Catarman, Northern Samar
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 Map of Northern Samar showing the location of Catarman |
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| Coordinates: 12°27′N 124°39′E / 12.450°N 124.650°ECoordinates: 12°27′N 124°39′E / 12.450°N 124.650°E | |
| Country |
 Philippines
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| Region | Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) |
| Province | Northern Samar |
| Barangays | 55 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francisco C. Rosales, Jr. (NUP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 464.43 km2 (179.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 94,037 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Catarmananon |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 6400 |
| Dialing code | 55 |
| Income class | 1st |
| Urban/Rural | Partially urban |
Catarman (Waray: Bungto san Catarman; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Catarman; Filipino: Bayan ng Catarman) is a first class municipality and the capital of Northern Samar, Philippines. It is the largest town in terms of land area and population in the province. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 94,037, making it the most populous municipality in Eastern Visayas. It is the commercial, educational, financial, political and government center of the province. It lies on the northern part of Samar Island, bounded to the east by Mondragon, to the west by Bobon, to the south by Lope de Vega, and to the north by the Philippine Sea.
On the Pacific coast are flat lowlands with the interior characterized by outlying low hills. Mount Puyao in Barangay Liberty is the highest peak in the area. The Catarman River, a major provincial river, divides the eastern and the western parts of the town. It is fed by the Paticua, Hibulwangan, Mahangna, Tura, and Danao creeks together with lesser prominent estuaries.
The Municipality of Catarman is politically subdivided into 55 barangays, 17 of them in the poblacion.
Before the coming of the Spaniards, Catarman (Calatman) or (Cataruman) was a settlement by the mouth of the river of the same name in the region called Ibabao. The Spanish Conquistadores freely applied the name Ibabao to the northern part of Samar island when it established its civil government. The similarities in the vocabularies and pronunciation of the dialects of these areas traces them to a common root as a people.
The town was one of the 13 villages and settlements and adopted as pueblos by the Spaniards in Samar Island and was one of the settlements in the northern parts of the island. The pueblo was named Calatman and was one of the pueblos in the Visayan islands, then collectively referred to as Islas de Pintados. Test Edit.
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