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</div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Surigao del Norte</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA" title="سوريجاو ديل نورت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سوريجاو ديل نورت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88" title="قوزئی سوریقائو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قوزئی سوریقائو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="سوریگائو شمالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سوریگائو شمالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_du_Nord" title="Surigao du Nord – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Surigao du Nord" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B6%81%EC%88%98%EB%A6%AC%EA%B0%80%EC%98%A4%EC%A3%BC" title="북수리가오주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="북수리가오주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%93_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87" title="सुरिगाओ देल नोर्ते – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सुरिगाओ देल नोर्ते" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_Utara" title="Surigao Utara – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Surigao Utara" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Provincia di Surigao del Norte – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A9%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D" title="ჩრდილოეთი სურიგაო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჩრდილოეთი სურიგაო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zieme%C4%BCsurigao" title="Ziemeļsurigao – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ziemeļsurigao" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BE" title="Северен Суригао – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Северен Суригао" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_Utara" title="Surigao Utara – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Surigao Utara" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AC%E3%82%AA%E5%B7%9E" title="北スリガオ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="北スリガオ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_do_Norte" title="Surigao do Norte – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Surigao do Norte" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BE" title="Северный Суригао – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Северный Суригао" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte" title="Surigao del Norte – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Surigao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" 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style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SUGBA_LAGOON_(MAY_2019).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/SUGBA_LAGOON_%28MAY_2019%29.jpg/124px-SUGBA_LAGOON_%28MAY_2019%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/SUGBA_LAGOON_%28MAY_2019%29.jpg/186px-SUGBA_LAGOON_%28MAY_2019%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/SUGBA_LAGOON_%28MAY_2019%29.jpg/248px-SUGBA_LAGOON_%28MAY_2019%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Surigao_del_Norte_provincial_capitol.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">OpenStreetMap</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-overlays="["_539335fdb86d6067bbfdfb1f383be47efb72a68d"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Surigao_del_Norte&revid=1256382686&groups=_539335fdb86d6067bbfdfb1f383be47efb72a68d" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Surigao_del_Norte&revid=1256382686&groups=_539335fdb86d6067bbfdfb1f383be47efb72a68d 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span 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126</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Caraga" title="Caraga">Caraga</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Date_of_establishment" class="mw-redirect" title="Date of establishment">Founded</a></th><td class="infobox-data">June 19, 1960</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">and largest city</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Surigao_City" title="Surigao City">Surigao City</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panlalawigan" title="Sangguniang Panlalawigan">Sangguniang Panlalawigan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Governor of Surigao del Norte">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Robert Lyndon S. Barbers (<a href="/wiki/Nacionalista_Party" title="Nacionalista Party">NP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Vice_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Governor">Vice Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Eddie D. Gokiangkee, Jr. (<a href="/wiki/PDP-Laban" class="mw-redirect" title="PDP-Laban">PDP-Laban</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Surigao_del_Norte_Provincial_Board" title="Surigao del Norte Provincial Board">Surigao del Norte Provincial Board</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-nscb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,972.93 km<sup>2</sup> (761.75 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">62nd out of 81</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mount_Legaspi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mount Legaspi (page does not exist)">Mount Legaspi</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,170 m (3,840 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020 census)<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–Caraga_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–Caraga-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">534,636</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">57th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">270/km<sup>2</sup> (700/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">38th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Divisions<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#Independent_cities" title="Cities of the Philippines">Independent cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">Component cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;"><div>1</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Surigao_City" title="Surigao City">Surigao City</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Municipalities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;"><div>20</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Alegria,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Alegria, Surigao del Norte">Alegria</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Bacuag,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacuag, Surigao del Norte">Bacuag</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Burgos,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Burgos, Surigao del Norte">Burgos</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Claver,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Claver, Surigao del Norte">Claver</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Dapa,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Dapa, Surigao del Norte">Dapa</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Del_Carmen,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte">Del Carmen</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/General_Luna,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="General Luna, Surigao del Norte">General Luna</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Gigaquit,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte">Gigaquit</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Mainit,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainit, Surigao del Norte">Mainit</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Malimono,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Malimono, Surigao del Norte">Malimono</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Pilar,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Pilar, Surigao del Norte">Pilar</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Placer,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Placer, Surigao del Norte">Placer</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/San_Benito,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="San Benito, Surigao del Norte">San Benito</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="San Francisco, Surigao del Norte">San Francisco</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/San_Isidro,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="San Isidro, Surigao del Norte">San Isidro</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Monica, Surigao del Norte">Santa Monica</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Sison,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Sison, Surigao del Norte">Sison</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Socorro,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Socorro, Surigao del Norte">Socorro</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Tagana-an,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Tagana-an, Surigao del Norte">Tagana-an</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Tubod,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Tubod, Surigao del Norte">Tubod</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">Barangays</a></th><td class="infobox-data">335</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Legislative districts of Surigao del Norte">Legislative districts of Surigao del Norte</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ZIP_codes_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ZIP codes in the Philippines">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">8400–8425</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th 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ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Surigaonon_language" title="Surigaonon language">Surigaonon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Agusan_language" title="Agusan language">Agusan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mamanwa_language" title="Mamanwa language">Mamanwa</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">English</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Income classification</th><td class="infobox-data">2nd class</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://surigaodelnorte.gov.ph">surigaodelnorte<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ph</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Surigao del Norte</b> (<a href="/wiki/Surigaonon_language" title="Surigaonon language">Surigaonon</a>: <i>Probinsya nan Surigao del Norte</i>; <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a>: <i lang="ceb">Amihanang Surigao</i>; <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a>: <i>Hilagang Surigao</i>), officially the <b>Province of Surigao del Norte</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">province</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Caraga" title="Caraga">Caraga</a> <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a>. The province was formerly under the jurisdiction of Region 10 (<a href="/wiki/Northern_Mindanao" title="Northern Mindanao">Northern Mindanao</a>) until 1995. Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Surigao_City" title="Surigao City">Surigao City</a>, the most populous in the province.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The province comprises two major islands—<a href="/wiki/Siargao" title="Siargao">Siargao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bucas_Grande" title="Bucas Grande">Bucas Grande</a>—in the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea" title="Philippine Sea">Philippine Sea</a>, plus a small area at the northeastern tip of mainland <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a> and other surrounding minor islands and islets. This mainland portion borders <a href="/wiki/Agusan_del_Norte" title="Agusan del Norte">Agusan del Norte</a> – between the Municipality of Alegria in Surigao del Norte and the Municipality of Kitcharao in Agusan del Norte; and the province of <a href="/wiki/Surigao_del_Sur" title="Surigao del Sur">Surigao del Sur</a>, to the south. </p><p>Surigao del Norte is the second northernmost of the Mindanao provinces and is an important commerce and transportation hub between <a href="/wiki/Visayas" title="Visayas">Visayas</a> and Mindanao. Numerous ferries cross the <a href="/wiki/Surigao_Strait" title="Surigao Strait">Surigao Strait</a> between Surigao and the island of <a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a> transporting vehicles, cargoes, and passengers between <a href="/wiki/Liloan,_Southern_Leyte" title="Liloan, Southern Leyte">Liloan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Leyte" title="Southern Leyte">Southern Leyte</a> and Surigao City. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Philippine_provincial_name_etymologies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Philippine provincial name etymologies">List of Philippine provincial name etymologies</a></div> <p>There are two presumptions on the original meaning of "Surigao" among linguists, depending on the original root word. If the root word was taken to be <i>sulig</i> ("sprout" or "spring up"), then Surigao may have derived from <i>suligao</i> ("spring water"), likely referring to the Surigao River (known as "Suligaw" in <a href="/wiki/Mandaya_language" title="Mandaya language">Mandaya</a>) that empties at the northern tip of the island of <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sur3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sur3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sur1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sur1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early historical accounts record the name of the river as Suligao, Surigao, or Zurigan.<sup id="cite_ref-taw2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taw2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another possibility is that it is derived from Visayan "<i>surogao"</i> or "<i>suyogao</i>," meaning "water current". From <i>suyog</i> (also <i>sulog</i> or <i>surog</i>), "current". Other Visayan words derived from the same root include <a href="/wiki/Sinulog" title="Sinulog">Sinulog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sulu" title="Sulu">Sulu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Taus%C5%ABg_people" title="Tausūg people">Tausug</a> (Suluk).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Surigao_(province)" title="Surigao (province)">Surigao (province)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Surigao_province_map_1918.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An old map showing the current territories of the province as part of the province of Surigao" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Surigao_province_map_1918.JPG/150px-Surigao_province_map_1918.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Surigao_province_map_1918.JPG/225px-Surigao_province_map_1918.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Surigao_province_map_1918.JPG/300px-Surigao_province_map_1918.JPG 2x" data-file-width="633" data-file-height="1023" /></a><figcaption>Map of the historical <a href="/wiki/Surigao_(province)" title="Surigao (province)">province of Surigao</a> in 1918</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spanish_colonial_era">Spanish colonial era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Spanish colonial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rajah Siawi and Rajah Kulambo, members of the <a href="/wiki/Maginoo" title="Maginoo">nobility</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Surigaonon_people" title="Surigaonon people">Surigaonon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Butuanon_people" title="Butuanon people">Butuanon people</a>, respectively, were encountered by the <a href="/wiki/Magellan_expedition" title="Magellan expedition">Magellan expedition</a> in 1521 on the island of <a href="/wiki/Limasawa" title="Limasawa">Limasawa</a> (which was a hunting ground for the rulers). <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Pigafetta" title="Antonio Pigafetta">Antonio Pigafetta</a> describes them as being tattooed and covered in gold ornaments. Pigafetta also records the name of the Surigao region as "Calagan".<sup id="cite_ref-Nowell_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nowell-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 141–142">: 141–142 </span></sup> </p><p>The explorer <a href="/wiki/Ruy_L%C3%B3pez_de_Villalobos" title="Ruy López de Villalobos">Ruy López de Villalobos</a> headed an expedition to Surigao in 1543, an attempt at subjugation which failed because of the resistance of the natives. At that time the island of Mindanao was given the name Caesarea Caroli, in honor of <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Carlos V</a> of Spain. <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Jesuit missionaries</a> visited Butuan in 1597 but did not make much progress in Christianizing the people. It was not until 1609, when a full-dress expedition was launched, that Spanish authority was imposed to Tandag. In 1622, the arrival of the Recollect missionaries in Tandag commenced the establishment of a permanent mission in Surigao. </p><p>The area of Surigao del Norte was once part of an ancient district referred to as "Caraga" during the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_(1521%E2%80%931898)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Philippines (1521–1898)">Spanish colonial period</a> named after its chief inhabitants, the <a href="/wiki/Kalagan_language" title="Kalagan language">Caraga tribe or Caragans</a> who were largely concentrated in a settlement called <a href="/wiki/Caraga,_Davao_Oriental" title="Caraga, Davao Oriental">Caraga</a>. The ancient district of Caraga, which was established in 1609 comprised all of the present day provinces of Surigao del Norte, <a href="/wiki/Dinagat_Islands" title="Dinagat Islands">Dinagat Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surigao_del_Sur" title="Surigao del Sur">Surigao del Sur</a>, the northern part of <a href="/wiki/Davao_Oriental" title="Davao Oriental">Davao Oriental</a> and eastern <a href="/wiki/Misamis_Oriental" title="Misamis Oriental">Misamis Oriental</a>. The seat of government was at <a href="/wiki/Tandag" title="Tandag">Tandag</a> until it was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Surigao_City" title="Surigao City">town of Surigao</a> in 1848. Six Spanish military districts were established in Mindanao in 1860 and the areas of present-day Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Dinagat Islands, <a href="/wiki/Agusan_del_Norte" title="Agusan del Norte">Agusan del Norte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agusan_del_Sur" title="Agusan del Sur">Agusan del Sur</a> (collectively called Agusan back then), including the territory lying between present day <a href="/wiki/Butuan_Bay" title="Butuan Bay">Butuan</a> and Caraga bays, formed the third district called the "East District" which was changed in 1870 to "Distrito de Surigao". By the end of the Spanish rule in 1897, Agusan had been organized as a single politico-military comandancia named "Butuan", within the administrative jurisdiction of Distrito de Surigao. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Surigao_during_the_Philippine_Revolution">Surigao during the Philippine Revolution</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Surigao during the Philippine Revolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 23, 1898, the last Spanish Governor of Surigao turned his authority over to a provisional Filipino "Junta Provincial" Peacefully. The Spanish Government along with the Spanish community soon left Surigao by the next day on December 24 leaving behind Spanish missionaries. They were sent off with the sound of music and goodwill by the locals.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Junta Provincial elected Jantoy Gonzalez to serve as the Provisional head while waiting for the arrival of the new authority from Luzon that was sent by Aguinaldo. