Samar

Samar

Samar , island (1990 pop. 1,246,722), 5,050 sq mi (13,079 sq km), 3d largest of the Philippines, one of the Visayan Islands, NE of Leyte (from which it is separated by the narrow San Juanico Strait). It has commercial coconut and abaca plantations. There are important lumbering, fishing, and mining industries; iron ore is extracted.

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Malnutrition afflicts Samar pupils; 3 out of 10 pupils in Northern Samar,...
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 10/26/2007
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Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 9/4/2003
PGMA to hold Cabinet meeting in Eastern Samar on Tuesday.
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