Samar was a
province in the
Philippines which is coterminous with
the island of Samar and its outlying islands.
History
It was established in 1768 after it got separated from the province of Leyte.
On June 19, 1965, the
Philippine Congress along with the three Samar
Representatives, Eladio T. Balite (1st District), Fernando R. Veloso (2nd District) and Felipe J. Abrigo (3rd District), approved ''
Republic Act No. 4221'' dividing the province of Samar into three divisions: ''
Northern Samar
Northern Samar ( war, Amihanan Samar/Norte san Samar; tl, Hilagang Samar), officially the Province of Northern Samar, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines, regio ...
'', ''
Eastern Samar
Eastern Samar (Waray-Waray: ''Sinirangan Samar''; tl, Silangang Samar), officially the Province of Eastern Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Borongan. Eastern Samar occupies ...
'', and ''
Western Samar''. Each province adopted a new capital:
Catbalogan
Catbalogan, officially the City of Catbalogan ( war, Siyudad han Catbalogan; fil, Lungsod ng Catbalogan), is a 5th class component city and capital of the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 106,44 ...
(Western Samar),
Borongan
Borongan, officially the City of Borongan ( Waray: ''Siyudad han Borongan''; fil, Lungsod ng Borongan), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...
(Eastern Samar), and
Catarman (Northern Samar).
On June 21, 1969, under ''Republic Act No. 5650'', ''Western Samar'' was renamed simply into ''Samar'' with Catbalogan still as the capital.
See also
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Samar
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Samar (province)
Samar, officially the Province of Samar ( war, Probinsya han Samar; tl, Lalawigan ng Samar), formerly named as Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Catbalogan. It is b ...
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Northern Samar
Northern Samar ( war, Amihanan Samar/Norte san Samar; tl, Hilagang Samar), officially the Province of Northern Samar, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines, regio ...
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Eastern Samar
Eastern Samar (Waray-Waray: ''Sinirangan Samar''; tl, Silangang Samar), officially the Province of Eastern Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Borongan. Eastern Samar occupies ...
References
{{Coord missing, Philippines
Former provinces of the Philippines
States and territories established in 1768
States and territories disestablished in 1965
1768 establishments in the Spanish Empire