Samar was a province in the Philippines which is coterminous with the island of Samar and its outlying islands.
Samar | |||||||||||||
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Province of the Philippines | |||||||||||||
1768-1965 | |||||||||||||
Location of the historical province of Samar. | |||||||||||||
Capital | Catbalogan | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1768 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1965 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | · Eastern Samar · Northern Samar · Samar |