provicne

1. Samar

2. Samar Province
• Samar, officially the Province of Samar (Waray: Probinsya han
Samar; Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Samar), formerly named Western Samar, is
a province in the Philippineslocated in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital
is the city of Catbalogan. It is bordered by Northern Samar, Eastern
Samar, Leyte and Leyte Gulf, and includes several islands in the Samar Sea.
Samar is connected to the island of Leyte via the San Juanico Bridge.
• In 1768, Leyte and modern Samar were created out of the historical
province of Samar. In 1965, Northern and Eastern Samar were created.
• Fishing and agriculture are the major economic activities in the province.[4]
• On 8 November 2013, the province was significantly damaged by Typhoon
Yolanda (Haiyan), particularly the towns of Basey, Marabut and Santa
Rita.[5]

3. History
• Pre-history
• Around 2 million to 8000 B.C, based on geologic findings, during the
ice ages (2 million years – 8000 B.C), the islands of Mindoro, Luzon,
and Mindanao were connected as one big island through the islands
of Samar, Leyte and Bohol.
• Early history
• In 8550 B.C., diggings in Sohoton Caves in Basey, Samar showed stone
flake tools. In 1200 A.D., other diggings along the Basey River
revealed other stone flakes used until the 13th century.[6]

4. history
• Spanish colonial era
• In 1543, the explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, first came to the island and named
it Las Islas Filipinas.
• In 1596, many names (such as Samal, Ibabao, Tandaya) were given to Samar
Island prior to the coming of the Spaniards in 1596. The name "Samar" was
derived from the local language samad, meaning "wound" or "cut", aptly
describing the rough physical features of the island, rugged and deeply dissected
by streams. During the early days of Spanish occupation, Samar was under the
jurisdiction of Cebu.
• On October 15, 1596, the first Jesuit missionaries arrived in Tinago (now Dapdap)
in Tarangnan. From Tinago, the missionaries, Fr. Francisco de Otazo, Bartolome
Martes and Domingo Alonzo began teaching Catechism, healing the sick and
spreading the Christianfaith into the interior settlements.

5. • On June 1, 1649, the people of Palapag led by Agustin Sumuroy revolted
against the decree of Governor General Diego Fajardo requiring able
bodied men from the Visayas for service at the Cavite Shipyards. Like
wildfire, the revolt quickly spread to the neighboring town in the Northern
and Western coast of Samar and to the nearby provinces of
Bicol, Surigao, Cebu, Camiguin and as far as Zamboanga. It was suppressed
in 1650 by the combined forces of the Spaniards, Lutaos, and Pampangos.
• In 1735, Samar and Leyte were united into one province with Carigara, in
Leyte, as the capital town.
• In 1747, Samar and Leyte were separated for administrative effectiveness.
• In 1762, complaints from the Jesuits that the division was not working well,
thus it was reunited again by the approval from the King of Spain.

6. • In 1762, complaints from the Jesuits that the division was not working well, thus
it was reunited again by the approval from the King of Spain.
• In 1768, Jesuits were expelled in all Spanish dominions. The Franciscans arrived
on September 25, 1768, and took over the administration of 14 of the 17 parishes
which were under the spiritual care of the Jesuits for almost 172 years. The
administration of the remaining three parishes namely Guiuan, Balangiga and
Basey in the south of Samar were given to the Augustinians.
• In 1777, the two provinces were divided for the last time, it was approved in
Madrid in 1786 and had been effective in 1799.
• In 1803, Guiuan, Balangiga and Basey were turned over to the Franciscans for the
lack of Augustinian priests.
• On August 11, 1841, Queen Isabella II of Spain signed a Royal Decree declaring
Samar as a province.