Samar Province

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administrative territorial entity province

Samar Province is a largely rural island province in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, known for its rugged landscapes, caves, and strong Waray-speaking cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Samar	19
Western Samar	5
Samar Province canonical	2
Balangiga, Samar	1
Samar (undivided)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ province ⓘ
capital	Catbalogan ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Waray people ⓘ
formerName	Samar Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Western Samar
governmentType	provincial government ⓘ
hasCity	Calbayog ⓘ Catbalogan ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Leyte Gulf ⓘ Philippine Sea ⓘ Samar Sea ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage	Waray-speaking culture ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ forestry ⓘ
hasMunicipalityType	municipalities ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Samar Island Natural Park ⓘ
hasReligion	Protestantism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasTerrainFeature	caves ⓘ karst formations ⓘ mountainous areas ⓘ rugged landscapes ⓘ
island	Samar Island ⓘ
ISO3166-2Code	PH-WSA ⓘ
isRuralArea	true ⓘ
largestCity	Calbayog ⓘ
legislativeBody	Sangguniang Panlalawigan ⓘ
localLanguage	Waray language ⓘ surface form: Waray Waray language ⓘ surface form: Waray-Waray
locatedIn	Philippine Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Luzon-Visayas-Mindanao island group Philippine Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Philippine archipelago Visayas ⓘ
locatedInCountrySubdivision	Region VIII ⓘ
locatedInGeographicRegion	Eastern Philippines ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Philippine Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn	eastern part of Samar Island ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Visayas ⓘ
region	Eastern Visayas ⓘ
sharesIslandWith	Eastern Samar ⓘ Northern Samar ⓘ
usesCurrency	Philippine peso ⓘ
UTCOffset	+8 ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Waray language → spokenIn → Samar Province ⓘ

Eastern Visayas → containsProvince → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Winaray → spokenIn → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Winaray → spokenIn → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Samar

Lineyte-Samarnon → spokenInProvince → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Samar Island → hasProvince → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Calbayog dialect → spokenIn → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Northern Samar → previouslyPartOf → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar (undivided)

Northern Samar → borderedBy → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Samar Province → formerName → Samar Province self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Samar

Balangiga massacre → location → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balangiga, Samar

Balangiga massacre → location → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Samar Sea → adjacentTo → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Samar

Region VIII → isComposedOf → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Region VIII → hasProvince → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

San Juanico Bridge → connects → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

San Juanico Bridge → connectsProvince → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Sinirangan Kabisay-an → containsProvince → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Typhoon Haiyan → hardestHitProvince → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Republic Act No. 4221 → createdProvince → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Samar

Republic Act No. 4221 → formerProvince → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Republic Act No. 4221 → appliesTo → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Samar

Maslog → locatedOnIsland → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Eastern Philippines → hasPart → Samar Province ⓘ

Waray of Samar → spokenIn → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

Maharlika Highway → passesThrough → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar

“howling wilderness” campaign ordered by General Jacob H. Smith → location → Samar Province ⓘ

subject surface form: "howling wilderness" campaign ordered by General Jacob H. Smith

this entity surface form: Samar

Vicente Lukbán → placeOfActivity → Samar Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samar