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Welcome to Surigao del Norte

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Surigao del Norte (Filipino:Hilagang Surihaw) is a province of the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. Its capital is Surigao City. The province consists of three major islands—Siargao Island, Dinagat Islands, and Bucas Grande Island—in the Philippine Sea, and a small region at the northernmost tip of the island of Mindanao. This mainland portion borders Agusan del Norte, and Surigao del Sur to the south.


Surigao del Norte is the second northernmost of the Mindanao provinces and is an important transportation hub between Visayas and Mindanao. Numerous ferries cross the Surigao Strait between Surigao and the island of Leyte carrying vehicles and passengers between Liloan in Southern Leyte and Surigao City.


 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia : Surigao del Norte

History of Surigao del Norte

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Emergence from the Sea

A scene of forbidding desolation engulfed the province on its birth millenniums ago.  The land masses newly-emerged from the ocean floor were barren.  Violent windstorm lashed at its rugged coast and a heavily overcast sky incessantly drenched the mist-shrouded earth with torrential rains.  Upon its craggy surface only the crudest form of life creped.

Most of the province then was under the sea.  The towering ranges of Diwata and other peaks were perhaps the only points above the surface.  The present coastline with its great swamps and the plains along the valleys and at the foothills were nowhere to be seen.  Gradually, as a result of the movement of the earth’s crust, lands shifted.  While others appeared, some disappeared into the depths of the Pacific Ocean.  It is through this slow process of upheaval that Surigao evolved and acquired its configuration today with its chain of off-shore islands.

It is known whether the province ever bred its own ancient native.  But the possibility of the existence of the first Surigaonon in the dim past is not remote.  Discoveries in Palawan of crude stone axes made of tektites which showered the Philippines during the Paleolithic period quite unmistakably indicate that man lived in the country and possibly Surigao in those times.

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FORMER EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS

​Jose Ricarte, Spaniard, Spanish Regime, Civil Governor, appointed - 1884-1888
 
Carlos Villalba y Requelme, Spaniard, Spanish Regime, Civil Governor - 1889-1893
 
Jose Cortes, Spaniard, Spanish Regime, Civil Governor, appointed - 1894-1896

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Surigao del Norte Profile 2017

Quick Facts

Provincial Capital:
Surigao City
Land Area:
201,710 hectares
Political Subdivision:
1 city, 20 municipalities, 335 barangays
Population:
442,588 (2010 CENSUS)
Population Density:
219 persons per sq. km.
Pop'n Growth Rate:
1.52 % (1990-2010 CENSUS)
Dialects/Languages:
Cebuano, Surigaonon, Boholano, Tagalog, English
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Political Subdivisions

The province is made up of twenty (20) municipalities, one (1) city and three hundred thirty five (335) barangays.  It is divided into two Congressional Districts. District I comprises the islands of Siargao and Bucas Grande with nine (9)  municipalities  namely:  Burgos, Dapa, Del Carmen, General Luna,  Pilar, San Benito, San Isidro, Santa Monica and Socorro.  District II includes eleven (11) municipalities and one (1) city namely: Alegria, Bacuag, Claver, Gigaquit, Mainit, Malimono, Placer, San Francisco, Sison, Tagana-an, and Tubod  with Surigao City as its provincial capital. 
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Location and Physical Profile

Location

Surigao del Norte is located at the Northeastern part of Mindanao between 125o 15’ to 126o 15’ east longitude and 9o 18’ to 10o 30’ north latitude.  It is bounded on the North and East by the Pacific Ocean, on the South by the Provinces of Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur and on the West by the Surigao Strait.  
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Capital: Surigao City

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