The Langun-Gobingob Cave System also known as Calbiga cave is a cave system located at Calbiga within the Samar Island Natural Park. It covers an area of approximately 2,968 hectares. [1] The cave system has 12 caves including Langun, Gobingob, Lurodpon and Bitong Mahangin. [2]
Northern Samar is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is Catarman and is located at the northern portion of the island of Samar. Bordering the province to the south are the provinces of Samar and Eastern Samar. To the northwest, across the San Bernardino Strait is Sorsogon; to the east is the Philippine Sea and to the west is Samar Sea.
Eastern Samar is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Borongan. Eastern Samar occupies the eastern portion of the island of Samar. Bordering the province to the north is the province of Northern Samar and to the west is Samar province. To the east lies the Philippine Sea, part of the vast Pacific Ocean, while to the south lies the Leyte Gulf.
Samar, formerly named as Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Catbalogan. It is bordered by Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte and the Leyte Gulf, and includes several islands in the Samar Sea. Samar is connected to the island of Leyte via the San Juanico Bridge.
Samar is the third largest island in the Philippines. Located in eastern Visayas, within central Philippines. The island is divided into three provinces: Samar, Northern Samar, and Eastern Samar. These three provinces, along with the provinces on the nearby islands of Leyte and Biliran are part of the Eastern Visayas region.
Basey, officially the Municipality of Basey, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 55,480 people.
Almagro, officially the Municipality of Almagro, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 8,942 people.
Calbayog, officially the City of Calbayog, is a 1st class city in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 183,851 people.
Calbiga, officially the Municipality of Calbiga, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 22,982 people. The town is famous for the Langun-Gobingob Caves which is the largest cave system in the Philippines, reputed to be the second largest in Asia and the world's third largest karst formation.
Pinabacdao, officially the Municipality of Pinabacdao, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 18,252 people.
Capul, officially the Municipality of Capul, is a 5th class island municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 12,679 people.
San Antonio, officially the Municipality of San Antonio, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 9,058 people.
Borongan, officially the City of Borongan, is a 4th class city and capital of the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 69,297 people.
Guiuan, officially the Municipality of Guiuan, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 52,991 people.
Bagacay is one of the 21 barangays situated in the southeast portion of the Municipality of Hinabangan, Samar, Philippines. Bagacay is a wilderness on the eastern side of Samar Island, between the towns of Paranas (Wright) and Taft, 60 kilometers from the coast of provincial capital Catbalogan City.
Caecogobius cryptophthalmus is a species of goby that is endemic to underground habitats in Calbiga on the Philippine island of Samar. This species is one of two members of the genus Caecogobius, which are the only known cavefish in the Philippines. Like other cavefish, C. cryptophthalmus has reduced eyes and pigmentation.
Mutya Han Samar 2005 was the 26th annual Samar beauty pageant, held at Samar Provincial Gymnasium in Catbalogan City on August 9, 2006. Twenty-three contestants competed. Sharon del Castillo Sabarre of the Calbiga crowned her successor Julie Ann Ortega of Calbayog City at the end of this event. The evening show was jointly hosted by former Samar Beauty Queens Jocelyn Lim-Casiano, Pearly Dawn Sabarre and Apple Joyce Cruto. Actor Joross Gamboa was a segment host of the show.
Eastern Visayas is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region VIII. It consists of three main islands, Samar, Leyte and Biliran. The region has six provinces, one independent city and one highly urbanized city namely, Biliran, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte, Ormoc and Tacloban. The highly urbanized city of Tacloban is the sole regional center. These provinces and cities occupy the easternmost islands of the Visayas group of islands.
The Samar Island Natural Park, in Samar, is the largest contiguous tract of old-growth forest in the Philippines. It is the country's largest terrestrial protected area, with an area of 333,300 hectares. The buffer is spread north to south over the island's three provinces and totals 458,700 hectares, about a third of the entire island of Samar.
The Sohoton Caves and Natural Bridge Park is a protected natural area about 841 hectares and a tourist attraction within the Samar Island Natural Park. The natural park features caves, subterranean rivers, waterfalls, limestone formations, thick forest and a natural stone bridge. It is just a small portion of the Samar Island National Park covering the 3 provinces namely Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Samar. The entire area is 455,700 hectares, home of the various wildlife, rivers and cave connections. It is located at Brgy. Guirang, Basey and has an area of approximately 840-hectares. First established as the Sohoton Natural Bridge National Park in 1935, it was then renamed as the Sohoton Cave Natural Park, and finally to the Sohoton Cave and Natural Bridge.
Samar's 2nd congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Samar. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916. The district consists of the provincial capital city of Catbalogan and adjacent municipalities of Basey, Calbiga, Daram, Hinabangan, Jiabong, Marabut, Motiong, Paranas, Pinabacdao, San Jose de Buan, San Sebastian, Santa Rita, Talalora, Villareal and Zumarraga. It is currently represented in the 18th Congress by Sharee Ann T. Tan of the PDP–Laban.
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