• The region lies in the eastern most border of the Philippine Archipelago. Its two main islands, Leyte and Samar, are connected by the San Juanico Bridge, the longest bridge in Southeast Asia.
• It consists of 6 provinces (Leyte, Biliran, Southern Leyte, Samar, Eastern Samar and Northern Samar), 4 cities (Tacloban, the regional capital, Ormoc, Maasin and Calbayog), 139 municipalities and 4,390 barangays.

Infrastructure and facilities

• 3 airports
  • Tacloban DZR Airport: serviced by Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific Air and Air Philippines with six daily flights between Manila and Tacloban daily.
  • The Calbayog and Catarman Airports are serviced by Asian Spirit.
  • 7 feeder airports located in strategic areas of the region

   

• Seaports
  • regional seaport of Eastern Visayas is located in Tacloban City which has 10 berths and with port entry functions that services international as well as domestic routes

Provincial profiles

• Biliran
• Eastern Samar
• Leyte
• Northern Samar
• Samar
• Southern Leyte