Place:Borongan, Eastern Samar, Eastern Visayas, Philippines

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NameBorongan
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates11.633°N 125.45°E
Located inEastern Samar, Eastern Visayas, Philippines
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Borongan, officially known as the City of Borongan (Waray: Siyudad han Borongan; ), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 71,961 people.

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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