Eastern Samar

Eastern Samar shares 77 connections with 2037 other places across 13 topics, shaped by its geography, governance history, and religious identity. Nature connections form the largest cluster, anchored by the province's Pacific coastline and Typhoon Haiyan's first landfall in the coastal town of Guiuan in 2013. Government and religion each contribute a strong group of ties, reflecting the 1965 Samar division that created the province and a population that is 97 percent Catholic. Manila and Japan rank among its closest co-connected places.