Arteche
Arteche, officially the Municipality of Arteche, is a municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 16,648 people.
In the southeast, it is bounded by San [Policarpo, Eastern Samar|San Policarpo], to the south by Oras. To the north, it is bounded by Pacific Ocean and in the north-west by Lapinig, [Northern Samar|Lapinig], and a neighbor of Maslog.
History
Arteche was created in 1950 from the barrios of San Ramon, Carapdapan, Beri, Tangbo, Catumsan, Bego, Concepcion, Casidman, Tawagan, and Tibalawon of the Municipality of Oras.Geography
Barangays
Arteche is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.- Aguinaldo
- Balud
- Bato
- Beri
- Bigo
- Buenavista
- Cagsalay
- Campacion
- Carapdapan
- Casidman
- Catumsan
- Central
- Concepcion
- Garden
- Inayawan
- Macarthur
- Rawis
- Tangbo
- Tawagan
- Tebalawon