Samar is said[by whom?] to derive from the word Samad, a Visayan word for "wound" or "cut", describing the rough physical features of the land which is rugged and deeply dissected by streams.
History
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2 million-8000 B.C — Based on geologic findings, during the ice ages (2 million years – 8000 B.C), the islands of Mindoro, Luzon, and Mindanao were connected as one big island through the islands of Samar, Leyte and Bohol.
8550 B.C. — Diggings in Sohoton Caves in Basey, Samar showed stone flake tools dated 8550 B.C.
1200 — Other diggings along the Basey River revealed other stone flakes used until the 13th century.[6]
1543 — The explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, first came to the island and named it Las Islas Filipinas.
1596 — Many names (such as Samal, Ibabao, Tandaya) were given to Samar Island prior to the coming of the Spaniards in 1596. The name "Samar" was derived from the local language samad, meaning "wound" or "cut", aptly describing the rough physical features of the island, rugged and deeply dissected by streams. During the early days of Spanish occupation, Samar was under the jurisdiction of Cebu.
Arrival of the First Catholic Missionaries (Jesuits) — On October 15, 1596, the first Jesuit missionaries arrived in Tinago (now Dapdap) in Tarangnan. From Tinago, the missionaries, Fr. Francisco de Otazo, Bartolome Martes and Domingo Alonzo began teaching Catechism, healing the sick and spreading the Christian faith into the interior settlements.
1649to 1650 — On June 1, 1649, the people of Palapag led by Agustin Sumuroy revolted against the decree of Governor GeneralDiego Fajardo requiring able bodied men from the Visayas for service at the Cavite Shipyards. Like wildfire, the revolt quickly spread to the neighboring town in the Northern and Western coast of Samar and to the nearby provinces of Bicol, Surigao, Cebu, Camiguin and as far as Zamboanga. It was suppressed in 1650 by the combined forces of the Spaniards, Lutaos, and Pampangos.
1735 — Samar and Leyte were united into one province with Carigara, in Leyte, as the capital town.
1747 — Samar and Leyte were separated for administrative effectiveness.
1762 — Complaints from the Jesuits that the division was not working well, thus it was reunited again by the approval from the King of Spain.
1768 — Jesuits were expelled in all Spanish dominions. The Franciscans arrived on September 25, 1768, and took over the administration of 14 of the 17 parishes which were under the spiritual care of the Jesuits for almost 172 years. The administration of the remaining three parishes namely Guiuan, Balangiga and Basey in the south of Samar were given to the Augustinians.
1777 — The two provinces were divided for the last time, it was approved in Madrid in 1786 and had been effective in 1799.
1803 — Guiuan, Balangiga and Basey were turned over to the Franciscans for the lack of Augustinian priests.
1900 — The Battle of Catubig (April 15–18, 1900) occurred during the Philippine–American War. On April 15, 1900, the Filipino guerrillas launched a surprise attack on a detachment of the US 43rd Infantry Regiment, forcing the Americans to abandon Catubig town after the four-day siege.
1910 — On April 10, 1910, upon the papal bull of Pope Pius X separated the islands of Samar and Leyte from the Diocese of Cebu and erected the Diocese of Calbayog comprising both islands. Pablo Singzon de Anunciacion was named first Bishop and consecrated on June 12, 1910.
1965 — On June 19, the Philippine Congress along with the three Samar Representatives, Eladio T. Balite (1st District), Fernando R. Veloso (2nd District) and Felipe J. Abrigo (3rd District), approved Republic Act No. 4221 dividing the region of Samar into three divisions: Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Western Samar. Each region adopted a new capital: Catbalogan (Western Samar), Borongan (Eastern Samar), and Catarman (Northern Samar).[7]
1969 — On June 21, under Republic Act No. 5650, Western Samar was renamed Samar with Catbalogan still as the capital.[8]
2013 — On November 8, Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Typhoon Yolanda hit Samar province.[9] More than 300 people perished on the first day it hit the province.[10]
2019 – House Bill No. 8824 was introduced in the House of Representatives on January 22, 2019, by then-Representative Edgar Mary Sarmiento to establish a new province called "Northwest Samar", consisting of 9 municipalities and 1 city of Samar's 1st congressional district, of which Calbayog would be the designated capital. The bill is yet to be reviewed.[13]
Geography
Samar province covers a total area of 6,048.03 square kilometres (2,335.16 sq mi)[14] occupying the central-western sections of the Samar island in the Eastern Visayas region. The province is bordered on the north by Northern Samar, east by Eastern Samar, south by Leyte and the Leyte Gulf, and west by the Samar Sea.
Topography
Karst islets off the coast of Marabut, southern Samar.
Samar province is hilly, with mountain peaks ranging from 200 to 800 metres (660 to 2,620 ft) high and narrow strips of lowlands, which tend to lie in coastal peripheries or in the alluvial plains and deltas accompanying large rivers. The largest lowlands are located along the northern coast extending up to the valleys of Catubig and Catarman rivers. Smaller lowlands in Samar are to be found in the Calbayog area and on the deltas and small valleys of Gandara and Ulot rivers. Slopes are generally steep and barren of trees due to deforestation. Run-off waters after heavy rains can provoke flooding in low-lying areas and the erosion of the mountains enlarges the coastal plains of the province.
Climate and rainfall
Areas near the eastern coast of the province have no dry season (with a pronounced maximum rain period usually occurring from December to January), and are thus open to the northeast monsoon. Municipalities in the southeastern section of the province experience this type of climate.
