Borongan

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Borongan is a coastal city in Eastern Samar, Philippines, known as a regional center and gateway to the natural attractions of Samar Island.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Borongan canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
component city
belongsToIslandGroup Visayas
country Philippines
countrySubdivision province of Eastern Samar
faces Philippine Sea
gatewayTo natural attractions of Samar Island
governingCountry Republic of the Philippines
linked to: Philippines
hasBodyOfWater Philippine Sea
linked to: Samar Sea
hasClimate tropical
hasCoastalFeature beaches
surfing spots
hasDiocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Borongan
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
tourism
hasInfrastructure Borongan Airport
hasNaturalHazardRisk coastal flooding
typhoons
hasProvinceCapitalFunction administrative center of Eastern Samar
hasRegionCapitalRole de facto center for provincial services
hasReligiousMajority Roman Catholic
linked to: Roman Catholicism
hasRole transport hub for Eastern Samar
hasSettlementType urban
hasTransportationMode air transport
road transport
hasUrbanCore Poblacion area
isCoastalCity true
isGatewayCityOf Samar Island
isPortOfEntry Samar Island
isProvincialCapitalOf Eastern Samar
isRegionalCenterFor Eastern Samar
knownFor access to natural attractions
coastal scenery
role as regional center in Eastern Samar
localLanguage Waray-Waray
linked to: Waray of Samar
locatedIn Eastern Samar
Eastern Visayas
Region VIII
Samar Island
locatedOn eastern coast of Samar Island
officialLanguage English
Filipino
linked to: Tagalog
partOf Philippine archipelago
timeZone Philippine Standard Time
utcOffset +8

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samar Island majorCity Borongan
Eastern Samar capital Borongan
Eastern Samar hasCity Borongan
Quinapondan provinceCapital Borongan
Oras locatedEastOf Borongan