Salcedo (IPA: ]; , ), officially the Municipality of Salcedo, is a municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 21,335 people.
The town was formerly a part of Guiuan. On December 8, 1862, Salcedo became an independent municipality by a decree of the Bishop of Cebu. It was named after Juan de Salcedo, a Spanish conquistador.
During World War II the Salcedo was part of a large US Navy base Leyte-Samar Naval Base from 1944 to 1946. In 1959, the sitio of Balud was converted into a barrio.
Salcedo is politically subdivided into 41 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
The population of Salcedo, Eastern Samar, in the 2024 census was 21,335 people, with a density of .