Calbayog

Calbayog is a component city in the province of Samar in the Philippines, officially the City of Calbayog, with the Waray name Siyudad san Calbayog. It lies along the coastal region of the province of Samar, stretching about 97 kilometres from the northern tip of the island. It is described as the sixth largest city in the Philippines by land and water area and was the nineteenth city of the country. The 2024 census counted 187,848 residents, and in 2020 the city had 37,807 households and 186,960 people, which was 24.7 percent of the population of the province of Samar. Calbayog is one of the commercial trade centres of Eastern Visayas and is subdivided into three major districts: Calbayog, Tinambacan and Oquendo.