Northern Samar

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Northern Samar is a province in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its rugged coastlines, caves, and predominantly Waray-speaking population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
province
borderedBy Eastern Samar
Philippine Sea
Samar Province
surface form: Samar
capital Catarman
climate tropical climate
country Philippines
countrySubdivisionType province of the Philippines
createdBy Republic Act No. 4221
demonym Norte Samareño
Northern Samareño
established 1965
governedBy Northern Samar self-linksurface differs
surface form: Provincial Government of Northern Samar
hasCoastlineCharacteristic rugged coastlines
hasMunicipality Allen
Biri
Bobon
Capul
Catarman
Gamay
Laoang
Lapinig
Lavezares
Lope de Vega
Mapanas
Mondragon
Palapag
Pambujan
Rosario
San Antonio
San Isidro
San Jose
San Roque
San Vicente
Silvino Lobos
Victoria
hasTouristAttraction Biri Island rock formations
Capul Island lighthouse
cave systems and coastal caves
island Samar Island
islandGroup Visayas
knownFor caves
rocky shores
rural landscapes
largestTown Catarman
legislativeDistrict First Congressional District of Northern Samar
Second Congressional District of Northern Samar
localLanguage Winaray
surface form: Northern Samarenyo Waray

Waray language
surface form: Waray-Waray
locatedIn Eastern Visayas
Visayas
locatedOnBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
officialLanguage English
Filipino
partOf Eastern Visayas
surface form: Eastern Visayas region

Philippines
previouslyPartOf Samar Province
surface form: Samar (undivided)
primaryReligion Roman Catholicism
region Region VIII
timeZone Philippine Standard Time
utcOffset +8

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Waray language spokenIn Northern Samar
Eastern Visayas containsProvince Northern Samar
Winaray spokenIn Northern Samar
Winaray hasDialect Northern Samar
this entity surface form: Northern Samar Waray
Lineyte-Samarnon spokenInProvince Northern Samar
Samar Island hasProvince Northern Samar
Northern Samar governedBy Northern Samar self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Provincial Government of Northern Samar
Samar Province sharesIslandWith Northern Samar
Samar Sea adjacentTo Northern Samar
Region VIII isComposedOf Northern Samar
Region VIII hasProvince Northern Samar
Inabaknon language spokenIn Northern Samar
Inabaknon language countrySubdivision Northern Samar
this entity surface form: Province of Northern Samar
Sinirangan Kabisay-an containsProvince Northern Samar
Republic Act No. 4221 createdProvince Northern Samar
Republic Act No. 4221 appliesTo Northern Samar
Northern Samareño province Northern Samar
Laoang locatedIn Northern Samar
Laoang partOf Northern Samar
this entity surface form: province of Northern Samar
Laoang countrySubdivision Northern Samar
Laoang locatedInIslandProvince Northern Samar
Bobon locatedIn Northern Samar
Bobon partOf Northern Samar
this entity surface form: province of Northern Samar
Capul locatedIn Northern Samar
Capul partOf Northern Samar
this entity surface form: province of Northern Samar
Capul hasElectoralDistrict Northern Samar
this entity surface form: Lone district of Northern Samar
San Isidro locatedIn Northern Samar
subject surface form: San Isidro, Northern Samar
Pambujan locatedIn Northern Samar
Pambujan hasProvince Northern Samar
Pambujan hasCountrySubdivision Northern Samar
Rosario locatedIn Northern Samar
subject surface form: Rosario, Northern Samar
Rosario province Northern Samar
subject surface form: Rosario, Northern Samar
Palapag locatedIn Northern Samar
Lapinig locatedIn Northern Samar
Lapinig thirdLevelSubdivision Northern Samar
Gamay locatedIn Northern Samar
Gamay countrySubdivision Northern Samar
Mapanas locatedIn Northern Samar
Mapanas hasProvince Northern Samar
Mondragon locatedIn Northern Samar
Mondragon partOf Northern Samar
this entity surface form: province of Northern Samar
Mondragon countrySubdivision Northern Samar
Biri locatedIn Northern Samar
Biri partOf Northern Samar
this entity surface form: province of Northern Samar
Lope de Vega locatedIn Northern Samar
Biri Island rock formations locatedIn Northern Samar
Biri Island rock formations province Northern Samar
Catarman locatedIn Northern Samar