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Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Eastern Visayas
- Founded
- June 19, 1965
- Ratified
- November 14, 1967
- Capital and largest municipality
- Catarman
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlalawigan
- Governor
- Harris Christopher M. Ongchuan ( NUP )
- Vice governor
- Clarence E. Dato ( PFP )
- Legislature
- Northern Samar Provincial Board
- Total
- 3,692.93 km (1,425.85 sq mi)
- Rank
- 34th out of 82
- Highest elevation mount saamong
- 514 m (1,686 ft)
- Density
- 174.872/km (452.916/sq mi)
- Municipalities
- 24 Allen Biri Bobon Capul Catarman Catubig Gamay Laoang Lapinig Las Navas Lavezares Lope de Vega Mapanas Mondragon Palapag Pambujan Rosario San Antonio San Isidro San Jose San Roque San Vicente Silvino Lobos Victoria
- Districts
- Legislative districts of Northern Samar
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( PHT )
- Idd area code
- +63 (0)55
- Iso 3166 code
- PH-NSA
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of the Philippines
- Official name
- Lalawigan ng Northern Samar
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Eastern Visayas
- Contains
- Rosario
- Capital
- Catarman
- Population
- 645789
- Area
- 3692.93
- Shares border with
- Masbate
- Official website
- northernsamar.gov.ph
- Image
- Northern Samar Provincial Capitol 01.JPG
- Households
- 139885
- Dialing code
- 55
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- inception
- 1965-06-19
- Commons category
- Northern Samar
- topic's main category
- Category:Northern Samar
- postal code
- 6400–6423
- electorate
- 449191
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- language used
- Abaknon
- poverty incidence
- 19.30
- total assets
- 8710070672.91
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 2491343839.09
- total liabilities
- 1422138915.68
- total expenditure
- 1437836391.41
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Encyclopedic overview
Northern Samar (Waray: Amihanan Samar/Norte san Samar; Tagalog: Hilagang 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 the island of Samar. Bordering the province to the south are the provinces of Samar and Eastern Samar. To the northwest, across the San Bernardino Strait is Sorsogon; to the east is the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean and to the west is Samar Sea.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Northern Samar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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