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Philippines: Samar (Western Samar) Provincial Profile
Samar Island lies southeast of Luzon. It occupies the northernmost section of Eastern Visayas or Region VIII. The province of Samar (western) occupies
the southwestern part of Samar Island. It has the largest land area (559,100 has.) among the three provinces which constitute 42% of the island’s total land
area and 26% of Region VIII. The San Juanico Bridge connects Samar to the province of Leyte on the southeast across the San Juanico Strait. It is
bounded on the north by Northern Samar, on the east by Eastern Samar, on the south by Leyte Gulf
and on the west by the Samar Sea. Catbalogan City, the provincial capital is 107 kilometers from 2 24 951
Tacloban City, the regional capital of Eastern Visayas. (Source: http://pia.gov.ph/provinces/samar)
CITIES MUNICIPALITIES BARANGAYS
Legend POPULATION
NORTHERN Source: PSA 2015 & 2010 Census / DSWD
Airport SAMAR
Province capital
MATUGUINAO
CALBAYOG CITY 9.6% 90.4%
GANDARA SAN JOSE 165,286
TAGAPUL-AN SANTA DE BUAN 780,481
MARGARITA households Urban / Rural
Camandag Is.
SAN JORGE EASTERN
PAGSANGHAN
ALMAGRO Kirikite Is. MOTIONG SAMAR
SANTO TARANGNAN PARANAS 48.3% 51.7 %
NIÑO Libucan Is. (WRIGHT) female male
JIABONG
CITY OF (377.0K) (403.4K)
Timpasan Is. CATBALOGAN 8%
33.4K > 60 years 28.5K
Parasan Is.
Maqueda Bay SAN HINABANGAN
SEBASTIAN 47%
ZUMARRAGA 173.3K 19-59 years 191.1K
DARAM
BILIRAN CALBIGA
VILLAREAL 14%
PINABACDAO 53.3K 13-18 years 58.5K
TALALORA
SANTA RITA 24%
Coalargo Bay 91.6K 3-12 years 97.8K
BASEY
7%
25.1K < 2 years 27.3K
Jinamoc Is.
LEYTE MARABUT Vulnerable groups (based on DSWD-NHTS database)
Conditional Cash Transfer
Programming Beneficiaries
57,670 San Pablo Bay Female 12 201 2,380 5,885 6,937
households Male 103 1,196 2,665 2,942 6,169
child-headed single-headed poor individuals solo parent poor individuals
Poverty incidence (%) </= 10 11 - 30 31 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 84 households households w/ disability =>18 years old =>65 years old
WATER, SANITATION AND HYGEINE Source: PSA 2015/2010 Census SHELTER Source: PSA 2015 Census
Water Roof/Wall material
supply
162,886 Roof
Housing units
Faucet Salvaged
community Tubed; Dug Natural Strong Light
system piped well Bottled sources Others
57.6% 14.5% 5.2% 11.1% 9.0% 2.7% Strong 34.2% 1.8% 0.0%
Toilets (based on census 2010)
Wall
Light 31.2% 31.1% 0.3%

56.1% 34.2% 4.3% 5.5%
Salvaged 0.5% 0.3% 0.2%
Water-sealed None Closed pit Open pit

EDUCATION Source: DepEd 2016 NUTRITION Source: FNRI 2013/2015 HEALTH Source: DOH (Personnel 2016/Facilities 2017)
Malnutrition (0-60 months old) Personnel
865
Primary schools
77,129 70,041
Male primary Female primary 52.9% 32.3% 5.1%* 41 51 50 5
school students school students
Stunting Underweight Wasting Midwives Nurses Doctors Dentists
* Estimates with coefficient of variation greater than 20
Facilities
112 Food
Secondary schools
insecurity
30,803 32,163 (households) 12.0% 40.4% 33.6%
Male secondary Female secondary 131 31 7
school students school students Mild Moderate Severe
Barangay health Rural health Hospitals
stations units (government/private)
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: February 2018
Sources: PSA, DOH, NAMRIA, FNRI, DepEd, DSWD Feedback: addawe@un.org, aportol@un.org, mendoza1@un.org www.unocha.org/philippines www.reliefweb.int philippines.humanitarianresponse.info