Areas located in the northwestern portion of the province have a more or less evenly distributed rainfall throughout the year.
The population of Samar (province) in the 2020 census was 793,183 people, [3] with a density of 130 inhabitants per square kilometre or 340 inhabitants per square mile.
Residents of Samar are mostly Waray, the fifth largest cultural-linguistic group in the country. 90.2 percent of the household population speaks the Waray-Waray language, while 9.8 percent also speak Cebuano; 8.1 percent Boholano; 0.07 percent Tagalog; and 0.5 percent other languages.
There are two types of Waray spoken in the province, Waray Lineyte-Samarnon which is spoken from the southernmost tip of the province up to the municipality of Gandara and Waray Calbayog, an intermediary between the Waray of Northern Samar and the Waray of Samar, spoken in Calbayog City, Santa Margarita, and in some parts of Tagapul-an, Santo Niño, Almagro and Matuguinao.
Lieutenant Benedicto Nijaga[26]— nicknamed Biktoy, one of the "Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan", executed on January 11, 1897, in Bagumbayan (Luneta Park). During a raid of a printing press in Binondo, the Spaniards found and confiscated subversive documents including a list of members of the Katipunan. Benedicto Nijaga was on the list as a collector of revolutionary funds. Upon the order of Gov. Polavieja to arbitrarily arrest all suspected members of the Katipunan, Nijaga was arrested while he was campaigning for revolutionary funds.
Cardinal Julio Rosales[27] — (September 18, 1906 – June 2, 1983) the second Archbishop of Cebu, was a Filipinocardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. A native of Calbayog, he made his studies at the Seminary of Calbayog and was ordained in his hometown on June 2, 1929. From 1929 to 1946, he did pastoral work in the diocese of Calbayog. He was consecrated bishop of Tagbilaran on September 21, 1946.
Lucio Godina (March 8, 1908 – November 24, 1936) &Simplicio Godina (March 8, 1908 - December 8, 1936)[28] — were pygopagusconjoined twins from the island of Samar in the Philippines.[29] Born in 1908, these boys from the Philippines later made the trip to the United States, where they became sideshow attractions in such hubs of ‘entertainment’ as Coney Island. In 1928, after various legal difficulties – including narrowly avoiding jail when a man was injured in an alleged drunk driving incident – they married identical (but not conjoined) twin sisters, Natividad and Victorina Matos, in Manila. At the age of 21 they married Natividad and Victorina Matos, who were identical twins. They performed in various sideshow acts, including in an orchestra on Coney Island and in dance with their wives. After Lucio died of rheumatic fever in New York City, doctors operated to separate him from Simplicio. Simplicio survived the operation, but died shortly thereafter due to spinal meningitis.[30]
Chito S. Roño[36] —(born April 26, 1954), also known as Sixto Kayko, is a Filipino writer, film producer and film director from Calbayog known for his expansive vision and special-effects-heavy films, most notably Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure (2001) for which he won the Metro Manila Film Festival for best director.[37] He is also known for his 1997 film Nasaan ang Puso which earned him his first MMFF for best director. There is an annual literary and visual arts competition held in Samar in honor of him.[38]
Tessie Tomas[39] — (born October 31, 1950), a Filipino actress and TV host from Catbalogan,[40] best known for being the host of the ABS-CBN talk show Teysi ng Tahanan. In an interview with GMA Network's Tunay Na Buhay, Tomas recalled working for an ad agency prior to her career as a presenter and actress. Tessie later appeared in both comedic and dramatic roles, notably in the 2012 remake of the film Mundo Man ay Magunaw and 2015's Buena Familia. In 2018, Tomas played a supporting role in the ABS-CBN soap opera The Blood Sisters.[41]
BishopMaximiano Tuazon Cruz[44] — born in Catbalogan City, Philippines and was ordained a priest on November 30, 1947. He was appointed titular bishop to Tanudaia as well as auxiliary bishop to the Diocese of Calbayog on November 10, 1987, and ordained bishop on December 1, 1987. He was appointed bishop to the Diocese of Calbayog on December 21, 1994, and retired from diocese on January 13, 1999. He died on October 9, 2013, at age 90.
