[3] During World War II the Salcedo was part of a large US Navy base Leyte-Samar Naval Base from 1944 to 1946.

[5] Salcedo is politically subdivided into 41 barangays.

The population of Salcedo, Eastern Samar, in the 2020 census was 22,136 people,[3] with a density of 190 inhabitants per square kilometre or 490 inhabitants per square mile.

Poverty Incidence of Salcedo Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

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