Eastern Visayas

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Eastern Visayas Sinirangan Kabisay-an Sidlakang Kabisay-an Silangang Visayas
Region
Clockwise from the top: San Juanico Bridge, Agas-Agas Bridge, Capul Church, Sohoton Caves and Natural Bridge Park, Guiuan Church
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 11°14′N 125°03′E / 11.24°N 125.05°E / 11.24; 125.05
Country	Philippines
Island group	Visayas
Regional center and largest city	Tacloban
Area
• Total	23,251.10 km2 (8,977.30 sq mi)
Highest elevation (Alto Peak)	1,325 m (4,347 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Total	4,547,150
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ISO 3166 code	PH-08
Provinces	6 Biliran Eastern Samar Leyte Northern Samar Samar Southern Leyte
Independent cities	2 Ormoc Tacloban
Component cities	5 Baybay Borongan Calbayog Catbalogan Maasin
Municipalities	136
Barangays	4,390
Cong. districts	12
Languages	Waray-Waray (Lineyte-Samarnon) Cebuano Abaknon Baybayanon Kinabalian Tagalog English
GDP (2023)	₱568.7 billion $10.22 billion[2]
Growth rate	(6.4%)[2]
HDI	0.697 (Medium)
HDI rank	11th in the Philippines (2019)

Eastern Visayas (Waray: Sinirangan Kabisay-an; Cebuano: Sidlakang Kabisay-an; Tagalog: Silangang Kabisayaan; Filipino: Silangang Visayas) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region VIII. It consists of three main islands: Samar, Leyte, and Biliran. The region has six provinces: Biliran, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte, one independent city, Ormoc, and one highly urbanized city, Tacloban (its regional center and largest city).^[3] The highly urbanized city of Tacloban is the sole regional center. These provinces and cities occupy the easternmost islands of the Visayas group of islands, hence the region's name. Some historians believe that the oldest ancient kingdom in the Philippines is found in this region, the Lakanate of Lawan, which plays a significant role in the Polynesian and Austronesian intermigration.

Eastern Visayas faces the Philippine Sea to the east. The region's most famous landmark is the San Juanico Bridge, which links the islands of Samar and Leyte. As of 2020, the Eastern Visayas region has a population of 4,547,150 inhabitants,^[1] making it the least populous region in the Visayas.