Sergio Apostol[48] — (born January 17, 1935) is a Filipino politician born in Catbalogan City. In 2008, Sergio Apostol was Chief Presidential Legal Counsel for Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. On October 8, 2008, Eduardo Ermitaconfirmed Apostol's resignation, effective October 30, to prepare for his candidacy, for Leytecongressional seat, in the 2010 Philippine general election. Apostol is a member of the board of Union Bank and the legal consultant of the SSS’ Social Security Commission (SSC). After winning his district's seat as a Lakas-CMD party candidate of Arroyo, Apostol switched allegiance to the Liberal party of Benigno Aquino, the winner of the 2010 Presidential election.[49]
Romero Federico Saenz Quimbo[51] — (born December 12, 1969), also known as Miro Quimbo, is a Filipino politician who currently represents Marikina's 2nd Legislative District in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He succeeded then-Rep. Del R. De Guzman who won as mayor. Quimbo spent the first two years of elementary school at the Sacred Heart College (now Saint Mary’s College of Catbalogan) in Catbalogan City, Samar. He moved to the Marist School in Marikina where he eventually finished his elementary and secondary education.[52]
Tom Rodriguez[53] — a TV host, singer and actor from Catbalogan City, Samar. He was born in Subic Naval Base in Zambales to an American serviceman father and a Filipina mother. One of six siblings, he moved with his two brothers and three sisters with their mother to Pinabacdao, Samar (where their mother hails from). But they grew up in nearby Catbalogan City, also in Samar, where Rodriguez studied at Saint Mary's College of Catbalogan (formerly Sacred Heart College) from kindergarten to elementary.[54] He popularized the OPM song “Ikaw Ang Sagot”.[55][56]
Proposed creation of Samar Administrative Region (SamAR)
There is a proposed creation of Samar Administrative Region or SamAR, in which Eastern Visayas will be partitioned into two separate regions. Since the creation of Negros Island Region out of the regions of Western Visayas and Central Visayas, non-government organizations, local government units and people from the three Samar Island provinces are now expressing their support and willingness to put the provinces of Samar, Northern Samar and Eastern Samar into one separate administrative region in order to boost its economy, improve and directly provide to its people the government's basic and other public services and lower its poverty rate incidence, since Samar island's three provinces are listed as one of the poorest provinces of the Philippines.[61][62]
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Samar officially the Province of Samar Waray Probinsya han Samar Tagalog Lalawigan ng Samar formerly named as Western Samar is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region Its capital is the city of Catbalogan It is bordered by Northern Samar Eastern Samar Leyte and the Leyte Gulf and includes several islands in the Samar Sea Samar is connected to the island of Leyte via the San Juanico Bridge SamarProvinceProvince of Samar from top left to right San Juanico Bridge Tarangnan town Talalora Bay San Pedro Bay Rocks of Marabut and Calbayog City FlagSealNickname The Caving Capital Province of the Philippines 1 Location in the PhilippinesOpenStreetMapCoordinates 11 50 N 125 00 E 11 83 N 125 E 11 83 125 Coordinates 11 50 N 125 00 E 11 83 N 125 E 11 83 125CountryPhilippinesRegionEastern VisayasFoundedJune 19 1965CapitalCatbaloganLargest cityCalbayog CityGovernment TypeSangguniang Panlalawigan GovernorSharee Ann T Tan NP Vice GovernorArnold V Tan NP LegislatureSamar Provincial BoardArea 2 Total6 048 03 km2 2 335 16 sq mi Rank10th out of 81Highest elevation Mount Huraw 890 m 2 920 ft Population 2020 census 3 Total793 183 Rank39th out of 81 Density130 km2 340 sq mi Rank64th out of 81Divisions Independent cities0 Component cities2 CatbaloganCalbayog Municipalities24 AlmagroBaseyCalbigaDaramGandaraHinabanganJiabongMarabutMatuguinaoMotiongPagsanghanParanasPinabacdaoSan JorgeSan Jose de BuanSan SebastianSanta MargaritaSanta RitaSanto NinoTagapul anTalaloraTarangnanVillarealZumarraga Barangays951 DistrictsLegislative districts of SamarTime zoneUTC 8 PHT ZIP Code6700 6725IDD area code 63 0 55ISO 3166 codePH WSASpoken languagesWaray WarayCebuanoTagalogEnglishHighway routesWebsitesamar wbr lgu ph wbr comIn 1768 Leyte and modern Samar were created out of the historical province of Samar In 1965 Northern and Eastern Samar were created Fishing and agriculture are the major economic activities in the province 4 On 8 November 2013 the province was significantly damaged by Typhoon Yolanda Haiyan particularly the towns of Basey Marabut and Santa Rita 5 Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Geography 3 1 Topography 3 2 Climate and rainfall 3 3 Administrative divisions 4 Demographics 4 1 Religion 4 2 Languages and dialects 5 Economy 6 Former governors 7 Notable personalities 8 Proposed creation of Samar Administrative Region SamAR 9 References 10 External linksEtymology EditSamar is said by whom to derive from the word Samad a Visayan word for wound or cut describing the rough physical features of the land which is rugged and deeply dissected by streams History EditThis article is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this article if appropriate Editing help is available April 2013 2 million 8000 B C Based on geologic findings during the ice ages 2 million years 8000 B C the islands of Mindoro Luzon and Mindanao were connected as one big island