcos spanish new
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samar | Adjacent to | Leyte Gulf | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Adjacent to | Philippine Sea | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Adjacent to | Samar Sea | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Adjacent to | San Bernardino Strait | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Adjacent to | San Juanico Strait | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Archipelago | Visayas | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Area | 13,428.8 km2 (5,184.9 sq mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Area rank | 63rd | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Coastline | 800.6 km (497.47 mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Coordinates | .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Ethnic groups | Visayans (Waray-Waray) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Ethnic groups | Mamanwa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Ethnic groups | Samar Agta | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Highest elevation | 890 m (2920 ft) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Highest point | Mount Huraw | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Languages | Filipino | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Languages | English | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Languages | Waray | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Languages | Mamanwa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Languages | Cebuano | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Largest settlement | Calbayog (pop. 187,848) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Pop. density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Population | 1,924,651 (2024) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Provinces | Eastern Samar | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Provinces | Northern Samar | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Provinces | (Western) Samar | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Region | Eastern Visayas | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | Time zone | Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Samar | is a | easternmost island in the Visayas archipelago | 0.90 | text |
| Samar | is a | easternmost island in the Visayas | 0.90 | text |
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