|
|
|
Major Hubs 5 Major Destinations
Manila and Its Spokes
|
Cebu and its Spokes
Laoag / Baguio and its Spokes
|
Davao and its Spokes
Clark/Subic and its Spokes |
Others and its Spokes
Legaspi / Albay
THE PROVINCE AT A GLANCE
BRIEF HISTORY
During the early days of Spanish rule, Samar
Island was under the jurisdiction of the bishopric of Cebu.
In 1735, Samar and Leyte were merged to form one province.
Three years later, Samar was separated from Leyte, and
Catbalogan became its capital.
At June 19, 1965 Samar Island was divided into
three provinces: Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Western
Samar. The name of Western Samar was changed to Samar on
June 21, 1969.
LANGUAGE/DIALECT
Waray is the lingua franca here as in the
rest of the province but many people are conversant in
English and a great deal of sign language.
MAJOR INDUSTRIES
As an agriculture province, the most
important products are coconut, rice, corn and abaca. There
are a few large industries such mining, jellyfish processing
and logging.
Samar Province has the largest marble reserves
in the region. Large-scale drying and salting of fish are
done in Catbalogan for consumers in upland areas and the
Manila market.
Cottage industries include woodcraft, shell
craft, basket-weaving and abaca processing.
|
|
|
|
