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Eastern Samar

Eastern Samar is a province in the Eastern Visayas region of Visayas, Philippines. Its population was 472,683 in the 2024 census, and it has 1 city and 22 municipalities.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 8, 2026
A whitewashed baroque church front with carved panels, pilasters and an arched wooden door, lit warm by a low sun against a dark storm sky, beside a stone bell tower with a red pointed roof.
Guiuan Church, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, in January 2012, before Typhoon Haiyan damaged it in November 2013.Photo: “Inmaculada Concepcion Parish Church, Guiuan, Eastern Samar” by Joelaldor, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; resized by Scene.

  • PeopleSources

    472,683

    people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary

    Up 10.2% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    4th

    of the 6 provinces of Eastern Visayas by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary

    About 10 of every 100 people in Eastern Visayas lived in Eastern Samar in 2024 (10.22%)

  • Inside itSources

    23

    cities and municipalities

    597 barangays

  • LandSources

    5,173.75 km²

    of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: Eastern Samar's land would fill a square about 71.9 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary

    Average density, 2024: 91 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 1 person per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary

  • HomesSources

    120,403

    households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary

    3.9 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    6.9%

    About 7 of every 100 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary
0802600000[4]Formerly 082600000

People

Eastern Samar had 472,683 people in the 2024 census, up 10.2% from 2010.
People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Eastern Samar had the 4th most people of the 6 provinces of Eastern Visayas in 2024[1]
  1. 1Leyte1,823,458
  2. 2Samar806,179
  3. 3Northern Samar645,789
  4. 4Eastern Samar472,683
  5. 5Southern Leyte434,372
  6. 6Biliran184,095
All 6 provinces of Eastern Visayas
Of every 100 people in Eastern Samar in 2024[1]
Age structure · 2024 Census[5]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 29 of every 100 are children under 15 (28.5%)
  • About 64 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (63.6%)
  • About 8 of every 100 are 65 or older (7.9%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
Under 539,07820,24118,837
5 - 945,36823,63821,730
10 - 1449,83626,00323,833
15 - 1949,19525,63923,556
20 - 2442,71722,34120,376
25 - 2936,46219,06617,396
30 - 3433,12317,60215,521
35 - 3928,61715,31213,305
40 - 4425,49913,56211,937
45 - 4923,97412,60511,369
50 - 5422,70311,81710,886
55 - 5920,08610,2669,820
60 - 6417,5449,0508,494
65 - 6913,8046,7957,009
70 - 749,6614,5635,098
75 - 796,7372,9093,828
80 - 844,3691,6902,679
85 and over2,8968922,004

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
472,683[1, 2]
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
120,403[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.9 on average[1, 2]
Share of Eastern Visayas, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
10.22%[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary
6.9% (32,744 people)[6]
Men and women, 2024
243,991 men, 227,678 women[5]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 2024472,683[1, 2]−0.23% a year120,4033.9
2020as of May 1, 2020477,168[1]0.45% a year——
2015as of August 1, 2015467,160[1]1.64% a year——
2010as of May 1, 2010428,877[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then405,114[41]1.04% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders375,822[41, 42]0.79% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then362,324[41]1.80% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then329,335[41]0.27% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then320,637[41]2.23% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then287,149[41]1.17% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then271,000[41]1.29% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then237,747[41]———

Cities and municipalities

Eastern Samar is made up of 22 municipalities and 1 city, with 597 barangays in all.
Colour byColours the map of Eastern Samar by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
Northern SamarSamarArteche: 16,648 people, 120 per km², 0.42% a yearBalangiga: 14,473 people, 134 per km², 0.22% a yearBalangkayan: 10,014 people, 121 per km², −0.41% a yearCan-Avid: 21,942 people, 78 per km², 0.29% a yearBorongan City: 71,431 people, 118 per km², −0.18% a yearDolores: 45,314 people, 140 per km², 0.37% a yearGeneral Macarthur: 14,606 people, 131 per km², 0.32% a yearGiporlos: 12,974 people, 142 per km², −0.26% a yearGuiuan: 52,749 people, 304 per km², −0.28% a yearHernani: 8,296 people, 194 per km², −0.67% a yearJipapad: 8,726 people, 60 per km², 0.81% a yearLawaan: 13,063 people, 77 per km², 0.11% a yearLlorente: 18,909 people, 25 per km², −2.99% a yearMaslog: 5,438 people, 18 per km², −0.11% a yearMaydolong: 15,456 people, 111 per km², 0.22% a yearMercedes: 6,114 people, 343 per km², 0.01% a yearOras: 35,997 people, 173 per km², −0.95% a yearQuinapondan: 14,624 people, 19 per km², 0.19% a yearSalcedo: 21,335 people, 183 per km², −0.88% a yearSan Julian: 14,509 people, 104 per km², −0.48% a yearSan Policarpo: 15,597 people, 237 per km², 0.36% a yearSulat: 15,776 people, 93 per km², 0.03% a yearTaft: 18,692 people, 90 per km², −0.12% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 20,000
  • 20,000 to 31,000
  • 31,000 to 45,000
  • 45,000 to 76,000
  • 76,000 and over

