page_title: Samar (province)
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Samar (province) / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines
context_page_description: 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 bordered by Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte and the Leyte Gulf, and includes several islands in the Samar Sea. Samar is connected to the island of Leyte via the San Juanico Bridge.
  In 1768, Leyte and modern Samar was created out of the historical province of Samar. In 1965, Northern and Eastern Samar were created.
  Fishing and agriculture are the major economic activities in the province.
  On 8 November 2013, the province was significantly damaged by Typhoon Yolanda, particularly the towns of Basey, Marabut and Santa Rita.
context_section_description: The population of Samar (province) in the 2015 census was 780,481 people, with a density of 130 inhabitants per square kilometre or 340 inhabitants per square mile.
caption: Catbalogan City, the provincial capital
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