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><b>First and Official Flag Raising in Mindanao</b>. Father Alberto Masoliver, S.J., during his stint as the parish priest of Surigao in 1898, kept a compilation of his diaries, entitled <i>Diario de la Casa de Surigao</i>. His diaries are currently stored in the Jesuit archives at Centro Borja, <a href="/wiki/Sant_Cugat_del_Valles" class="mw-redirect" title="Sant Cugat del Valles">Sant Cugat del Valles</a>, Spain. He thus wrote on December 26, 1898, <i>"Before 10:00 AM, the tri-color was hoisted from Casa Real seat of provincial government) and the Tribunal … without any formalities … without anybody's attention being drawn…..these people have no idea of what it is all about, and if they have… how peaceful and without malice they are."</i>. Surigao then was the <i>cabecera</i> and the seat of government of the province of Caraga which had jurisdiction over Surigao, Butuan and Cagayan de Misamis (<a href="/wiki/Cagayan_de_Oro" title="Cagayan de Oro">Cagayan de Oro</a>). Alejandro (Jantoy) Gonzalez was the president of the Junta Provincial of Surigao during the time of the first flag hoisting.</p></blockquote> <p>The New Authority under Aguinaldo's Supreme Revolutionary Government arrived in Surigao by January 12, 1899, they were the brothers Simon and Wenceslao Gonzales, children of Jantoy Gonzales. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Confiscation_of_Church_Estate">Confiscation of Church Estate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Confiscation of Church Estate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Immediately after the arrival of the Gonzalez Brothers, they carried the orders of the Malolos Leadership which included the imprisonment of Spanish Missionaries, Confiscation of Church funds and other church properties. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Occupation">American Occupation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: American Occupation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Garcia_Coup">Garcia Coup</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Garcia Coup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> by March 24, 1899, a new military and political figure appeared in Surigao. Don Prudencio Garcia staged a coup which resulted in the imprisonment of the Gonzalezes (Jantoy, Simon, and Wencaslao), and were killed shortly after in Cortez (now <a href="/wiki/Surigao_del_Sur" title="Surigao del Sur">Surigao del Sur</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><blockquote><p>Finally, on April 2, 1899, at 12 midnight they were put in a boat, well handcuffed, and shipped out to the Pacific, and upon arriving at Cortes they shot them down. They had been guarded by soldiers and officials who were all personal enemies of the Gonzalezes. In Cortes they were put under the custody of a mestizo, Hilarion Marinez, whom the Gonzalezes had maltreated by words and deeds. He avenged himself by having them fusilated. That was the Tragic end of our enemies ("Apuntes..." p. 116)</p></blockquote><p>The news of what led to the deaths of the Gonzalezes did not reach Aguinaldo as they were given false information to their deaths. Aguinaldo was given a message from an "unknown correspondent" which stated</p><blockquote><p>"General Simon Gonzales and his brother Wencaslao, the Governor of Surigao has been assassinated for collecting excessive contribution in money for the war, and their successors have also been assassinated by the Moros who form a greater part of the population and who have revolted against Filipino rule" (Philippine Insurgent Record 1039.5 in Taylor)</p></blockquote><p>the letter stated that the Gonzales were assassinated, and that the Moros were blamed for the deaths of the predecessors despite having barely any Moros in Surigao by that time. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Narciso_v._Garcia">Narciso v. Garcia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Narciso v. Garcia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the execution of the Gonzalezes, Hermenegildo Narciso (A former ally of Garcia) grabbed the position of Governor. By around July 1899, around 400 men armed against Garcia took position outside the Provincial Capital (<a href="/wiki/Surigao_City" title="Surigao City">Surigao City</a>) with 80 men in the trenches near the exit of the town. On July 8, 1899, Garcia returned to Surigao from Banganga with all the honors befitting as a General. Governor Narciso (who was still in Manila) was expected to return to Surigao to take full control of the Provincial Junta. </p><p>July 6, 1899, Soldiers (Garcia) began defending the Government house and Military Quarters in Provincial Capital, and at 6 o'clock Garcia's Soldiers and Narciso's soldiers had a shooting exchange. By 7 o'clock Garcia prepared to leave Surigao via sea. The soldiers of Narciso began their offensive when the boat started loading equipment. They took position behind the Acacia trees, and once they were discovered both sides exchanged fire. Garcia's soldiers retreated to the port and those who were not able to ride the boat with General Garcia were forced to hide and surrender. The area of the conflict is at the present day Surigao Luneta Park and alongside the street of Borromeo. The Province of Surigao would then be engulfed in Military rivalry between Governor Narciso and General Garcia, with Surigao and Butuan held by Narciso while Placer, Cantilan, and Tandag being held by Garcia. This Military Rivalry would be put to a close by the American Occupation of the Province.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Division_of_Surigao">Division of Surigao</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Division of Surigao"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Distrito de Surigao <a href="/wiki/Surigao_(province)" title="Surigao (province)">became a chartered province</a> on May 15, 1901 (<i><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines#History" title="Provinces of the Philippines">Philippine Commission Act 127</a></i>). The territorial expanse of the Surigao province was further reduced in 1907 when the politico-military commandancia of Butuan, then a sub-province of Surigao, was created into a separate province and officially named it <a href="/wiki/Agusan_(province)" title="Agusan (province)">Agusan</a> with present-day <a href="/wiki/Butuan" title="Butuan">Butuan</a> as its capital.<sup id="cite_ref-FastFactsPhilProv-SurigaodelNorte_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FastFactsPhilProv-SurigaodelNorte-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philippine_independence">Philippine independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Philippine independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 18, 1960, through <i><a href="/wiki/Republic_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic Act">Republic Act</a> 2786</i> dated June 19, 1960, the province of <a href="/wiki/Surigao_(province)" title="Surigao (province)">Surigao</a> was divided into the present-day provinces of <i>Surigao del Norte</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Surigao_del_Sur" title="Surigao del Sur">Surigao del Sur</a></i>. Agusan province was later dissolved and divided into the present-day provinces of <a href="/wiki/Agusan_del_Norte" title="Agusan del Norte">Agusan del Norte</a> (retains present day Butuan as capital) and <a href="/wiki/Agusan_del_Sur" title="Agusan del Sur">Agusan del Sur</a> in 1967 by <i><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines#History" title="Provinces of the Philippines">Republic Act No. 4979</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chan_Robles-RA2786_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chan_Robles-RA2786-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Surigao_City" title="Surigao City">town of Surigao</a> became a city on August 30, 1970, pursuant to <i>RA 6134</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ChanRobles-RA6134_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChanRobles-RA6134-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contemporary">Contemporary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Contemporary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dinagat_Islands" title="Dinagat Islands">Dinagat Islands</a> had been a part of the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Legislative districts of Surigao del Norte">First District of Surigao del Norte</a> until becoming a province on its own on December 2, 2006, with the approval of <i><a href="/wiki/Republic_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic Act">Republic Act</a> No. 9355</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-SenateGovPH-RA9355_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateGovPH-RA9355-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Charter of the Province of Dinagat Islands, in a <a href="/wiki/2006_Dinagat_Islands_creation_plebiscite" title="2006 Dinagat Islands creation plebiscite">plebiscite</a>. Between February 2010 and March 2011, the islands were part again of Surigao del Norte after declaring <i>RA 9355</i> unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, then were reinstated as a separate province. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Surigao_del_Norte.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Aerial_view_of_Surigao_del_Norte.jpg/220px-Aerial_view_of_Surigao_del_Norte.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Aerial_view_of_Surigao_del_Norte.jpg/330px-Aerial_view_of_Surigao_del_Norte.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Aerial_view_of_Surigao_del_Norte.jpg/440px-Aerial_view_of_Surigao_del_Norte.