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Capital of Northern Samar, Philippines
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Catarman is the capital of Northern Samar, in the Eastern Visayas, Philippines. It is on the northern coast of Samar Island. It is the commercial, educational, financial, political and government center of the province.
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fan single/double rooms with own bathroom and cable TV.
1071 B&B Cafe Eusebio
Beside BDO.
Has a Gaisano supermarket.
By bus and minivan
By ferry
There is a ferry port in Calbayog with a Cokaliong shipping lines night ferry three times a week from Cebu City.
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