PROFILE OF BORONGAN CITY, SALCEDO, and
ORAS, EASTERN SAMAR
Borongan is a coastal component city in the province of Eastern Samar. It
serves as the provincial capital.
The city has a land area of 475.00 square kilometers or 183.40 square miles
which constitutes 10.19% of Eastern Samar's total area. Its population as
determined by the 2015 Census was 69,297. This represented 14.83% of the
total population of Eastern Samar province, or 1.56% of the overall population
of the Eastern Visayas region. Based on these figures, the population density is
computed at 146 inhabitants per square kilometer or 378 inhabitants per square
mile.
Salcedo is a coastal municipality in the province of Eastern Samar.
The municipality has a land area of 113.80 square kilometers or 43.94 square
miles which constitutes 2.44% of Eastern Samar's total area. Its population as
determined by the 2015 Census was 22,532. This represented 4.82% of the total
population of Eastern Samar province, or 0.51% of the overall population of the
Eastern Visayas region. Based on these figures, the population density is
computed at 198 inhabitants per square kilometer or 513 inhabitants per square
mile.
Oras is a 4th class coastal municipality in the province of Eastern Samar in
Region VIII (Eastern Visayas). Oras has a land area of 188.70 square kilometers
or 72.86 square miles constituting 4.05% of the total area of Eastern Samar.
Oras is politically subdivided into forty-two (42) barangays. The population of
Oras as determined by the 2015 Census was 36,540 representing 7.82% of the
total population of Eastern Samar province, or 0.82% of the overall population
of Eastern Visayas region. It has a population density of 194 inhabitants per
square kilometer or 502 inhabitants per square mile.