Borongan

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Borongan

Geographical Address

Province
Public Address
Borongan, Samar
Postal Code
6800
latitude
11.61
longitude
125.43
Area
475 km2
Founded
September 8, 1619
Division
Eastern Visayas
Region
VIII

Borongan, officially the City of Borongan, (WaraySiyudad han BoronganCebuanoDakbayan sa BoronganFilipinoLungsod ng Borongan), pronounced bo-róng-gan, is a 5th class city and capital of the province of Eastern SamarPhilippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 69,297 people.[3]

It is also nicknamed as the "City of the Golden Sunrise/Sunshine" and aspiring to be the "King City of the East". Its cityhood was settled by the Supreme Court of the Philippines when it decided with finality on April 12, 2007, the constitutionality of its city charter, Republic Act 9394, which conferred upon and elevated the status of the municipality of Borongan into a component city of the province of Eastern Samar.

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