The same steps colour every map of cities and municipalities in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 140
  • 140 to 250
  • 250 to 390
  • 390 to 750
  • 750 and over

The same steps colour every map of cities and municipalities in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

  • Fell by more than 1% a year
  • Fell, by up to 1% a year
  • Grew, by under 1% a year
  • Grew by 1 to 2% a year
  • Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary[3]Open in OpenStreetMap
Cities and municipalities of Eastern Samar. Each column heading sorts the table.
Kind[1, 7]Share (2024)
ArtecheMunicipality16,6483.52%0.42% a year138.81 km²
BalangigaMunicipality14,4733.06%0.22% a year108.08 km²
BalangkayanMunicipality10,0142.12%−0.41% a year82.43 km²
Can-AvidMunicipality21,9424.64%0.29% a year282.61 km²
Borongan CityComponent city71,43115.11%−0.18% a year604.97 km²
DoloresMunicipality45,3149.59%0.37% a year322.61 km²
General MacarthurMunicipality14,6063.09%0.32% a year111.75 km²
GiporlosMunicipality12,9742.74%−0.26% a year91.17 km²
GuiuanMunicipality52,74911.16%−0.28% a year173.73 km²
HernaniMunicipality8,2961.76%−0.67% a year42.78 km²
JipapadMunicipality8,7261.85%0.81% a year144.29 km²
LawaanMunicipality13,0632.76%0.11% a year169.47 km²
LlorenteMunicipality18,9094%−2.99% a year744.53 km²
MaslogMunicipality5,4381.15%−0.11% a year306.21 km²
MaydolongMunicipality15,4563.27%0.22% a year139.50 km²
MercedesMunicipality6,1141.29%0.01% a year17.82 km²
OrasMunicipality35,9977.62%−0.95% a year207.83 km²
QuinapondanMunicipality14,6243.09%0.19% a year786.92 km²
SalcedoMunicipality21,3354.51%−0.88% a year116.37 km²
San JulianMunicipality14,5093.07%−0.48% a year139.22 km²
San PolicarpoMunicipality15,5973.3%0.36% a year65.70 km²
SulatMunicipality15,7763.34%0.03% a year169.75 km²
TaftMunicipality18,6923.95%−0.12% a year207.20 km²

Land & Environment

Eastern Samar covers 5,173.75 km² of land, 91 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 788 m above the sea and it has 811 km of coast.
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary
5,173.75 km²[7]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary
91 people per km²[7]
Coordinates
12.11798° N, 125.28782° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[37]
Lowest
Sea level
Average
145 m
Highest
788 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

811.0 km of coastline[38]

Rivers[38]

  1. Dolores River79.0 of 82.5 km
  2. Oras River68.7 of 70.5 km
  3. Suribao River65.9 of 81.2 km
  4. Ulot River52.7 of 75.7 km
  5. Balangiga River35.1 of 35.2 km
  6. Sulat River27.9 of 28.1 km
  7. Taft River27.2 km
  8. Cagbabuvoc River20.1 km

The longest inside it: 29 in all.

Peaks[38]

  1. Mount Mactaon683 m
  2. Mount Sohoton522 m
  3. Mount Bihag455 m
  4. Mount Amangsarahacan344 m
  5. Mount Hagunoy70 m
  6. Mount Apoyheight not mapped

The highest: 16 in all.