through the islands of Samar Leyte and Bohol 8550 B C Diggings in Sohoton Caves in Basey Samar showed stone flake tools dated 8550 B C 1200 Other diggings along the Basey River revealed other stone flakes used until the 13th century 6 1543 The explorer Ruy Lopez de Villalobos first came to the island and named it Las Islas Filipinas 1596 Many names such as Samal Ibabao Tandaya were given to Samar Island prior to the coming of the Spaniards in 1596 The name Samar was derived from the local language samad meaning wound or cut aptly describing the rough physical features of the island rugged and deeply dissected by streams During the early days of Spanish occupation Samar was under the jurisdiction of Cebu Arrival of the First Catholic Missionaries Jesuits On October 15 1596 the first Jesuit missionaries arrived in Tinago now Dapdap in Tarangnan From Tinago the missionaries Fr Francisco de Otazo Bartolome Martes and Domingo Alonzo began teaching Catechism healing the sick and spreading the Christian faith into the interior settlements 1649 to 1650 On June 1 1649 the people of Palapag led by Agustin Sumuroy revolted against the decree of Governor General Diego Fajardo requiring able bodied men from the Visayas for service at the Cavite Shipyards Like wildfire the revolt quickly spread to the neighboring town in the Northern and Western coast of Samar and to the nearby provinces of Bicol Surigao Cebu Camiguin and as far as Zamboanga It was suppressed in 1650 by the combined forces of the Spaniards Lutaos and Pampangos 1735 Samar and Leyte were united into one province with Carigara in Leyte as the capital town 1747 Samar and Leyte were separated for administrative effectiveness 1762 Complaints from the Jesuits that the division was not working well thus it was reunited again by the approval from the King of Spain 1768 Jesuits were expelled in all Spanish dominions The Franciscans arrived on September 25 1768 and took over the administration of 14 of the 17 parishes which were under the spiritual care of the Jesuits for almost 172 years The administration of the remaining three parishes namely Guiuan Balangiga and Basey in the south of Samar were given to the Augustinians 1777 The two provinces were divided for the last time it was approved in Madrid in 1786 and had been effective in 1799 1803 Guiuan Balangiga and Basey were turned over to the Franciscans for the lack of Augustinian priests Royal Decree declares Samar as a Province On August 11 1841 Queen Isabella II of Spain signed a Royal Decree declaring Samar as a province 1900 The Battle of Catubig April 15 18 1900 occurred during the Philippine American War On April 15 1900 the Filipino guerrillas launched a surprise attack on a detachment of the US 43rd Infantry Regiment forcing the Americans to abandon Catubig town after the four day siege 1901 The Balangiga massacre occurred during the Philippine American War September 28 1901 the people of Balangiga Giporlos Lawaan and Quinapondan in Eastern Samar surprised and attacked the American forces stationed there killing 48 American soldiers To avenge their defeat American general Jacob H Smith ordered his men to turn Samar into a howling wilderness 1910 On April 10 1910 upon the papal bull of Pope Pius X separated the islands of Samar and Leyte from the Diocese of Cebu and erected the Diocese of Calbayog comprising both islands Pablo Singzon de Anunciacion was named first Bishop and consecrated on June 12 1910 1942 The occupying Imperial Japanese forces arrived in the province of Samar 1944 The Battle off Samar took place on October 24 as Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita s Center Force warships clashed with several allied naval vessels in a collision course His forces sank escort carrier USS Gambier Bay CVE 73 destroyers USS Hoel DD 533 and USS Johnston DD 557 and escort destroyer USS Samuel B Roberts DE 413 but at a cost of his cruisers Chikuma Chokai and Suzuya Despite being a tactical victory for the Imperial Japanese Navy it did not alter the course of the Philippines campaign 1965 On June 19 the Philippine Congress along with the three Samar Representatives Eladio T Balite 1st District Fernando R Veloso 2nd District and Felipe J Abrigo 3rd District approved Republic Act No 4221 dividing the region of Samar into three divisions Northern Samar Eastern Samar and Western Samar Each region adopted a new capital Catbalogan Western Samar Borongan Eastern Samar and Catarman Northern Samar 7 1969 On June 21 under Republic Act No 5650 Western Samar was renamed Samar with Catbalogan still as the capital 8 2013 On November 8 Typhoon Haiyan locally known as Typhoon Yolanda hit Samar province 9 More than 300 people perished on the first day it hit the province 10 2018 On late June a friendly fire incident happened between Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines under the administration of Rodrigo Duterte The incident led to the death of numerous police officials of Waray ethnic origin 11 12 2019 House Bill No 8824 was introduced in the House of Representatives on January 22 2019 by then Representative Edgar Mary Sarmiento to establish a new province called Northwest Samar consisting of 9 municipalities and 1 city of Samar s 1st congressional district of which Calbayog would be the designated capital The bill is yet to be reviewed 13 Geography EditSamar province covers a total area of 6 048 03 square kilometres 2 335 16 sq mi 14 occupying the central western sections of the Samar island in the Eastern Visayas region The province is bordered on the north by Northern Samar east by Eastern