Suluan
Suluan is an island barangay in the Philippines, in the municipality of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. It lies east of Leyte Gulf and west of Emden Deep. The inhabitants of the island were the first Filipinos to trade and interact with Ferdinand Magellan's expedition which anchored on the nearby (then uninhabited) island of Homonhon on March 16, 1521.
Native name: Isla han Sulu-an | |
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Suluan Island Location within the Philippines | |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 10°45′49″N 125°57′23″E |
| Archipelago | Philippines |
| Adjacent to | |
| Region | Eastern Visayas Region VIII |
| Province | Samar |
| Municipality | Guiuan, Eastern Samar |
| Barangay | Sulu-an |
| Demographics | |
| Demonym | Sulu-anon |
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