Eastern Visayas

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administrative region region of the Philippines

Eastern Visayas is an administrative region in the central Philippines known for its Waray-Waray and Cebuano-speaking population, coastal provinces, and vulnerability to powerful typhoons such as Haiyan.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Visayas canonical 138
Region VIII Eastern Visayas 14
Eastern Visayas region 7

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative region ⓘ
region of the Philippines ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Camotes Sea ⓘ
Leyte Gulf ⓘ
Philippine Sea ⓘ
Samar Sea ⓘ
San Juanico Strait ⓘ
capital Tacloban ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
containsCity Ormoc ⓘ
Tacloban ⓘ
containsIsland Biliran Island ⓘ
Leyte ⓘ
surface form: Leyte Island

Samar Island ⓘ
containsProvince Biliran ⓘ
Eastern Samar ⓘ
Leyte ⓘ
Northern Samar ⓘ
Samar Province ⓘ
surface form: Samar

Southern Leyte ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
disasterRisk high exposure to flooding ⓘ
high exposure to storm surges ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
governedBy Regional Development Council VIII ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasLandmark MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park ⓘ
San Juanico Bridge ⓘ
hitBy Typhoon Haiyan ⓘ
Typhoon Haiyan ⓘ
surface form: Typhoon Yolanda
ISOCode PH-08 ⓘ
languageSpoken Cebuano language ⓘ
surface form: Cebuano

English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
Waray-Waray ⓘ
largestCity Tacloban ⓘ
locatedIn Visayas ⓘ
central Philippines ⓘ
majorReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
nativeName Sinirangan Kabisay-an ⓘ
officialName Eastern Visayas self-link ⓘ
partOf Philippine Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Philippine archipelago
regionalCode Region VIII ⓘ
timeZone Philippine Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +8 ⓘ
vulnerableTo typhoons ⓘ

Referenced by (168)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cebuano language → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Waray language → spokenIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Waray language → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Visayas → hasPart → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Binisaya → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Central Visayas → bordersRegion → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Leyte → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Eastern Visayas → officialName → Eastern Visayas self-link ⓘ
Winaray → spokenIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Winaray → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Lineyte-Samarnon → spokenInRegion → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Lineyte-Samarnon → spokenInRegion → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)
Samar Island → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Calbayog dialect → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Northern Samar → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Northern Samar → partOf → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Visayas region
Eastern Samar → partOf → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Eastern Samar → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Samar Province → partOf → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Samar Province → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Biliran Island → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Balangiga massacre → location → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Cebuano people → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Tacloban → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Tacloban → isRegionalCenterOf → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Tacloban → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Tacloban → isRegionalCapitalOf → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Tacloban → isEconomicHubOf → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Kalanggaman Island → partOf → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Visayan Sea → surroundedByRegion → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Camotes Sea → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Samar Sea → partOf → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Visayas maritime region
Waray people → primaryRegion → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Waray people → culturalRegion → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Dulag → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Palo → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Palo → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
San Bernardino Strait → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Visayas region
Region VII → bordersRegion → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Region VIII → officialName → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Region VIII → hasAlternativeName → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Visayas Region
Ormoc → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
MacArthur Landing Memorial National Park → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Southern Leyte → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Southern Leyte → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
Inabaknon language → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
San Juanico Bridge → locatedIn → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
San Juanico Bridge → region → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Visayas Region
Surigao Strait → partOf → Eastern Visayas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Visayas region
Surigao Strait → adminRegion → Eastern Visayas ⓘ