Samar south by Leyte and the Leyte Gulf and west by the Samar Sea Topography Edit Karst islets off the coast of Marabut southern Samar Samar province is hilly with mountain peaks ranging from 200 to 800 metres 660 to 2 620 ft high and narrow strips of lowlands which tend to lie in coastal peripheries or in the alluvial plains and deltas accompanying large rivers The largest lowlands are located along the northern coast extending up to the valleys of Catubig and Catarman rivers Smaller lowlands in Samar are to be found in the Calbayog area and on the deltas and small valleys of Gandara and Ulot rivers Slopes are generally steep and barren of trees due to deforestation Run off waters after heavy rains can provoke flooding in low lying areas and the erosion of the mountains enlarges the coastal plains of the province Climate and rainfall Edit Areas near the eastern coast of the province have no dry season with a pronounced maximum rain period usually occurring from December to January and are thus open to the northeast monsoon Municipalities in the southeastern section of the province experience this type of climate Areas located in the northwestern portion of the province have a more or less evenly distributed rainfall throughout the year Administrative divisions Edit The province of Samar comprises two congressional districts 24 municipalities and two component cities It has a total of 952 barangays Provincial capital and component city Component city Municipality City or municipality A District 14 Population p a Area 14 Density Barangay Coordinates B 2020 3 2015 15 km2 sq mi km2 sq miAlmagro 1st 1 2 9 273 8 942 0 69 51 36 19 83 180 470 23 11 54 37 N 124 17 05 E 11 9104 N 124 2847 E 11 9104 124 2847 Almagro Basey 2nd 7 1 56 685 55 480 0 41 513 01 198 07 110 280 51 11 16 58 N 125 04 10 E 11 2827 N 125 0695 E 11 2827 125 0695 Basey Calbayog 1st 23 6 186 960 183 851 0 32 880 74 340 06 210 540 157 12 04 01 N 124 35 41 E 12 0669 N 124 5946 E 12 0669 124 5946 Calbayog Calbiga 2nd 2 9 23 310 22 982 0 27 283 70 109 54 82 210 41 11 37 39 N 125 01 01 E 11 6274 N 125 0170 E 11 6274 125 0170 Calbiga Catbalogan 2nd 13 4 106 440 103 879 0 46 274 22 105 88 390 1 000 57 11 46 31 N 124 52 58 E 11 7753 N 124 8829 E 11 7753 124 8829 Catbalogan Daram 2nd 5 2 41 608 42 879 0 57 140 26 54 15 300 780 58 11 38 06 N 124 47 43 E 11 6351 N 124 7954 E 11 6351 124 7954 Daram Gandara 1st 4 4 35 242 34 434 0 44 573 49 221 43 61 160 69 12 00 48 N 124 48 41 E 12 0132 N 124 8114 E 12 0132 124 8114 Gandara Hinabangan 2nd 1 7 13 693 13 673 0 03 460 08 177 64 30 78 21 11 42 05 N 125 03 57 E 11 7015 N 125 0657 E 11 7015 125 0657 Hinabangan Jiabong 2nd 2 4 19 205 18 342 0 88 67 70 26 14 280 730 35 11 45 46 N 124 57 01 E 11 7627 N 124 9503 E 11 7627 124 9503 Jiabong Marabut 2nd 2 2 17 842 16 962 0 97 143 55 55 42 120 310 24 11 06 27 N 125 12 45 E 11 1075 N 125 2125 E 11 1075 125 2125 Marabut Matuguinao 1st 0 9 7 364 7 288 0 20 172 51 66 61 43 110 20 12 08 38 N 124 53 07 E 12 1440 N 124 8852 E 12 1440 124 8852 Matuguinao Motiong 2nd 1 9 15 276 15 156 0 15 174 40 67 34 88 230 29 11 46 42 N 124 59 55 E 11 7782 N 124 9986 E 11 7782 124 9986 Motiong Pagsanghan 1st 1 0 7 959 7 945 0 03 30 00 11 58 270 700 13 11 57 55 N 124 43 16 E 11 9653 N 124 7212 E 11 9653 124 7212 Pagsanghan Paranas Wright 2nd 4 1 32 374 30 557 1 11 556 12 214 72 58 150 44 11 46 17 N 125 01 21 E 11 7715 N 125 0225 E 11 7715 125 0225 Paranas Pinabacdao 2nd 2 3 18 136 18 252 0 12 183 06 70 68 99 260 24 11 36 50 N 124 59 04 E 11 6139 N 124 9845 E 11 6139 124 9845 Pinabacdao San Jorge 1st 2 2 17 579 17 184 0 43 241 20 93 13 73 190 41 11 58 46 N 124 49 30 E 11 9794 N 124 8251 E 11 9794 124 8251 San Jorge San Jose de Buan 2nd 1 0 7 767 7 769 0 00 366 90 141 66 21 54 14 12 03 06 N 125 01 35 E 12 0517 N 125 0263 E 12 0517 125 0263 San Jose de Buan San Sebastian 2nd 1 1 8 704 8 057 1 48 39 07 15 09 220 570 14 11 42 39 N 125 01 03 E 11 7109 N 125 0176 E 11 7109 125 0176 San Sebastian Santa Margarita 1st 3 4 26 816 26 348 0 34 129 12 49 85 210 540 36 12 02 16 N 124 39 30 E 12 0378 N 124 6584 E 12 0378 124 6584 Santa Margarita Santa Rita 2nd 5 3 42 384 41 591 0 36 411 77 158 99 100 260 38 11 27 05 N 124 56 29 E 11 4513 N 124 9413 E 11 4513 124 9413 Santa Rita Santo Nino 1st 1 6 12 519 12 863 0 51 29 53 11 40 420 1 100 13 11 55 32 N 124 26 56 E 11 9255 N 124 4489 E 11 9255 124 4489 Santo Nino Tagapul an 1st 1 1 8 805 8 473 0 73 28 70 11 08 310 800 14 12 02 54 N 124 09 27 E 12 0484 N 124 1574 E 12 0484 124 1574 Tagapul an Talalora 2nd 1 0 7 856 8 057 0 48 27 96 10 80 280 730 11 11 31 42 N 124 50 10 E 11 5284 N 124 8362 E 11 5284 124 8362 Talalora Tarangnan 1st 3 2 25 713 24 992 0 54 132 49 51 15 190 490 41 11 54 08 N 124 44 47 E 11 9023 N 124 7464 E 11 9023 124 7464 Tarangnan Villareal 2nd 3 5 27 394 28 230 0 57 98 54 38 05 280 730 38 11 34 03 N 124 55 41 E 11 5675 N 124 9281 E 11 5675 124 9281 Villareal Zumarraga 2nd 2 1 16 279 16 295 0 02 38 55 14 88 420 1 100 25 11 38 22 N 124 50 32 E 11 6394 N 124 8423 E 11 6394 124 8423 Zumarraga Total 793 183 780 481 0 31 6 048 03 2 335 16 130 340 951 see GeoGroup box Former names are italicized Coordinates mark the city town center and are sortable by latitude Dashes in cells indicate unavailable information Demographics Edit Catbalogan the provincial capital Population census of Samar province YearPop p a 1903118 912 1918168 668 2 36 1939236 909 1 63 1948331 521 3 80 1960368 823 0 89 1970442 244 1 83 1975478 378 1 59 1980501 439 0 95 1990533 733 0 63 1995589 373 1 88 2000641 124 1 82 2007695 149 1 12 2010733 377 1 97 2015780 481 1 19 2020793 183 0 32 Source