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Caraga is the newest region of the Philippines, also designated as Region XIII. It is comprises four provinces, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur.
Flag images here drawn after Symbols of the State, published by the Philippines Bureau of Local Government.
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The Philippine Republic's Province of Agusan del Norte is located in northern
Mindanao. Its population is slightly over 550,000, of which number about half
live in Butuan City with the rest apportioned among eleven towns. Butuan City contains an airport, and the neighboring town of Nasipit contains an
international seaport. Agusan del Norte is dominated by the lower valley of the
Agusan River, which arises in Davao and flows northward until, broad and strong,
it empties into Butuan Bay. The province contains several different types of
soil, growing a wide variety of food products, and has inland waters yielding
several more commercial products. Most of the land is forested, and wood
and wood products such as plywood, veneer, furniture, rattan, matches, and
prefabricated trusses go out to the rest of the world. There are a number of
such factories in Butuan City, and others up the Agusan River and along several
other rivers in the province.
John Ayer, 26 June 2001
by Dirk Schönberger, 9 February 2001
Source: Symbols of the state
Butuan City is the administrative center of Agusan del Norte.
John Ayer,
9 February 2001
The Philippine province of Agusan del Sur, in the Caraga Region, occupies the
upper valley of the Agusan River on the island of Mindanao. It now comprises
fourteen towns, of which Prosperidad is the capital, but I suspect from the
number of stars that there were thirteen towns in 1975. The land is mostly
forested, and the economy is mostly agricultural, the chief crops being maize,
rice, coconuts, and bananas. Lumbering is a distant second. Industry is limited
to wood-working and
food-processing. There is some mining.
John Ayer,
29 June 2001
The Philippine Republic's Province of Surigao del Norte, in Caraga Region,
occupies the northernmost part of Mindanao and well over a hundred offshore
islands, with a population of 481,000 by the 2000 census, divided among one
city--Surigao, the capital--and twenty-seven towns. North of the Surigao
Peninsula is Surigao Strait, where Japanese naval forces steaming to Leyte Gulf
on the night of October 24-25, 1944, to oppose the allied landing on Leyte, ran
into several lines of resistance from torpedo boats, destroyers, and cruisers
commanded by Admiral Oldendorf, USN. The Japanese suffered serious losses before
emerging into Leyte Gulf, where their further losses were even more serious. The
land descends from the rugged mountains of the west to an irregular coastline on
the east. Surigao del Sur contains a variety of valuable mineral deposits,
including gold, and several of the numerous ethnic groups that have blended into
its population came in gold-rushes, but little mining takes place now. The ocean
and inland waters offer rich fishing, but these, too, seem to be little
exploited. The economy is mostly agricultural, the main products being coconuts,
bananas, other fruits and vegetables, with some livestock. There is much to draw
tourists, particularly watersports on the outer islands, whose spectacular
scenery and many miles of pristine beaches were apparently unknown to the
natives until recently.
John Ayer, 1 July 2001
by Dirk Schönberger, 7 April 2001
Source: Symbols of the state
The city of Surigao, located near the northern tip of Mindanao, is the
capital of the province of Surigao del Norte. It is an important
transportation center. It has air connections to Cebu and beyond and
ferry service to Southern Leyte, and is the northern terminus of the
highway south to Davao, connecting to all of Mindanao. There is a large
nickel mine in the vicinity.
John Ayer, 7 April 2001
The Province of Surigao del Sur, in the Caraga Region of the Republic of the
Philippines, was created by the division of the Province of Surigao in 1960. The
land slopes from the Diwata Range in the west down to a deeply indented coast,
and then further down to the Mindanao Deep. Forty-five percent of the land is
agricultural. The remainder is largely forest, and industry is largely limited
to logging and wood-processing, including paper-making, although Surigao del Sur
reportedly sits on enormous reserves of iron ore.
John Ayer,
1 July 2001