San Policarpo, Eastern Samar
[3] In the north-west, it is bounded by Arteche, in the north-east by the vast Pacific Ocean and in the south by Oras.The Municipality of San Policarpo was created from the barrios of San Policarpo, Bahay, Alugan, Pangpang, Japunan, Tabo, Binogawan and Cajagwayan of the municipality of Oras, then in the old province of Samar, by virtue of Republic Act No.[5] In 1952, the barrio of Santa Monica was transferred from Oras to San Policarpo.On June 19, 1965, the municipality was annexed to the newly-established province of Eastern Samar through a plebiscite and the sitios of Santa Cruz, Tan-awan, Bangon, Guin-osokan, Barras, Lipata and Libas were converted into barrios.Poverty incidence of San Policarpo Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] The local economy of San Policarpo, one of the country's poorest towns, is dependent on fishing and farming.