Editing Eastern Samar (section)

{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Eastern Samar
| native_name              = {{native name|fil|Silangang Samar}}
| settlement_type          = {{PH wikidata|settlement_type}}
| image_skyline            =  {{Photomontage
| photo1a = View of the Leyte Gulf and Manicani Island from the Guiuan Terminal in April 2022 (1).jpg
| photo2a = Baybay seafront.jpg
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Balangiga Church at night.JPG
| photo3a = Church of San Julian, Eastern Samar.jpg
| photo3b = Homonhon quincentennial historical marker - NHCP - 1.jpg
| photo4a = BARANGAY BOLUSAO Olot White Beach.jpg
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| image_caption            = (from top: left to right) Port section of the [[Guiuan|Guiuan Integrated Transport Terminal]], [[Borongan|Baybay Boulevard in Borongan]], [[Balangiga|Balangiga Church]], [[San Julian, Eastern Samar|Church of San Julian]], [[Homonhon]] and [[Lawaan|Olot Beach]].
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| image_seal               = Eastern Samar seal.svg
| seal_size                = 100x80px
| image_map                = {{PH wikidata|image_map}}
| map_caption              = Location in the Philippines
| coordinates              = {{PH wikidata|coordinates}}
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
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| subdivision_type1        = [[Regions of the Philippines|Region]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{PH wikidata|region}}
| established_title        = [[Date of establishment|Founded]]
| established_date         = June 19, 1965
| seat_type                = Capital<br/>{{nobold|and largest city}}
| seat                     = {{PH wikidata|seat}}
| leader_party             = 
| leader_title             = [[Governor of Eastern Samar|Governor]]
| leader_name              = [[Ben Evardone|Ben P. Evardone]] ([[Partido Federal ng Pilipinas|PFP]])
| leader_title1            = [[Vice Governor]]
| leader_name1             = Maria Caridad S. Goteesan ([[Partido Federal ng Pilipinas|PFP]])
| leader_title2            = [[Sangguniang Panlalawigan|Legislature]]
| leader_name2             = [[Eastern Samar Provincial Board]]
| area_footnotes           = <ref name=nscblist>{{cite web |title=List of Provinces |url=http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listprov.asp |work=PSGC Interactive |publisher=National Statistical Coordination Board |access-date=13 April 2013 |location=Makati, Philippines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111015112/http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listprov.asp |archive-date=11 January 2013 }}</ref>
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| area_rank                = 24th out of 81
| elevation_max_m          = 673
| elevation_max_point      = [[Mount Mactaon]]
| population_footnotes     = {{PH census|current|08}}
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| population_as_of         = {{PH wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_rank          = 60th out of 81
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| population_density_rank  = 69th out of 81
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| demographics1_title2     = [[Cities of the Philippines|Component cities]]
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| titlestyle              = font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;
| title                   = 1
 | [[Borongan]]
}}
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| title                   = 22
 | [[Arteche, Eastern Samar|Arteche]]
 | [[Balangiga, Eastern Samar|Balangiga]]
 | [[Balangkayan, Eastern Samar|Balangkayan]]
 | [[Can-avid, Eastern Samar|Can-avid]]
 | [[Dolores, Eastern Samar|Dolores]]
 | [[General MacArthur, Eastern Samar|General MacArthur]]
 | [[Giporlos, Eastern Samar|Giporlos]]
 | [[Guiuan, Eastern Samar|Guiuan]]
 | [[Hernani, Eastern Samar|Hernani]]
 | [[Jipapad, Eastern Samar|Jipapad]]
 | [[Lawaan, Eastern Samar|Lawaan]]
 | [[Llorente, Eastern Samar|Llorente]]
 | [[Maslog, Eastern Samar|Maslog]]
 | [[Maydolong, Eastern Samar|Maydolong]]
 | [[Mercedes, Eastern Samar|Mercedes]]
 | [[Oras, Eastern Samar|Oras]]
 | [[Quinapondan, Eastern Samar|Quinapondan]]
 | [[Salcedo, Eastern Samar|Salcedo]]
 | [[San Julian, Eastern Samar|San Julian]]
 | [[San Policarpo, Eastern Samar|San Policarpo]]
 | [[Sulat, Eastern Samar|Sulat]]
 | [[Taft, Eastern Samar|Taft]]
}}
| demographics1_title4     = [[Barangay]]s
| demographics1_info4      = 597
| demographics1_title5     = [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Districts]]
| demographics1_info5      = [[Legislative districts of Eastern Samar]]
| timezone                 = [[Philippine Standard Time|PHT]]
| utc_offset               = +8
| postal_code_type         = [[List of ZIP codes in the Philippines|ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = {{PH wikidata|postal_code}}
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| area_code                = {{PH wikidata|area_code}}
| iso_code                 = {{PH wikidata|iso_code}}
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| blank_name_sec2          = Highway routes
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| website                  = {{Official URL}}
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'''Eastern Samar''' ([[Waray-Waray language|Waray-Waray]]: ''Sinirangan Samar''; {{langx|tl|Silangang Samar}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Mapa ng mga Wika (Rehiyon) - Rehiyon VIII |url=https://kwf.gov.ph/mapa-ng-mga-wika-rehiyon/14/ |publisher=[[Commission on the Filipino Language]] |access-date=23 September 2021 |language=fil|archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923031212/https://kwf.gov.ph/mapa-ng-mga-wika-rehiyon/14/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>), officially the '''Province of Eastern Samar''', is a [[Provinces of the Philippines|province]] in the [[Philippines]] located in the [[Eastern Visayas]] [[Regions of the Philippines|region]]. Its capital is the city of [[Borongan]], which is the most populous. Eastern Samar occupies the eastern portion of the island of [[Samar]]. Bordering the province to the north is the province of [[Northern Samar]] and to the west is [[Samar (province)|Samar province]]. To the east lies the [[Philippine Sea]], part of the vast [[Pacific Ocean]], while to the south lies [[Leyte Gulf]].