Surigao del Sur
Surigao del Sur is the 56th province of the island nation of the Philippines. It is located on the northeast coast of the island of Mindanao, is politically the District of Caraga (Region XIII ) to. The seat of the provincial government is in Tandag City. It belongs to the first income class of the provinces in the Philippines.
Geography
Surigao del Sur is bordered to the west by the Diwata Mountain Range, this separates them from the provinces of Surigao del Norte in the north and from the provinces of Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur to the west. To the south it borders the province of Davao Oriental and in the east by the coast of the Philippine Sea, which in turn is part of the Pacific Ocean.
The province has a total area of 4932.70 km ². These are 24.17 % of the total land area of the district of Caraga and 4.46% of the island of Mindanao.
Demography and language
According to the census of 2007 living in Surigao del Sur 541 347 people, bringing the province occupies the 49th place of the most populous provinces of the Philippines.
The population density is 119 inhabitants per km ². This means the 15th rank of the lowest populated provinces of the country in this category.
Surigao is home to the ethnic group of the Mamanwa and the Manobo. Both ethnic groups have been converted to Christianity by the Spaniards early.
Cebuano is the major dialect of the province and is spoken by 83 % of the population. The dialect Surigaonon with a share of 12%, the second most common language in this region. Other minorities speak Filipino, Kamavo, Cantilangnon and Tagon -on. The English language is dominated by most residents.
The majority of the population belongs to the Roman Catholic religion. In total there are 420 087 or 83.83 % of the population are Catholics. Thereafter, the Community of the Iglesia ni Cristo, the members of 15,433 inhabitants, or 3.08% of the population follows.
Economy
About 45 % of the total land area is cultivated and used agricultural. The predominantly cultivated crops of the province are Palay, wheat, coconut, abaca, soybeans, coffee and other high-quality crops.
148 km ² of Surigao del Sur is wetland and is widely used for fish farming. Here prawns, milkfish and prawns are grown for their own consumption of the province as well as for export.
Surigao del Sur is one of the few provinces that are forested to a large extent. A total of 211.11 km ² are classified as forest area. Trees of the genus the wing fruit plants here occupy a large part of the forest area. Some of the areas are covered with cloud forests or mangroves. Farmed species are Narra, red and white lauan, Mayapis and Tanguile, and rattan.
The province is also rich in metallic and non-metallic minerals. These include in the metallic minerals, copper, gold, chromium, cobalt, nickel and zinc, as well as the non-metallic deposits limestone, cement, coal, feldspar, clay minerals and diatomaceous earth.
Political Structure
Surigao del Sur is politically subdivided into 17 autonomous communities and two cities managed. The towns and cities are in turn subdivided into a total of 309 barangays ( districts ).
The province is further divided into two districts Congress.
Cities
- Bislig City
- Tandag City
Communities
- Barobo
- Bayabas
- Cagwait
- Cantilan
- Carmen
- Carrascal
- Cortes
- Hinatuan
- Lanuza
- Lianga
- Lingig
- Madrid
- Marihatag
- San Agustin
- San Miguel
- Tagbina
- Tago
Origin of the name
Before the arrival of the Spaniards the people of the Mamanua and Manobo were the native inhabitants of this area. Later, immigrants came from the Visayas and urged the ancestral residents back into the hinterland. The province's name is derived supposedly from one of these immigrants from, a man named Saliagao, who, it is said, lived near an estuary. Through a dialect- related variation was from Saliagao the name Surigao.
Another story says that long ago some fishermen were driven from the Visayas by the strong current in the Straits of Surigao somewhere and went to the coast of the province in the country. When they went to one of the huts, the inhabitants thought that fishermen wanted to occupy their homes and called Agaw, meaning take away. Later, it was preceded by the immigrants of the prefix Suri and the name to refer to the entire region.
History
The original inhabitants of the area consisted of a mixture of different races, such as the Mandaya, the Mamanua, the Mansaka and the Manobo. The ethnic groups were Malay -Indonesian origin and had probably inhabited the north-eastern Mindanao centuries ago. It is believed that the migration of these prehistoric primitive nomads had taken place in various independent ways on different parts of the archipelago. Furthermore, it is assumed that first colonized the northern islands of the country and were later achieved by the use of simple boats, the Bantus, the northern coast of Mindanao, so the Surigao and Davao provinces. By the time they dispersed and settled in groups and clans at various locations along the coastal regions, where they developed their own cultures, dialects and ways of life over the centuries.
While there is no exact data or identifiable places on their arrival, but it is known that these people moved around as nomads and are considered the ancestors of today's ethnic group Mamanua and the Manobo, which in the present into the wilderness of the province of Davao del Norte have retired on the border of Surigao. Your Wanderoute has taken place in all likelihood coming from the hinterland Agusans after, along the foot hills of the western and southern Surigao del Sur.
The area of Surigao was under the rule of the Spanish colonial power, a single large province, which included the administrative area Agusan. This Command includes both the islands of the East, as well as the northern region of Davao. The capital and the administrative headquarters was in the town of Caraga, whereupon the Spaniards referred to the inhabitants as Caragas.
In 1901, Agusan was under American rule to a subdivided province of Surigao and Agusan in 1907 was appointed as an independent province.
On 19 June 1960, divided the province of Surigao large in the independent provinces of Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte with effect of Republic Act No. 2786. Surigao del Sur thus became the 56th province of the Philippines.
Originally, Surigao del Sur from a total of 13 municipalities. In the following years, six more were added and the church Tandag appointed to the seat of the provincial government. On 18 September 2000, finally, one of these communities, Bislig, elevated to the status of a city. On 23 June 2007, the appointment of the second Tandag City followed within the province area ( a so-called Component City). The most important educational institution in the province of Surigao del Sur is the State University, this was founded on 22 February 2010.
Climate
The province falls under the second type of climate categories of the Philippines and is characterized by year-round rainfall occurring. The months of July to October are usually characterized by lower rainfall, the driest month is September. The other hand, rain Empire is the period between November to June, with the January presented as moist ester month.
Attractions
- The Cathedral in Tandag
- The church of San Agustin
- The Kaliguan Festival
- The Britania Island group