| Samar | |||||||||||||
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| Province of the Philippines | |||||||||||||
| 1768-1965 | |||||||||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Historical_Province_of_Samar_in_the_Philippines.svg) Location of the historical province of Samar. | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Catbalogan Capul (1848–1852) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1768 | ||||||||||||
• Final split from Leyte | 1777 | ||||||||||||
• Final split from Leyte approved in Madrid | 1786 | ||||||||||||
• Final split from Leyte became effective | 1799 | ||||||||||||
• Declared province by Royal Decree | 11 August 1841 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 19 June 1965 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | · Eastern Samar · Northern Samar · Samar | ||||||||||||
Samar was a province in the Philippines which is coterminous with the island of Samar and its outlying islands. It existed from the Spanish colonization era until its division into three provinces—Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, and Western Samar (now simply called as Samar)—in 1965.