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type II[39]

No dry season. The rain is heaviest from December to February, and no month is truly dry.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Borongan, the nearest PAGASA station, 54 km away[40]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 4,594 mm of rain on 223 days a year; 27.3 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Borongan, 1991 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January697 mm2526.3 °C29.6 °C22.9 °C
February533 mm2026.3 °C29.8 °C22.8 °C
March407 mm1926.8 °C30.5 °C23.0 °C
April235 mm1727.5 °C31.3 °C23.6 °C
May221 mm1627.9 °C31.8 °C24.0 °C
June260 mm1727.8 °C31.8 °C23.9 °C
July244 mm1627.7 °C31.7 °C23.6 °C
August166 mm1228.0 °C32.2 °C23.7 °C
September194 mm1427.9 °C31.9 °C23.9 °C
October337 mm1827.5 °C31.6 °C23.5 °C
November525 mm2327.2 °C30.8 °C23.6 °C
December776 mm2626.8 °C30.2 °C23.3 °C
The year4,594 mm22327.3 °C31.1 °C23.5 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 2 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

Eastern Samar's economy made ₱53.5 billion of goods and services in 2025, ₱108,271 for each person. About 33 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2023.
Economy, 2025Gross domestic productThe value of all the goods and services made in a place in a year: the size of its economy. The PSA measures it for every region, province and highly urbanized city. Counted at 2018 prices, it leaves out the rise in prices, so one year can be set beside another.More in the glossary
₱53.5 billion[24]Its gross domestic product at current prices; ₱42.1 billion at 2018 prices.
Growth, 2024–2025
3.9%[25]How much more it made than the year before, at 2018 prices.
For each person, 2025
₱108,271[26]Its economy divided by its projected population, at current prices, as the PSA works it out.
Poverty, 2023Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary
33.4% of people[27]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's survey.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary
1st class[4]
About 33 of every 100 people in Eastern Samar lived below the poverty line in 2023 (33.4%)[27]

The PSA's survey puts it between 28.9% and 37.9%, with 95% confidence. The poverty line was ₱32,187 a person for the year.

Public places

  • 232government offices
  • 36hospitals and health centres
  • 559schools
  • 117places of worship
  • 14markets
  • 25stations and terminals
  • 15parks
  • 13beaches
  • 17monuments and memorials

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 8]. Each town's page lists its own; this page lists the stations, parks, beaches and monuments.

Where a kind has more than 8, this page shows 6: first those with “Eastern Samar” in their name, then one in each of its most populous cities and municipalities.

Stations and terminals25

19 more stations and terminals are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 23 cities and municipalities of Eastern Samar

Parks14

8 more parks are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 23 cities and municipalities of Eastern Samar

Beaches13

7 more beaches are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 23 cities and municipalities of Eastern Samar

Monuments and memorials17

11 more monuments and memorials are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 23 cities and municipalities of Eastern Samar

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A governor leads Eastern Samar. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (the provincial board), led by the vice governor. The governor, the vice governor and the board's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[21, 22]

Capital
Borongan City[4]
Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary
Lone district of Eastern Samar[23]

Leaders

The governor and vice governor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Governor
    Ralph Vincent Maniago Evardone[28]
    Vice governor
    Maria Caridad Sison Goteesan[28]

  2. 2022–2025

    Governor
    Ben Pagaran Evardone[29]
    Vice governor
    Maria Caridad Sison Goteesan[29]

  3. 2019–2022

    Governor
    Ben Pagaran Evardone[30]
    Vice governor
    Maria Caridad Sison Goteesan[30]

  4. 2016–2019

    Governor
    Conrado Basada Nicart Jr.[31]
    Vice governor
    Marcelo Ferdinand Abogado Picardal[31]

  5. 2013–2016

    Governor
    Conrado Basada Nicart Jr.[32]
    Vice governor
    Marcelo Ferdinand Abogado Picardal[32]

  6. 2010–2013

    Governor
    Conrado Basada Nicart Jr.[33]
    Vice governor
    Christopher S Projemo Gonzales[33]

  7. 2007–2010

    Governor
    Ben Pagaran Evardone[34]
    Vice governor
    Leander Rivera Geli[34]

  8. 2004–2007

    Governor
    Ben Pagaran Evardone[35]
    Vice governor
    Leander Rivera Geli[35]

  9. 2001–2004

    Governor
    Clotilde J. Salazar[36]
    Vice governor
    Federico B. Suyot[36]
Governors and vice governors of Eastern Samar, by term
TermGovernorVice governor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Ralph Vincent Maniago Evardone[28]Maria Caridad Sison Goteesan[28]
2022–2025Ben Pagaran Evardone[29]Maria Caridad Sison Goteesan[29]
2019–2022Ben Pagaran Evardone[30]Maria Caridad Sison Goteesan[30]
2016–2019Conrado Basada Nicart Jr.[31]Marcelo Ferdinand Abogado Picardal[31]
2013–2016Conrado Basada Nicart Jr.[32]Marcelo Ferdinand Abogado Picardal[32]
2010–2013Conrado Basada Nicart Jr.[33]Christopher S Projemo Gonzales[33]
2007–2010Ben Pagaran Evardone[34]Leander Rivera Geli[34]
2004–2007Ben Pagaran Evardone[35]Leander Rivera Geli[35]
2001–2004Clotilde J. Salazar[36]Federico B. Suyot[36]

