Eastern Samar is a province of the Philippines
located in the Eastern
Visayas region. Its capital is the
municipality of Borongan.
Location
It is
located at the eastern portion of the island of Samar
. Bordering the province to the north is
Northern
Samar
and to the west is Samar province
. Eastern Samar faces the Philippine Sea
to the east, and Leyte Gulf
to the south.
History
The
province of Eastern Samar was created from Samar
by Republic
Act No. 4221 on
June 19,
1965.
Geography
Demographics
The province has a population of 375,822 as of the
2000 census. This makes it the 20th lowest populated
province. The population density is 87 people per km². The common
language is
Waray.
Physical
The province occupies a total land area of
4,470.75 km
2.
It is bounded on the north by Northern Samar, on the east by the Philippine Sea, on the west by Western Samar
, and on the south by the Leyte Gulf.
Political
Eastern Samar is subdivided into 23
municipalities.
Municipalities
Transportation
AIR
- Currently, only SeAir Airlines has commercial flights to the
province
SEA
- There are a number of ports in Eastern Samar that caters mostly
to minor sea vessels in the area.
LAND
- Bus
transit is the dominant public land transport to the province from
Manila
passing
through the Pan-Philippine Highway (Maharlika Highway) and through
(Western) Samar. There are also vans or jeepneys from Tacloban City
going to the different municipalities of the
province. The public mode of transit in the province are
jeepneys, multicabs, motor tricycles and pedicabs.
Economy
Livelihood
The main product of the province is
Copra.
Local agriculture includes
maize,
rice,
sugarcane, and various
other vegetables.
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