San Policarpo, Philippines
San Policarpo is a town of 3,581 people in Eastern Visayas, Philippines.
Why visit San Policarpo
Townapedia lists 1 park or trail, 1 place to eat and 1 place to stay in and around town.
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About San Policarpo
San Policarpo, officially the Municipality of San Policarpo (Waray: Bungto han San Policarpo; Tagalog: Bayan ng San Policarpo), is a municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 15,597 people.
From the Wikipedia article San Policarpo, Eastern Samar (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes1
Where to stay1
Churches and places of worship4
History
San Policarpo was established as a barrio in 1837. The Municipality of San Policarpo was created from the barrios of San Policarpo, Bahay, Alugan, Pangpang, Japunan, Tabo, Binogawan and Cajagwayan of the municipality of Oras, then in the old province of Samar, by virtue of Republic Act No. 281 signed on June 16, 1948 and inaugurated on February 5, 1949. In 1952, the barrio of Santa Monica was transferred from Oras to San Policarpo. On June 19, 1965, the municipality was annexed to the newly-established province of Eastern Samar through a plebiscite and the sitios of Santa Cruz, Tan-awan, Bangon, Guin-osokan, Barras, Lipata and Libas were converted into barrios.
The town was formerly named "Bunga", derived from the plant called bunga which was very abundant in the present site of the town. "Bunga" means fruit, thus the name indicates the fruit of the toils of its founders.
From the History section of San Policarpo, Eastern Samar on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schools, colleges and libraries15
Samar National Pilot Opportunity School of Agriculture
School · 0.9 km
Oras-San Policarpo Road
Healthcare1
Map of San Policarpo
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Getting there and nearby towns
Catarman Airport (CRM) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 101 km away.
- Alugan 5 km northwest, about 5 min by car
- San Eduardo 6 km west, about 6 min by car
- Oras 8 km southwest, about 8 min by car
- Dao 12 km southwest, about 12 min by car
- Dapdap 13 km south, about 13 min by car
- Arteche 15 km northwest, about 15 min by car
- Dolores 16 km south, about 16 min by car
- Borongan 64 km south, about 1 h by car
- Laoang 69 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Catbalogan 81 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
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