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1922" data-file-height="1281" /></a><figcaption>Mainland Surigao del Norte agricultural landscape</figcaption></figure> <p>Surigao del Norte is an <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a> province situated at the rim of the Asian continental shelf. It is located at the northeastern tip of <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a> and faces the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Trench" title="Philippine Trench">Philippine Trench</a>. The province is bounded by the <a href="/wiki/Dinagat_Islands" title="Dinagat Islands">Dinagat Islands</a> on the north, east by the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Sea" title="Philippine Sea">Philippine Sea</a>, south by the provinces of Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur, and on the west by the <a href="/wiki/Surigao_Strait" title="Surigao Strait">Surigao Strait</a>. </p><p>The province, with an area of 1,972.93 square kilometres (761.75 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> comprises the mainland situated at the northeastern tip of Mindanao and several offshore islands, the largest of which include <a href="/wiki/Siargao" title="Siargao">Siargao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bucas_Grande" title="Bucas Grande">Bucas Grande</a>. The mainland is generally mountainous.<sup id="cite_ref-FastFactsPhilProv-SurigaodelNorte_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FastFactsPhilProv-SurigaodelNorte-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The province has many caves and tunnels in its islands. Some are half-submerged in water most of the time and could be accessed only during low tides like the Sohoton Cove at Bucas Grande Island. </p><p>Its biggest islands are usually mountainous and rich in minerals. Nonoc Island has one of the world's largest deposits of <a href="/wiki/Nickel" title="Nickel">nickel</a>. The smaller ones either rest on sand and gravel or have a limestone base bonded by boulders, reefs and sandbars. Some islets which include those in <a href="/wiki/Del_Carmen,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte">Del Carmen</a> in Siargao Island are a cluster of rock formations jutting out from the sea covered with shrubs and coconut trees. </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Surigao del Norte has no pronounced dry season, receiving maximum rainfall from November to January.<sup id="cite_ref-FastFactsPhilProv-SurigaodelNorte_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FastFactsPhilProv-SurigaodelNorte-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is among the top 20 most vulnerable provinces to <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_Philippines" title="Climate change in the Philippines">climate change in the Philippines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Surigao del Norte </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(85.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.3<br />(90.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #0000D5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">24 </td> <td style="background: #0B0BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #2D2DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #0C0CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19 </td> <td style="background: #0000FA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">21 </td> <td style="background: #4141FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">181 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <i>Storm247</i> <sup id="cite_ref-Storm247-SurigaodelNorte_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Storm247-SurigaodelNorte-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_fil_surigao_del_norte.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ph_fil_surigao_del_norte.png/270px-Ph_fil_surigao_del_norte.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ph_fil_surigao_del_norte.png/405px-Ph_fil_surigao_del_norte.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ph_fil_surigao_del_norte.png/540px-Ph_fil_surigao_del_norte.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="937" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Political divisions</div></figcaption></figure> <p>Surigao del Norte comprises 20 <a href="/wiki/Philippine_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine municipality">municipalities</a> and 1 <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">component city</a>, organized into <a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Legislative districts of Surigao del Norte">two legislative districts</a> and further subdivided into 335 <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">barangays</a>. The 1st legislative district comprises nine municipalities on the islands of <a href="/wiki/Siargao" title="Siargao">Siargao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bucas_Grande" title="Bucas Grande">Bucas Grande</a> (plus smaller islands); the 2nd legislative district comprises Surigao City and eleven other municipalities on the mainland of Mindanao. Surigao City has the most number of Barangays with 54, while the Municipalities of Burgos and San Benito has the least number of Barangays each with six. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CCFFCC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> † </span> <span style="font-size:90%;">Provincial capital and component city</span></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FDFDFD; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <span style="font-size:90%;">Municipality</span></li></ul></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;table-layout:fixed;text-align:right;background-color:#FDFDFD;font-size:90%;border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">City <span style="font-size:85%;">or</span> municipality<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_FormerNamenone"><a href="#endnote_FormerNamenone">[A]</a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Legislative districts of Surigao del Norte">District</a><sup id="cite_ref-nscb_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="3">Population </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Area<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Density </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Total number of barangays">Barangay</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><a href="/wiki/Coordinates" class="mw-redirect" title="Coordinates">Coordinates</a><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_Coordnone"><a href="#endnote_Coordnone">[B]</a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;" colspan="2"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;" colspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span><sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–Caraga_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–Caraga-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span><sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–Caraga_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–Caraga-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;">km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;" class="unsortable"><span class="nowrap">sq mi</span> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden hidden solid solid;">/km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:hidden solid solid hidden;" class="unsortable"><span class="nowrap">/sq mi</span> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alegria,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Alegria, Surigao del Norte">Alegria</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000302710629287964♠" style="display:none"></span>3.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">16,184 </td> <td>16,011 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.20%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">65.28 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">25.20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">250 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">650 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.4684"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.4684_N_125.5768_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Alegria"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°28′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°34′36″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.4684°N 125.5768°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.4684; 125.5768</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Alegria</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bacuag,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacuag, Surigao del Norte">Bacuag</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000278338907219117♠" style="display:none"></span>2.8%</td> <td style="text-align:right">14,881 </td> <td>14,486 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.51%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">95.85 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">37.01 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">160 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">410 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.6084"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.6084_N_125.6382_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Bacuag"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°36′30″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°38′18″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.6084°N 125.6382°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.6084; 125.6382</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Bacuag</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Burgos,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Burgos, Surigao del Norte">Burgos</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="6999782775570668641♠" style="display:none"></span>0.8%</td> <td style="text-align:right">4,185 </td> <td>4,034 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.70%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.27 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.44 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">220 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">570 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10.0181"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=10.0181_N_126.0742_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Burgos"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°01′05″N</span> <span class="longitude">126°04′27″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.0181°N 126.0742°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.0181; 126.0742</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Burgos</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Claver,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Claver, Surigao del Norte">Claver</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000673972571992907♠" style="display:none"></span>6.