Editing Northern Samar (section)

==Demographics==
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The population of Northern Samar in the 2020 census was 639,186 people,{{PH census|current|08}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|639,186/3,692.93|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or|sp=us}}.

The people of Northern Samar were previously called ''Ibabaonon''. They are predominantly Waray-Waray or [[Waray people|Waray]], the people of Eastern Visayas or Samar-Leyte region. To distinguish themselves from the Westehanon (people from Samar) and Estehanon (from Eastern Samar) when Samar Island was split into three provinces in 1965, and the Leyteños (the people from the Leyte Island), they now call themselves as ''Ninorte Samarenyo'' or ''Nortehanon''. They are primarily speaking in [[Waray-Waray language|Waray-Waray]] which is the main [[lingua franca]] of the province.

[[Bicolano people|Bicolano]] and [[Masbateño people|Masbateño]] inhabitants coming from respective neighboring provinces of [[Sorsogon]] and [[Masbate]] are also common at Northern Samar.

===Languages===
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| title    = Languages Spoken (2000)<ref>[https://www.census.gov.ph/old/data/pressrelease/2002/pr0267tx.html Table 4. Household Population by Ethnicity and Sex: Northern Samar, 2000]</ref>
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The majority of the people in the province speak the Ninorte Samarnon variation of [[Waray-Waray language|Waray-Waray]]. About 4.5 percent of the population, especially in the island towns, speak [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]], particularly in the island town of [[San Antonio, Northern Samar|San Antonio]]. [[Inabaknon]], a unique language said to be one of the most preserved languages to date, is the native tongue of the populace in the island town of [[Capul, Northern Samar|Capul]].

[[Waray-Waray language|Ninorte Samarnon]] usually is further subclassified into [[Balicuatro]], Central and [[Pacific]] speakers.

[[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] and [[English language|English]] are also widely used and understood in Northern Samar.

===Religion===
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====Catholicism====
The communities of this province are predominantly [[Roman Catholicism in the Philippines|Catholic]] (80%).{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

====Others====
Other religious groups are [[Members Church of God International|Members Church of God International (MCGI)]], [[Iglesia ni Cristo]], [[Philippine Independent Church]] (Iglesia Filipina Independiente), [[Seventh-day Adventist]]s, [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] and other [[Christianity in the Philippines|Christian]] sects. A small number of population are [[Muslim]].

===Socio-demographic situation===
Northern Samar is classified as a second class province, according to the [[Philippine Statistics Authority]], the data gathered from the ''[[Department of Finance (Philippines)|Department of Finance]] Department Order No.23-08'' (Effective July 29, 2008).{{PSGC detail|nscb}}

Catarman is the capital town of the province where most political and economic activities take place. It is the seat of administration and the center of trade and commerce as well as industry.

The province is considered a very rural area with 65% of its people residing in the countryside.