Philippine Statistics Authority 15 16 16 The population of Samar province in the 2020 census was 793 183 people 3 with a density of 130 inhabitants per square kilometre or 340 inhabitants per square mile Religion Edit Samar Western Samar is predominantly Roman Catholic The Catholic Hierarchy 2014 states that 95 percent of its population adhere to Roman Catholicism Some other Christian believers constitute most of the remainder such as Rizalista Iglesia Filipina Independiente Born again Christians Iglesia ni Cristo Baptists Methodists Jehovah s Witnesses The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints Seventh day Adventist and Members Church of God International MCGI Muslims are also present and a few mosques are located within the province Languages and dialects Edit Languages Spoken 2000 17 Language SpeakersWaray 695 342Cebuano 30 278Binisaya 4 069Tagalog 2 340Boholano 877Others 4 223Not Reported 5 316 Residents of Samar are mostly Waray the fifth largest cultural linguistic group in the country 90 2 percent of the household population speaks the Waray Waray language while 9 8 percent also speak Cebuano 8 1 percent Boholano 0 07 percent Tagalog and 0 5 percent other languages There are two types of Waray spoken in the province Waray Lineyte Samarnon which is spoken from the southernmost tip of the province up to the municipality of Gandara and Waray Calbayog an intermediary between the Waray of Northern Samar and the Waray of Samar spoken in Calbayog City Santa Margarita and in some parts of Tagapul an Santo Nino Almagro and Matuguinao Economy EditPoverty Incidence of Samar Source Philippine Statistics Authority 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Former governors EditMain article Governor of SamarNotable personalities Edit19th amp 20th Centuries Senate President Jose Avelino 25 the first President of the Senate of the Third Republic of the Philippines and the second President of the Liberal Party came from Calbayog Samar He was Senate President pro tempore to President Manuel Quezon prior to the establishment of the Commonwealth He was the grandfather of Filipino actor Paulo Avelino Lieutenant Benedicto Nijaga 26 nicknamed Biktoy one of the Thirteen Martyrs of Bagumbayan executed on January 11 1897 in Bagumbayan Luneta Park During a raid of a printing press in Binondo the Spaniards found and confiscated subversive documents including a list of members of the Katipunan Benedicto Nijaga was on the list as a collector of revolutionary funds Upon the order of Gov Polavieja to arbitrarily arrest all suspected members of the Katipunan Nijaga was arrested while he was campaigning for revolutionary funds Cardinal Julio Rosales 27 September 18 1906 June 2 1983 the second Archbishop of Cebu was a Filipino cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church A native of Calbayog he made his studies at the Seminary of Calbayog and was ordained in his hometown on June 2 1929 From 1929 to 1946 he did pastoral work in the diocese of Calbayog He was consecrated bishop of Tagbilaran on September 21 1946 Lucio Godina March 8 1908 November 24 1936 amp Simplicio Godina March 8 1908 December 8 1936 28 were pygopagus conjoined twins from the island of Samar in the Philippines 29 Born in 1908 these boys from the Philippines later made the trip to the United States where they became sideshow attractions in such hubs of entertainment as Coney Island In 1928 after various legal difficulties including narrowly avoiding jail when a man was injured in an alleged drunk driving incident they married identical but not conjoined twin sisters Natividad and Victorina Matos in Manila At the age of 21 they married Natividad and Victorina Matos who were identical twins They performed in various sideshow acts including in an orchestra on Coney Island and in dance with their wives After Lucio died of rheumatic fever in New York City doctors operated to separate him from Simplicio Simplicio survived the operation but died shortly thereafter due to spinal meningitis 30 21st Century Nemesio Baldesco 31 32 a pedicab driver from Calbayog City who earned respect in the field of literary works in Waray He is a recipient of Gawad Parangal of UMPIL Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas He is known as the Father of Waray Poetry Amay han Siday citation needed Dr Carmelita Abdurahman 33 she served as commissioner for Samar Leyte language at Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino KWF Archbishop Pedro Rosales Dean Jr D D Ph L S T L 34 born 21 February 1930 is the Archbishop emeritus of Palo from Calbayog since the appointment of Archbishop Jose S Palma as his successor He served the Archdiocese of Palo from 12 October 1985 until 18 March 2006 35 Chito S Rono 36 born April 26 1954 also known as Sixto Kayko is a Filipino writer film producer and film director from Calbayog known for his expansive vision and special effects heavy films most notably Yamashita The Tiger s Treasure 2001 for which he won the Metro Manila Film Festival for best director 37 He is also known for his 1997 film Nasaan ang Puso which earned him his first MMFF for best director There is an annual literary and visual arts competition held in Samar in honor of him 38 Tessie Tomas 39 born October 31 1950 a Filipino actress and TV host from Catbalogan 40 best known for being the host of the ABS CBN talk show Teysi ng Tahanan In an interview with GMA Network s Tunay Na Buhay Tomas recalled working for an ad agency prior to her career as a presenter and actress Tessie later appeared in both comedic and dramatic roles notably in the 