Santo Niño, Philippines
Santo Niño is a town of 2,864 people in Eastern Visayas, Philippines.
Why visit Santo Niño
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About Santo Niño
Santo Niño, officially the Municipality of Santo Niño (Waray: Bungto han Santo Niño; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Santo Niño; Tagalog: Bayan ng Santo Niño), is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 13,088 people.
From the Wikipedia article Santo Niño, Samar (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Museums and landmarks1
Schools, colleges and libraries8
History
This town has an ancient Bisayan name Limbankawayan which derived from the word limba meaning red and kawayan means bamboo thus a red colored bamboo (phyllostachys iridescens) which is abundant during those days.
It was separated from Calbayog and made a pueblo and a parish by a Royal Decree of September 29, 1898. The Bishop of Cebu had recommended in 1895 that it achieve parish status, though final approval and confirmation was not relayed from Madrid through Manila until the year 1897.
From the History section of Santo Niño, Samar on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Santo Niño
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Getting there and nearby towns
Calbayog Airport (CYP) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 19 km away.
- Tinambacan 20 km north, about 20 min by car
- Sabang 19 km northeast, about 19 min by car
- San Policarpio 21 km northeast, about 21 min by car
- Calbayog City 22 km northeast, about 22 min by car
- Santa Margarita 26 km northeast, about 26 min by car
- Catbalogan 50 km east, about 50 min by car
- Catarman 67 km north, about 1 h by car
- Carigara 74 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Santa Rita 75 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Daanbantayan 89 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
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