Northern Samar

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administrative territorial entity province

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Samar Waray	1
Provincial Government of Northern Samar	1

Statements (63)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Eastern Visayas → containsProvince → Northern Samar ⓘ

Northern Samar → governedBy → Northern Samar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provincial Government of Northern Samar

Winaray → hasDialect → Northern Samar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Samar Waray

Samar Island → hasProvince → Northern Samar ⓘ

Samar Province → sharesIslandWith → Northern Samar ⓘ

Waray language → spokenIn → Northern Samar ⓘ

Winaray → spokenIn → Northern Samar ⓘ

Lineyte-Samarnon → spokenInProvince → Northern Samar ⓘ