Where is Eastern Samar?

Eastern Samar is a province in Region VIII (Eastern Visayas), Visayas, the Philippines.

What is the population of Eastern Samar?

Eastern Samar had 472,683 people in the 2020 census of the Philippine Statistics Authority.

What are the places to visit in Eastern Samar?

Places to visit in Eastern Samar include Homonhon, Guiuan Church.

Where to eat in Eastern Samar?

Places to eat in Eastern Samar include 78 Tambayan, Amari Cafe, American Ribs & Wings, Amihras snackhauz.

Eastern Samar: what to see, eat and do

About Eastern Samar

Magellan made his first Philippine landfall on Homonhon, an island off Guiuan, in March 1521, which makes Eastern Samar the first part of the country the Spanish ever saw. The same town took the first hit from Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, before Tacloban. Borongan is the capital, and the province faces the open Pacific, which is what brings the surfers to Calicoan.

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Where Eastern Samar is

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HomonhonThe island where Ferdinand Magellan's expedition anchored on 16 March 1521, during the voyage around the world. Magellan set foot here, and the island counts as one of …

Guiuan ChurchAn 18th-century church that the National Museum of the Philippines lists as a National Cultural Treasure. Its full name is Immaculate Conception Parish Church. It was nominated for …

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