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ZIP code: 3104. IDD : area ... times up to the arrival of Magellan in Homonhon Island in Eastern Samar in ... known as the town having the most number of active brass ...
Homonhon Island is an island in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines, on the east side of Leyte Gulf. The 20-kilometre (12 mi) long island is part of the municipality of Guiuan , encompassing eight barangays : Bitaugan, Cagusu-an, Canawayon, Casuguran, Culasi, Habag, Inapulangan, and Pagbabangnan.
Poverty incidence of Eastern Samar 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2006 51.35 2009 56.36 2012 63.70 2015 51.52 2018 49.46 2021 29.40 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Commercial activities in the province are centered on the provincial capital of Borongan while tourism activities are centered in Guiuan town where Calicoan Island and the historical Homonhon Island are located. Generally, the ...
The town also has a local radio station, Radyo Natin Guiuan (103.7 MHz), serving Guiuan and neighboring areas in Eastern Visayas. In 2004, Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative (ESAMELCO) was able to energize Guiuan, Calicoan Island up to Sulangan covering 37 out of 60 barangays.
Suluan is an island barangay in the Philippines, in the municipality of Guiuan, Eastern Samar.It lies east of Leyte Gulf and west of Emden Deep.The inhabitants of the island were the first Filipinos to trade and interact with Ferdinand Magellan's expedition which anchored on the nearby (then uninhabited) island of Homonhon on March 16, 1521.
Samar (/ ˈ s ɑː m ɑːr / SAH-mar) is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 1,909,537 as of the 2020 census. It is located in the eastern Visayas, which are in the central Philippines. The island is divided into three provinces: Samar (formerly Western Samar), Northern Samar, and ...
15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of Candolu is Homonhon where Ferdinand Magellan first set foot in the Philippines in 1521. It is a crescent-shaped island covered with coconut trees that forms the northern border of the Surigao Strait. It is sparsely populated and has a small islet on its western side called Montoconon.
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