History & Identity

Eastern Samar's fiesta and days

Everything listed for Eastern Samar in Now

Created
Created by Republic Act No. 4221, approved 19 June 1965, which divided the Province of Samar into three; a plebiscite held with the general elections of November 1965 upheld the division, and the province's first officials were elected in 1967[9, 10]

How it got its name

The name dates from 1965, when Republic Act No. 4221 made a portion of the province of Samar the Province of Eastern Samar.[9]

The province's history records that Magellan called the place Zamal.[10]

Its story

Magellan's expedition anchored off Suluan on 16 March 1521 and the next day, the feast of St Lazarus, made its first landing in the islands on Homonhon. On 18 March people from Suluan brought the weary crew food and drink, and on 25 March it sailed on to Limasawa.[11, 12, 13]

Jesuit missionaries working from Samar's west coast set up mission centres in the east from 1596, among them Guiuan, whose stone church dates from 1718, and Borongan. When the Jesuits were expelled in 1768, Guiuan passed to the Augustinians and Borongan to the Franciscans.[10, 14, 15]

On 28 September 1901 the men of Balangiga, gathered at the church to wait for the bell's signal, fell on Company C of the 9th US Infantry and killed nearly all its soldiers; Eugenio Daza of Borongan was among those who led them. The Americans answered with six months of killing and burning, meant to turn Samar into a "howling wilderness".[10, 13, 16]

On 17 October 1944 US Army rangers landed on Suluan, three days before the Leyte landing. From 1949 to 1953 Tubabao, off Guiuan, sheltered nearly 6,000 refugees, the first of them from Shanghai, whom President Quirino had agreed to take in.[10, 17]

Republic Act No. 4221 of 19 June 1965 divided Samar in three, with Borongan as the capital of Eastern Samar, and a plebiscite held with the general elections that November upheld it. The first officials were elected in 1967, and the provincial board held its first session on 2 January 1968 in Borongan's town hall.[9, 10]

The province keeps 9 November as its founding anniversary, counted from the plebiscite on Republic Act No. 4221: the 60th fell in 2025. Since 1989, 28 September has been Balangiga Encounter Day, a yearly holiday in the province.[18, 19, 20]

Timeline

  1. 16 March 1521

    Magellan's expedition anchors off Suluan.[11]

  2. 17 March 1521

    The expedition lands on Homonhon.[12, 13]

  3. 1596

    Jesuit missions begin in the east of Samar.[10]

  4. 1718

    The stone church of Guiuan is built.[14]

  5. 16 March 1900

    Revolutionaries under Captain Ramon Serrano win at Borongan.[17]

  6. 28 September 1901

    The men of Balangiga attack Company C of the 9th US Infantry.[13]

  7. 17 October 1944

    US Army rangers land on Suluan.[10]

  8. January 1949

    The first refugees from Shanghai reach Tubabao.[17]

  9. 19 June 1965

    Republic Act No. 4221 creates Eastern Samar, with Borongan as its capital.[9]

  10. November 1965

    A plebiscite upholds the division of Samar.[10]

  11. 2 January 1968

    The provincial board holds its first session in Borongan.[10]

  12. 10 February 1989

    Republic Act No. 6692 makes 28 September Balangiga Encounter Day.[20]

Nearby

Eastern Samar shares a border with Northern Samar and Samar.

How it compares

Eastern Samar beside Eastern Visayas, and where it stands among the provinces of Eastern Visayas.

Eastern Samar beside Eastern Visayas
FigureEastern SamarEastern VisayasRank among the provinces of Eastern Visayas
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary472,683[1, 2]4,625,9294th of 6
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary−0.23% a year[1, 2]slower0.41% a year6th of 6
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary91[7]less crowded2206th of 6
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary5,173.75 km²[7]21,017.38 km²2nd of 6
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary3.9[1, 2]lower4.0not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary6.9%[6]lower17.3%not ranked

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Page updated October 8, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.
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  8. 8.OpenStreetMap contributors. Named public places in OpenStreetMap: schools, hospitals and health centres, places of worship, government offices, markets, stations, parks, beaches and monuments, from Geofabrik's extract of the Philippines. Published September 30, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. ODbL 1.0. Open the source
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