2012 remake of the film Mundo Man ay Magunaw and 2015 s Buena Familia In 2018 Tomas played a supporting role in the ABS CBN soap opera The Blood Sisters 41 Michael Cinco 42 a Filipino fashion designer from Catbalogan Samar He launched his eponymous fashion line in Dubai in 2003 Rosalio Yoyong Martires 43 born September 9 1951 a former Filipino basketball player actor and comedian from Catbalogan He played for San Miguel in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and the Philippine Basketball Association between 1972 and 1982 In 1972 he appeared at the Olympic Games in Munich Germany as a member of the country s national basketball team He was a fleet footed guard specializing in steals interceptions and assists Bishop Maximiano Tuazon Cruz 44 born in Catbalogan City Philippines and was ordained a priest on November 30 1947 He was appointed titular bishop to Tanudaia as well as auxiliary bishop to the Diocese of Calbayog on November 10 1987 and ordained bishop on December 1 1987 He was appointed bishop to the Diocese of Calbayog on December 21 1994 and retired from diocese on January 13 1999 He died on October 9 2013 at age 90 Rosita Rose Bradborn 45 born on 1973 is an Philippines international lawn bowler from Daram Samar She competed at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship and 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship but came to prominence when winning a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the fourswith Hazel Jagonoy Ronalyn Greenlees and Sonia Bruce 46 In 2018 he bagged three medals again in international tourneys 47 Sergio Apostol 48 born January 17 1935 is a Filipino politician born in Catbalogan City In 2008 Sergio Apostol was Chief Presidential Legal Counsel for Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo On October 8 2008 Eduardo Ermitaconfirmed Apostol s resignation effective October 30 to prepare for his candidacy for Leytecongressional seat in the 2010 Philippine general election Apostol is a member of the board of Union Bank and the legal consultant of the SSS Social Security Commission SSC After winning his district s seat as a Lakas CMD party candidate of Arroyo Apostol switched allegiance to the Liberal party of Benigno Aquino the winner of the 2010 Presidential election 49 Justice Antonio Eduardo Nachura 50 former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from Catbalogan Samar He took his oath of office as Associate Justice on February 7 2007 and occupied the position until his mandatory retirement on June 13 2011 Previously Nachura had been Solicitor General of the Philippines at the time his appointment to the Court was announced on January 31 2007 by then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Romero Federico Saenz Quimbo 51 born December 12 1969 also known as Miro Quimbo is a Filipino politician who currently represents Marikina s 2nd Legislative District in the House of Representatives of the Philippines He succeeded then Rep Del R De Guzman who won as mayor Quimbo spent the first two years of elementary school at the Sacred Heart College now Saint Mary s College of Catbalogan in Catbalogan City Samar He moved to the Marist School in Marikina where he eventually finished his elementary and secondary education 52 Tom Rodriguez 53 a TV host singer and actor from Catbalogan City Samar He was born in Subic Naval Base in Zambales to an American serviceman father and a Filipina mother One of six siblings he moved with his two brothers and three sisters with their mother to Pinabacdao Samar where their mother hails from But they grew up in nearby Catbalogan City also in Samar where Rodriguez studied at Saint Mary s College of Catbalogan formerly Sacred Heart College from kindergarten to elementary 54 He popularized the OPM song Ikaw Ang Sagot 55 56 Mel Senen Sarmiento 57 a Calbayognon politician who was a former member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the 1st Legislative District of Samar from 2010 to 2016 He also served as Secretary General of the Liberal Party He served as the Vice Mayor of Calbayog City from 1992 to 1995 and Mayor from 2001 to 2010 He was also the Secretary General of the League of Cities of the Philippines from 2004 to 2010 He also served as the final Secretary of the Interior and Local Government under President Benigno Aquino III after Jesse Robredo and Mar Roxas 58 59 60 Proposed creation of Samar Administrative Region SamAR EditThere is a proposed creation of Samar Administrative Region or SamAR in which Eastern Visayas will be partitioned into two separate regions Since the creation of Negros Island Region out of the regions of Western Visayas and Central Visayas non government organizations local government units and people from the three Samar Island provinces are now expressing their support and willingness to put the provinces of Samar Northern Samar and Eastern Samar into one separate administrative region in order to boost its economy improve and directly provide to its people the government s basic and other public services and lower its poverty rate incidence since Samar island s three provinces are listed as one of the poorest provinces of the Philippines 61 62 References Edit Togonon Mark Anthony 1 November 2015 Enchanted Manila Bulletin Retrieved 23 March 2016 there are more than a thousand caves in the province alone most of them still unexplored Samar isn t called the Caving Capital of the Philippines for nothing he says List of Provinces PSGC Interactive Makati City Philippines National Statistical Coordination Board Retrieved 12 April 2013 a b c