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right">36,033 </td> <td>32,773 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.82%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">322.60 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">124.56 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">110 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">280 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.5730"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.5730_N_125.7326_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Claver"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°34′23″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°43′57″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.5730°N 125.7326°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.5730; 125.7326</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Claver</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dapa,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Dapa, Surigao del Norte">Dapa</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000542537352516478♠" style="display:none"></span>5.4%</td> <td style="text-align:right">29,006 </td> <td>23,787 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+3.85%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">91.90 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.48 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">320 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">830 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">29 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.7569"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.7569_N_126.0515_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Dapa"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°45′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">126°03′05″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.7569°N 126.0515°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.7569; 126.0515</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Dapa</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Del_Carmen,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte">Del Carmen</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000376461742194689♠" style="display:none"></span>3.8%</td> <td style="text-align:right">20,127 </td> <td>18,392 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.73%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">151.68 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">58.56 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">130 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">340 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.8687"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.8687_N_125.9705_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Del+Carmen"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°52′07″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°58′14″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.8687°N 125.9705°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.8687; 125.9705</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Del Carmen</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/General_Luna,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="General Luna, Surigao del Norte">General Luna</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000427449704097741♠" style="display:none"></span>4.3%</td> <td style="text-align:right">22,853 </td> <td>16,771 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+6.07%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.30 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15.95 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">550 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,400 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.7834"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.7834_N_126.1563_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=General+Luna"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°47′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">126°09′23″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.7834°N 126.1563°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.7834; 126.1563</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">General Luna</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gigaquit,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte">Gigaquit</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000408670572127578♠" style="display:none"></span>4.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">21,849 </td> <td>20,864 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.88%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">138.11 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">53.32 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">160 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">410 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.5938"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.5938_N_125.6976_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Gigaquit"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°35′38″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°41′51″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.5938°N 125.6976°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.5938; 125.6976</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Gigaquit</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mainit,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainit, Surigao del Norte">Mainit</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000524076193896408♠" style="display:none"></span>5.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right">28,019 </td> <td>26,741 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.89%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">107.76 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.61 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">260 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">670 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.5378"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.5378_N_125.5225_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Mainit"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°32′16″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°31′21″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.5378°N 125.5225°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.5378; 125.5225</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mainit</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Malimono,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Malimono, Surigao del Norte">Malimono</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000352613740937759♠" style="display:none"></span>3.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">18,852 </td> <td>18,054 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.83%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">80.13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">30.94 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">240 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">620 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.6184"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.6184_N_125.4018_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Malimono"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°37′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°24′06″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.6184°N 125.4018°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.6184; 125.4018</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Malimono</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pilar,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Pilar, Surigao del Norte">Pilar</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000194038560815208♠" style="display:none"></span>1.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">10,374 </td> <td>9,752 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.18%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">77.11 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">29.77 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">130 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">340 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.8638"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.8638_N_126.1002_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Pilar"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°51′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">126°06′01″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.8638°N 126.1002°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.8638; 126.1002</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pilar</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Placer,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Placer, Surigao del Norte">Placer</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000553946984490382♠" style="display:none"></span>5.5%</td> <td style="text-align:right">29,616 </td> <td>27,094 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.71%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">61.29 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">23.66 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">480 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,200 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">20 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.6573"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.6573_N_125.6015_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Placer"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°39′26″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°36′05″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.6573°N 125.6015°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.6573; 125.6015</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Placer</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/San_Benito,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="San Benito, Surigao del Norte">San Benito</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000105922534210191♠" style="display:none"></span>1.