Victoria, officially the Municipality of Victoria (; ), is a

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in the

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Northern Samar Northern Samar (; ), officially the Province of Northern Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is Catarman, the most populous town in the province and is located at the northern portion of ...

, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,361 people. It borders with the town of

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in the north and San Isidro in the southwest.

History

On April 27, 1968, barrios Buena Suerte, Buenos Aires, Colabog, Mawo, Maxvilla, San Lazaro, and San Miguel from the municipality of

and Acedillo, Erenas, and San Ramon from San Isidro were separated and constituted into a new and separate municipality known as Victoria, by virtue of Republic Act No. 5193. Mawo was designated as the municipal seat of government. The first set of Victoria municipal officials was elected in the following election of 1969.

Geography

Barangays

Victoria is politically subdivided into 16

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

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. *Acedillo *Buenasuerte *Buenos Aires *Colab-og *Erenas *Libertad *Luisita *Lungib *Maxvilla *Pasabuena *Zone I (

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) *Zone II (

) *Zone III (

) *San Lazaro *San Miguel *San Roman

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Local government

Elected officials: * Mayor: Jose Ardales * Vice Mayor: Anselmo Aliluya Jr. * Councilors: # Jorge Ardales # Jonay Sabido # Anselmo Aliluya # Rufino Subiaga # Fe Viloria # Eugenio Laurente # Marcos Porteles # Jude rey Lucinario

References

External links

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Philippine Census Information

Local Governance Performance Management System
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