Census of Population 2020 Region VIII Eastern Visayas Total Population by Province City Municipality and Barangay PSA Retrieved 8 July 2021 http www samar lgu ph com econo htm Economical Data Mangosing Frances 2013 11 10 Yolanda kills 300 in Samar official INQUIRER net Retrieved 2021 12 21 The Islands of Leyte and Samar National Commission for Culture and the Arts Retrieved 2022 06 24 Republic Act No 4221 An Act Creating the Provinces of Northern Samar Eastern Samar and Western Samar Chan Robles Virtual Law Library 19 June 1965 Retrieved 18 April 2016 Republic Act No 5650 An Act Changing the Name of the Province of Western Samar to Samar Chan Robles Virtual Law Library 21 June 1969 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202012 20and 202015 xlsx publication date 27 August 2016 publisher Philippine Statistics Authority https psa gov ph sites default files Table 202 20 20Annual 20Per 20Capita 20Poverty 20Threshold 2C 20Poverty 20Incidence 20and 20Magnitude 20of 20Poor 20Population 2C 20by 20Region 20and 20Province 20 20 202006 2C 202009 2C 202012 20and 202015 xlsx publication date 27 August 2016 publisher Philippine Statistics Authority https psa gov ph sites default files Table 202 20 20Updated 20Annual 20Per 20Capita 20Poverty 20Threshold 2C 20Poverty 20Incidence 20and 20Magnitude 20of 20Poor 20Population 20with 20Measures 20of 20Precision 2C 20by 20Region 20and 20Province 2015 20and 202018 xlsx publication date 4 June 2020 publisher Philippine Statistics Authority Senate President Jose Avelino Senate of the Philippines Retrieved September 24 2019 Den 2013 01 19 Pinoy Folk Tales Filipino Martyr BENEDICTO P NIJAGA Pinoy Folk Tales Retrieved 2019 09 21 Julio Cardinal Rosales y Ras Catholic Hierarchy www catholic hierarchy org Retrieved 2019 09 24 The Unusual Life and Times of the Godino Twins Positively Filipino Online Magazine for Filipinos in the Diaspora Retrieved 2019 09 24 7 Most Incredible Siamese Twins in History scribol com 2012 03 29 Retrieved 2019 09 24 Video Search for Simplicio YStream TV in Bulgarian Retrieved 2019 09 24 Tricycle driver wins national award on poetry www samarnews com Retrieved 2019 09 19 Ricafort Ronald Ladrero 2010 06 01 Calbayog City Tricycle driver wins national award on poetry Calbayog City Retrieved 2019 09 21 Wika Pamunuan wika pbworks com Retrieved 2019 09 19 Msgr Pedro Dean Profile calbayogko tripod com Retrieved 2019 09 24 Archdiocese of Palo Philippines GCatholic Retrieved 2019 09 24 Chito Rono movie now Philippines official entry for Oscars 2019 philstar com Retrieved 2019 09 24 Capino Jose B November 10 2010 Dream Factories of a Former Colony American Fantasies Philippine Cinema U of Minnesota Press pp 89 ISBN 978 0 8166 6972 1 Retrieved May 8 2011 July 8 Leonilo D Lopido Published on 2019 Waray News Mga nagdaog han 6th Chito S Rono Literary Awards pinasidunggan pia gov ph Retrieved 2019 09 24 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Fast Talk with Tessie Tomas entertainment abs cbn com Retrieved 2019 09 24 Tessie Tomas Her own woman now philstar com Retrieved 2019 09 24 Actress Tessie Tomas praises Mayor Uy requests for presence in tourist spots www samarnews com Retrieved 2019 09 24 Michael Cinco news and updates Rappler www rappler com Retrieved 2019 09 19 Vice Mayor Yoyong Martires Abante News Online Abante Retrieved 2019 09 24 Bishop Maximiano Tuazon Cruz Catholic Hierarchy www catholic hierarchy org Retrieved 2019 09 24 Filipino bowler Rosita Bradborn Abante Retrieved September 24 2019 Rosita Bradborn and Asuncion Bruce Concept News Central conceptnewscentral com Retrieved 2019 09 24 PH bags 3 medals in 2 int l tourneys Philippine Canadian Inquirer Retrieved 2019 09 24 Apostol appointed chief GMA counsel philstar com Retrieved 2019 09 24 Newsbreak Carmela Fonbuena abs cbnNEWS com Chief presidential legal counsel Sergio Apostol resigns ABS CBN News Retrieved 2019 09 24 JUSTICE EDUARDO B NACHURA Senate Electoral Tribunal Retrieved 2019 09 19 Bayan bago sarili Miro Quimbo drops mayoral bid in Marikina ABS CBN News Retrieved 2019 09 24 Romero Federico Miro S Quimbo Daily Inquirer Retrieved September 24 2019 Tom Rodriguez returns to hometown in Samar GMA News Online Retrieved 2019 09 24 Tariman Pablo A 19 October 2013 Tom Rodriguez education in showbiz Rappler Retrieved 2019 09 24 Ikaw Ang Sagot Tom Rodriguez Lyrics 100 Year Legacy OST retrieved 2019 09 24 AZ Lyrics az Tom Rodriguez Ikaw Ang Sagot lyrics m lyrics az Retrieved 2019 09 24 New DILG chief Who is Senen Sarmiento philstar com Retrieved 2019 09 24 DILG Secretary Mel Sarmiento in DILG Bicol Region DILG Region V Retrieved September 24 2019 CA confirms appointment of Sarmiento as new DILG chief cnn Retrieved 2019 09 24 The BFP Welcomes the New DILG Secretary MEL SENEN SARMIENTO BFP Bureau of Fire Protection Retrieved 2019 09 24 Samar Island might follow Negros Island into a new region Edgar Allan Vilbar Retrieved February 28 2016 Presidential candidate Grace Poe backs the creation of separate Samar Region Xianne Arcangel Retrieved March 10 2016 External links EditMap all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML Samar travel guide from Wikivoyage Media related to Samar province at Wikimedia Commons Geographic data related to Samar province at OpenStreetMap Samar News com based in Catbalogan it is a source of news and information on Eastern Visayas Province of Samar Profile of the Samar province Local Governance Performance Management System Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samar province amp oldid 1134478166, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