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">5,663 </td> <td>5,404 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+0.90%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45.63 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.62 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">120 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">310 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.9578"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.9578_N_126.0067_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=San+Benito"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°57′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">126°00′24″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.9578°N 126.0067°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.9578; 126.0067</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">San Benito</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="San Francisco, Surigao del Norte">San Francisco <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Anao-Aon</i>)</span></a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000287055117874591♠" style="display:none"></span>2.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">15,347 </td> <td>14,552 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.02%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">56.72 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">21.90 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">270 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">700 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.7779"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.7779_N_125.4239_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=San+Francisco"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°46′40″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°25′26″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.7779°N 125.4239°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.7779; 125.4239</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">San Francisco</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/San_Isidro,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="San Isidro, Surigao del Norte">San Isidro</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000159342057025714♠" style="display:none"></span>1.6%</td> <td style="text-align:right">8,519 </td> <td>7,325 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+2.92%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">42.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16.23 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">200 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">520 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.9365"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.9365_N_126.0869_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=San+Isidro"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°56′11″N</span> <span class="longitude">126°05′13″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.9365°N 126.0869°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.9365; 126.0869</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">San Isidro</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Monica, Surigao del Norte">Santa Monica <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Sapao</i>)</span></a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000176250757524745♠" style="display:none"></span>1.8%</td> <td style="text-align:right">9,423 </td> <td>8,808 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.29%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">39.19 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15.13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">240 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">620 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="10.0188"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=10.0188_N_126.0364_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Santa+Monica"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°01′08″N</span> <span class="longitude">126°02′11″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.0188°N 126.0364°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.0188; 126.0364</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Santa Monica</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sison,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Sison, Surigao del Norte">Sison</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000267284657224728♠" style="display:none"></span>2.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right">14,290 </td> <td>13,155 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.59%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">54.70 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">21.12 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">260 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">670 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.6588"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.6588_N_125.5286_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Sison"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°39′32″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°31′43″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.6588°N 125.5286°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.6588; 125.5286</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Sison</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Socorro,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Socorro, Surigao del Norte">Socorro</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1st </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000485227332241001♠" style="display:none"></span>4.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">25,942 </td> <td>22,314 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+2.91%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">114.45 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44.19 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">230 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">600 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.6183"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.6183_N_125.9650_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Socorro"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°37′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°57′54″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.6183°N 125.9650°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.6183; 125.9650</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Socorro</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC;"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:#CCFFCC;border-right:0;"><a href="/wiki/Surigao_City" title="Surigao City">Surigao City</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;border-left:0;">† </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001320043917730942♠" style="display:none"></span>32.0%</td> <td style="text-align:right">171,107 </td> <td>154,137 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+2.01%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">245.30 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">94.71 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">700 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,800 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">54 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.7878"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.7878_N_125.4916_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Surigao+City"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°47′16″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°29′30″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.7878°N 125.4916°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.7878; 125.4916</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Surigao City</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tagana-an,_Surigao_del_Norte" class="mw-redirect" title="Tagana-an, Surigao del Norte">Tagana-an</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000324014843744154♠" style="display:none"></span>3.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right">17,323 </td> <td>16,428 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.02%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">77.29 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">29.84 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">220 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">570 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.6973"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.6973_N_125.5826_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Tagana-an"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°41′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°34′57″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.6973°N 125.5826°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.6973; 125.5826</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Tagana-an</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tubod,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Tubod, Surigao del Norte">Tubod</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2nd </td> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000281369006202350♠" style="display:none"></span>2.8%</td> <td style="text-align:right">15,043 </td> <td>14,206 </td> <td><span style="color:green;">+1.10%</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45.34 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.51 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">330 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">850 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center;" data-sort-value="9.5556"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Surigao_del_Norte&params=9.5556_N_125.5688_E_region:PH-SUN_type:city&title=Tubod"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°33′20″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°34′08″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.5556°N 125.5688°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.5556; 125.5688</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Tubod</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="row" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;">Total </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">534,636 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">485,088 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;"><span style="color:green;">+1.87%</span> </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">1,972.93 </th> <th scope="col">761.75 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">270 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">700 </th> <th scope="col">335 </th> <th scope="col" style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(see <a href="#External_links">GeoGroup box</a>)</span> </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="background-color:#F2F2F2;border-top:double grey;line-height:1.3em;"> <td colspan="13"> <div><ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha"><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_FormerNamenone"><a href="#ref_FormerNamenone"><b><sup>^</sup></b></a></span> Former names are <i>italicized</i>.