Tandag
Tandag City is a city in the province of Surigao del Sur in the Philippines. It is also the capital of the province and is connected via the airport Tandag to the air traffic. This was closed in 2005, since 2010, on the grounds of the City Hall arise. Tandag City is with the yellow "Bachelor buses " of Surigao City (about 5 hours ) or Butuan (about 4h) reachable.
Barangays ( Quantity: 21)
Geography
Tandag City is located in the northeastern part of the island of Mindanao and in the center of the province of Surigao del Sur. It is in the north by the municipalities of Lanuza and Cortes, bounded to the south of San Miguel and Tago and to the west by the municipality of Santiago in the province of Agusan del Norte. In the east, the coastline is the Philippine Sea.
The city area is a total of 316.2 km ², or 6.95% of the total land area of Surigao del Sur. About 20 % of the area consists of forest beforstetem, 61.31 % from the jungle. 18.69 % is earmarked for agriculture, built-up or lie fallow.
Tandags topography is characterized by a large mountainous region and an extended coastline. The northeastern and southwestern part of the city area is mountainous, while extending to the east the plains onto the Pacific Ocean.
The main waterways are the rivers Tandag, Awasian and Buena Vista. The town also includes the islands of Mangcagangi Iceland and the twin islands Linungao I and II
Language and religion
The relevant language in the city is Surigaonon, followed by Cebuano and Boholano. In addition, the English language and the dialect Tagalog are dominated by the largest population Tandags.
The dominate religion of the city is Roman Catholic. Secondly, the religious affiliation of the inhabitants of Tandag is the Philippine Independent Church, and at the third position, the community of the Iglesia ni Cristo.
History
Before the arrival of the Spaniards the area now Tandags of indigenous peoples, such as the Manobos and Mamanwas was settled, who settled on the river banks and were under the rule of Datu Suba. Suba was later converted by Father Juan de la Encarnacion, a Spanish missionaries to Christianity.
After the conquest of the Philippines by Miguel López de Legazpi in 1590, the Spanish government sent missionaries to the islands in order to Christianize the natives. One of these missionaries was Father Juan de la Vega, the town of Tandag was granted. De la Vega built a fort and built a small settlement on the size of a football field along the stone wall of the fort outside this settlement developed over time, the village Tandag. During this time, Tandag to a port for Spanish galleons, which explored the southern Mindanao along the coast.
In 1650 the site for the headquarters of the government of the district of Surigao which included the current provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur and the northern part of Davao del Norte was. As a faith center and headquarters of the district was Tandag with Cotta, fortified positions, equipped, built sometime in the 18th century and reinforced the north side of the village and the old cemetery on the west side. These positions should protect it from the raids of Moro pirates.
In various attacks 1754-1767 the pirates left behind devastation and severe damage to Tandag. Father Jose Ducos, a Jesuit from Iligan came to Tandag to build a new village from the ruins. He built a garrison and the Cathedral of Tandag. Although the former Fort survived the years, parts of the fortress were damaged during the Second World War. Weather extremes such as typhoons and earthquakes destroyed other parts of the fortress, which is why nowadays no remains of the fort are to discover more.
On 19 June 1960, divided into the separate provinces of Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte with effect of Republic Act No. 2786, the province of Surigao great. The municipality of Tandag, the seat of the provincial government of Surigao del Sur was thereby awarded.
Since June 23, 2007 Tandag has with the entry into force of House Bill No. 5999 the city rights, and is one of the youngest Component Cities of the Philippines. However, this status is quite controversial because Tandag - like 15 other " big cities " also - does not meet the criteria for granting city rights by Republic Act No.. 9009 were established in June 2001 (including urban income 100 million PHP, previously only 20 million PHP were required. Corresponds roughly 2 million or 400,000 Eur ) has On 15 February 2011 the Supreme Court for the fourth time with the need to address the issue and big-city law for Tandag and 15 other affected areas with possible slight majority (7:6 parts) just as confirmed previously discarded after successively confirmed and again was rejected. Background quarreling is the fact that all Philippine cities in this state a fixed proportion to (23%) share of the funds of the government, so that new reduce the revenue of the already established cities. See! The most important educational institutions is the Surigao del Sur State University, it was founded in 2010.
Climate
Climate of Tandag falls under the category Air II, which is characterized by no pronounced dry season, but by heavy rains in the months of September to February. The monsoon and the north-west winds bring this violent storms and clouds with them. The months of March-April, however, are rather dry. The average annual rainfall is 3,815 mm in 216 rainy days.
The temperatures vary between 25.6 ° C and 31.4 ° C. The average temperature is 26.9 ° C. The humidity is on average 84%.
The area is largely spared from typhoons. Exceptions were the 1912, 1964 and 1984, when a hurricane wreaked havoc each stronger.
Attractions
- The Linungao Islands
- Mangcagangi Iceland
- The Busay Falls and the Pangi Falls
- The Tandag Beach Resort
- The Mahayag Beach Resort
- The Habag Beach Resort