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| footnotes = }} Samar officially (Waray-Waray:) Probinsya han Samar (Filipino: ''Lalawigan ng Samar'', English: ''Province of Samar'') is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is Catbalogan City and covers the western portion of Samar Island as well as several islands in the Samar Sea located west of the mainland. Fishing and agriculture are the major economic activities of the province.〔http://www.samar.lgu-ph.com/econo.htm Economical Data〕 The province is bordered to the north by Province of Northern Samar to the east by the Province of Silangang Samar to west by the provinces of Masbate and Biliran and to the south by the City of Tacloban, Province of Leyte and Leyte Gulf. Samar is connected to island Leyte via San Juanico Bridge, which spans the San Juanico Strait, the narrowest strait in the world. In 1768, the Province of Samar was created after the former Province of Samar and Leyte was split into two independent provinces. Before its partition, Samar province occupies the whole island of Samar and its adjacent islands and islets. In 1965, the Northern Samar province and Silangang Samar province was carved out of the single Samar Island Province. On 8 November 2013, the province was significantly damaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), specifically the towns of Basey and Marabut. ==Geography== Samar island occupies the eastern portion of the Philippines. It lies southeast of Luzon and occupies the northernmost section of Eastern Visayas. It is separated from Luzon on the north by San Bernardino Strait and from Leyte on the southwest by the narrow San Juanico Strait. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by Leyte Gulf and on the west by the Samar Sea. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samar (province)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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