</li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_Coordnone"><a href="#ref_Coordnone"><b><sup>^</sup></b></a></span> Coordinates mark the <a href="/wiki/Town_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Town center">city/town center</a>, and are sortable by <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a>.</li></ol></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:auto;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Population census of Surigao del Norte</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:auto"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1903 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">37,694</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1918 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">58,361</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.96%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">109,758</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.05%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1948 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">137,686</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.55%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">172,220</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.88%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">206,487</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.83%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">244,637</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.46%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">284,072</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.03%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:auto"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">327,113</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.42%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">341,666</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.82%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">374,465</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.98%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">409,468</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.24%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">442,588</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.87%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">485,088</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.76%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">534,636</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.93%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Data excludes Dinagat Islands that were part of Surigao del Norte until 2006.<br />Source: Philippine Statistics Authority<sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–Caraga_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–Caraga-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–Caraga_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–Caraga-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–16_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–16-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The population of Surigao del Norte in the 2020 census was 534,636 people,<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–Caraga_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–Caraga-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a density of 270 inhabitants per square kilometre or 700 inhabitants per square mile. </p><p>The inhabitants of the province is mostly of pure/mixed <a href="/wiki/Austronesian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Austronesian people">Austronesian</a> stock, with some people of <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Filipino" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Filipino">Chinese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Filipinos_of_Arab_descent" class="mw-redirect" title="Filipinos of Arab descent">Arab</a> heritage. <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Filipino" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Filipino">Spanish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Filipinos_of_American_descent" class="mw-redirect" title="Filipinos of American descent">American</a> ancestries are also evident, albeit a minor percentage. </p><p>Some 95.80% of the people speak <a href="/wiki/Surigaonon_language" title="Surigaonon language">Surigaonon</a> as a <a href="/wiki/First_language" title="First language">parent language</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a> and its dialect <a href="/wiki/Boholano_dialect" title="Boholano dialect">Boholano</a> are also present. <a href="/wiki/Waray_language" title="Waray language">Waray</a> is spoken by a small percentage. A majority are able to speak <a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a> and <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> as second languages. A small minority of the population are also speakers of <a href="/wiki/Kamayo_language" title="Kamayo language">Kamayo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manobo_languages" title="Manobo languages">Manobo languages</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Ilocano_language" title="Ilocano language">Ilocano</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiligaynon_language" title="Hiligaynon language">Hiligaynon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kapampangan_language" title="Kapampangan language">Kapampangan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maranao_language" title="Maranao language">Maranao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao_language" title="Maguindanao language">Maguindanaon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tausug_language" title="Tausug language">Tausug</a> languages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Nicolas_de_Tolentino_Cathedral_of_Surigao.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/San_Nicolas_de_Tolentino_Cathedral_of_Surigao.jpg/220px-San_Nicolas_de_Tolentino_Cathedral_of_Surigao.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/San_Nicolas_de_Tolentino_Cathedral_of_Surigao.jpg/330px-San_Nicolas_de_Tolentino_Cathedral_of_Surigao.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/San_Nicolas_de_Tolentino_Cathedral_of_Surigao.jpg/440px-San_Nicolas_de_Tolentino_Cathedral_of_Surigao.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Surigao_Cathedral" title="Surigao Cathedral">Roman Catholic Cathedral of San Nicolas de Tolentino</a> at San Nicolas Street, Brgy. Washington in <a href="/wiki/Surigao_City" title="Surigao City">Surigao City</a>.</figcaption></figure><p> The dominant religion is <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in the Philippines">Roman Catholicism</a> with 60 percent adherence.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Other religions include <a href="/wiki/Iglesia_Filipina_Independiente" class="mw-redirect" title="Iglesia Filipina Independiente">Iglesia Filipina Independiente</a> with 30 and 10 for <a href="/wiki/Protestantism_in_the_Philippines" title="Protestantism in the Philippines">Protestant</a> Churches. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tubod_hills.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Tubod_hills.JPG/220px-Tubod_hills.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Tubod_hills.JPG/330px-Tubod_hills.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Tubod_hills.JPG/440px-Tubod_hills.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3528" data-file-height="2520" /></a><figcaption>Coconut trees in the hills west of <a href="/wiki/Tubod,_Surigao_del_Norte" title="Tubod, Surigao del Norte">Tubod</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Mangroves are the major vegetation in the coastal areas of the province, which form interminable marine forests covering 175 square kilometres (68 sq mi) along the coasts of the mainland and the islands of Siargao and Bucas Grande. The province is host to a variety of marine ecosystems like the lush seagrass beds and coral reefs which are relatively healthy and intact, supporting a rich diversity of marine flora and fauna. </p><p>Over 23 different species are caught the whole year round. Marlin, tuna, lapu-lapu, mollusks, crabs, even squids, stingrays and octopuses can be bought from fish vendors and fishermen. </p><p>The unique "magcono" (ironwood) forests of Surigao del Norte are one of the watersheds most productive resources. By its nature, it is slow growing and adapted to a mineralized soil. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Poverty incidence of Surigao del Norte</b></p> <table style="font-size:85%;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding-top:10px;margin-top:1em;max-width:420px;" class="chart noresize"> <div style="position:relative;min-height:300px;min-width:420px;max-width:420px;"> <div style="float:right;position:relative;min-height:220px;min-width:320px;max-width:320px;border-left:1px black solid;border-bottom:1px black solid;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:7.5px;top:27px;height:192px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Surigao del Norte: 52.7"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:60.5px;top:8px;height:211px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Surigao del Norte: 57.93"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:113.5px;top:67px;height:152px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Surigao del Norte: 41.84"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:166.5px;top:84px;height:135px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Surigao del Norte: 37.17"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:219.5px;top:94px;height:125px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Surigao del Norte: 34.37"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:272.5px;top:142px;height:77px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Surigao del Norte: 21.2"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;height:220px;min-width:100px;max-width:100px;"> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:173px;padding:0 2px">10</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:183px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:137px;padding:0 2px">20</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:147px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:100px;padding:0 2px">30</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:110px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:63px;padding:0 2px">40</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:73px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:27px;padding:0 2px">50</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:37px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:-10px;padding:0 2px">60</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:0px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;top:220px;left:100px;width:320px;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:1px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2006 <br /> 52.70</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:26.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:54px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2009 <br /> 57.93</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:79.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:107px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2012 <br /> 41.84</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:132.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:160px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2015 <br /> 37.17</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:185.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:213px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2018 <br /> 34.37</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:238.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:266px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2021 <br /> 21.20</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:291.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="margin-left: 20px;"> <b>Source:</b> <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Alegria National High School</li> <li>Surigao Del Norte National High School</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Surigao is home to the <a href="/wiki/Mamanwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamanwa">Mamanwa</a> ethnic tribe. Their dances are showcased in a local festival called "Bonok-Bonok", held at the feast of <a href="/wiki/San_Nicolas_de_Tolentino" class="mw-redirect" title="San Nicolas de Tolentino">San Nicolas de Tolentino</a> which is held annually on September 10. The Bonok-Bonok depicts the native folks' merry-making to show gratitude to God for bountiful harvest and good health. </p><p>A collection of ancient archaeological diggings like burial coffins, jars and Chinese ceramics unearthed in Panhutungan, Placer, is on public display at the Surigaonon Heritage Mini-Museum located at the Boulevard in <a href="/wiki/Surigao_City" title="Surigao City">Surigao City</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourist_attractions">Tourist attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Tourist attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Surigao City, the provincial capital, is dubbed as the "Gateway to Mindanao". The ferry landing terminal in Lipata links Mindanao to <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a> through <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">Eastern Visayas</a>. It annually showcases its distinct cultural heritage through the Bonok-Bonok Maradjao Karadjao Festival. </p><p>On the northern side of the province are <a href="/wiki/Siargao" title="Siargao">Siargao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bucas_Grande" title="Bucas Grande">Bucas Grande</a> Islands, known for their long stretch of sugar-fine beaches, vast mangrove forest, and deep waters teeming with marine life. </p><p>The Panhutongan and Amoslog archeological excavations in Placer would give a glimpse of the origins of the province and its people. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Surigao_Airport_Mindanao_Philippines.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Surigao City Airport"><img alt="Surigao City Airport" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Surigao_Airport_Mindanao_Philippines.jpg/160px-Surigao_Airport_Mindanao_Philippines.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Surigao_Airport_Mindanao_Philippines.jpg/240px-Surigao_Airport_Mindanao_Philippines.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Surigao_Airport_Mindanao_Philippines.jpg/320px-Surigao_Airport_Mindanao_Philippines.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4224" data-file-height="2816" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Surigao City Airport</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Songkoy_Spring.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Songkoy Spring in the province's mainland"><img alt="Songkoy Spring in the province's mainland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Songkoy_Spring.JPG/160px-Songkoy_Spring.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Songkoy_Spring.JPG/240px-Songkoy_Spring.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Songkoy_Spring.JPG/320px-Songkoy_Spring.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3415" data-file-height="2562" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Songkoy Spring in the province's mainland</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cloud_9_Boardwalk,_Siargao.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cloud 9 Boardwalk in Siargao island"><img alt="Cloud 9 Boardwalk in Siargao island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Cloud_9_Boardwalk%2C_Siargao.jpg/160px-Cloud_9_Boardwalk%2C_Siargao.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Cloud_9_Boardwalk%2C_Siargao.jpg/240px-Cloud_9_Boardwalk%2C_Siargao.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Cloud_9_Boardwalk%2C_Siargao.jpg/320px-Cloud_9_Boardwalk%2C_Siargao.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cloud 9 Boardwalk in Siargao island</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erlinda_Lavandia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erlinda Lavandia (page does not exist)">Erlinda Lavandia</a> – considered as one of the greatest javelin throwers in the history of the Southeast Asian Games. In 1977, Kuala Lumpur SEA Games, she won the gold medal on a record throw of 45.22 meters. In 1979 in Jakarta, she improved the SEA Games record at 45.78 meters and broke the record two years later at 46.20 meters in Manila Sea Games.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Andanar" title="Martin Andanar">Martin Andanar</a> – former Secretary for Presidential Communications Operations Office under President Rodrigo Duterte</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Barbers" title="Robert Barbers">Robert Barbers</a> – former Secretary for the Department of Interior and Local Government, served as Philippine Senator in 1998 and was the first police officer to be elected senator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Sering" title="Jose Sering">Jose Sering</a> – former head of the Philippine Olympic Committee <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Olympic_Committee" title="Philippine Olympic Committee">POC</a> under President Ferdinand E. Marcos and multi-elected Governor of Surigao del Norte.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhee_Timbang" title="Rhee Timbang">Rhee Timbang</a> – former <a href="/wiki/Obispo_Maximo" class="mw-redirect" title="Obispo Maximo">Obispo Maximo</a> (Supreme Bishop) of the <a href="/wiki/Iglesia_Filipina_Independiente" class="mw-redirect" title="Iglesia Filipina Independiente">Iglesia Filipina Independiente</a> from 2017 to 2023.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anji_Salvacion" title="Anji Salvacion">Anji Salvacion</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Pinoy_Big_Brother:_Kumunity_Season_10" title="Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10">Pinoy Big Brother: Kumunity Season 10</a></i> winner from Siargao.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andi_Eigenmann" title="Andi Eigenmann">Andi Eigenmann</a> – actress and vlogger from Siargao.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surigao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-nscb-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nscb_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nscb_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nscb_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nscb_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/?q=psgc/citimuni/166700000">"Province: Surigao del Norte"</a>. <i>PSGC Interactive</i>. 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