Northern Samar

province of the Philippines
Organization province_of_the_philippines Q13864
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Northern Samar

Summary

Northern Samar is a province of the Philippines[1]. It draws 498 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_the_philippines category, ranking #47 of 65).[2]

Key Facts

  • Northern Samar is located in Eastern Visayas[3].
  • Northern Samar is in the country of Philippines[4].
  • Northern Samar's head of government is recorded as Edwin Ongchuan[5].
  • Northern Samar's instance of is recorded as province of the Philippines[6].
  • Northern Samar's capital is recorded as Catarman[7].
  • Northern Samar's shares border with is recorded as Sorsogon[8].
  • Northern Samar's shares border with is recorded as Masbate[9].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Allen[10].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Biri[11].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bobon[12].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Capul[13].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Catarman[14].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Catubig[15].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Gamay[16].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Laoang[17].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Lapinig[18].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Las Navas[19].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Lavezares[20].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Lope de Vega[21].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Mapanas[22].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Mondragon[23].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Palapag[24].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Pambujan[25].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Rosario[26].
  • Northern Samar's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as San Antonio[27].

Body

Founding

June 19, 1965 marks the founding of Northern Samar[28].

Identity

Official names include Province of Northern Samar[29] and Lalawigan ng it[30].

Why It Matters

Northern Samar draws 498 Wikipedia views per month (province_of_the_philippines category, ranking #47 of 65).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Exec8 · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53832|batch #53832]]: fix date"
  2. 5d ago · Exec8 · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 60.25 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273271|batch #273271]]"
  3. 13d ago · Lady01v · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 29.20 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270845|batch #270845]]"
  4. 14d ago · Bjeweld · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 19.30 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270707|batch #270707]]"
  5. 14d ago · AeeyJaeyPH · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 19.30, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270696|batch #270696]]"
  6. 14d ago · KenJstn · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 34.26 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270638|batch #270638]]"
  7. 14d ago · Bjeweld · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 34.26, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270622|batch #270622]]"
  8. 14d ago · WishywizPH · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 60.25 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270586|batch #270586]]"
  9. 14d ago · KenJstn · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 50.19 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270558|batch #270558]]"
  10. 15d ago · Bjeweld · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 50.19, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270548|batch #270548]]"
  11. 15d ago · Sup3rR3dFir3 · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 52.10 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270520|batch #270520]]"
  12. 15d ago · B14ckSw4n · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 52.10, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270498|batch #270498]]"
  13. 15d ago · MrMelvinn · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 53.41 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270453|batch #270453]]"
  14. 15d ago · Riverfl0ww · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 53.41, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270444|batch #270444]]"
  15. 15d ago · AeeyJaeyPH · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 40.80 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270319|batch #270319]]"
  16. 16d ago · 8thButterfly · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 41.65 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270299|batch #270299]]"
  17. 16d ago · PamelaNDY06 · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence {'amount': '+41.65'}, {'amount': '+40.80'}, {'amount': '+53.41'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P8843]]: 41.65, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270292|batch #270292]]"
  18. 15w ago · Lady01v · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total expenditure {'amount': '+1047089708.07'}, {'amount': '+585627832.10'}, {'amount': '+651791873.22'} +12
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2402]]: 2,078,665,659.44 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259112|batch #259112]]"
  19. 15w ago · AeeyJaeyPH · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total expenditure {'amount': '+1047089708.07'}, {'amount': '+585627832.10'}, {'amount': '+651791873.22'} +12
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2402]]: 1,598,758,321.05 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258984|batch #258984]]"
  20. 16w ago · B14ckSw4n · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total expenditure {'amount': '+1047089708.07'}, {'amount': '+585627832.10'}, {'amount': '+651791873.22'} +12
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2402]]: 531,268,701.74 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258976|batch #258976]]"
  21. 16w ago · MrMelvinn · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total expenditure {'amount': '+1047089708.07'}, {'amount': '+585627832.10'}, {'amount': '+651791873.22'} +12
    Fiscal/tax revenue {'amount': '+2163368191.28'}, {'amount': '+811200863.12'}, {'amount': '+914159435.17'} +12
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2402]]: 518,819,951.39 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258817|batch #258817]]"
  22. 16w ago · KenJstn · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fiscal/tax revenue {'amount': '+2163368191.28'}, {'amount': '+811200863.12'}, {'amount': '+914159435.17'} +12
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P3087]]: 1,916,442,059.00 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258609|batch #258609]]"
  23. 16w ago · IzzyLuxe · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fiscal/tax revenue {'amount': '+2163368191.28'}, {'amount': '+811200863.12'}, {'amount': '+914159435.17'} +12
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P3087]]: 683,765,450.87 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258602|batch #258602]]"
  24. 16w ago · Elizabeth4H25 · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total liabilities {'amount': '+1804581994.40'}, {'amount': '+592991183.10'}, {'amount': '+697081830.20'} +11
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2138]]: 1,764,936,498.78 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258569|batch #258569]]"
  25. 16w ago · Bjeweld · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total liabilities {'amount': '+1804581994.40'}, {'amount': '+592991183.10'}, {'amount': '+697081830.20'} +11
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2138]]: 1,453,213,988.92 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258452|batch #258452]]"
  26. 17w ago · WishywizPH · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total liabilities {'amount': '+1804581994.40'}, {'amount': '+592991183.10'}, {'amount': '+697081830.20'} +11
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2138]]: 273,214,916.03 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258370|batch #258370]]"
  27. 17w ago · Jhe098 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total liabilities {'amount': '+1804581994.40'}, {'amount': '+592991183.10'}, {'amount': '+697081830.20'} +11
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2138]]: 209,228,473.52 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258279|batch #258279]]"
  28. 17w ago · MarieGHS35 · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total assets {'amount': '+7717216725.65'}, {'amount': '+1617800987.48'}, {'amount': '+1834978498.15'} +12
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2403]]: 9,411,226,530.57 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258038|batch #258038]]"
  29. 17w ago · AeeyJaeyPH · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total assets {'amount': '+7717216725.65'}, {'amount': '+1617800987.48'}, {'amount': '+1834978498.15'} +12
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2403]]: 9,053,262,510.04 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257980|batch #257980]]"
  30. 17w ago · Iampjanz · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in
    Inception
    Aliases
    Number of households {'amount': '+47550'}, {'amount': '+52346'}, {'amount': '+66177'} +6
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2403]]: 1,089,207,388.71 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257969|batch #257969]]"
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