SURIGAO DEL SUR

Surigao del Sur is a province in the Philippines situated in the Caraga region occupying the northeastern
section of Mindanao. Its capital is the City of Tandag.

CITIES: 2

Tandag City, Bislig City

MUNICPALITIES: 17

 Barobo, Surigao del Sur

 Bayabas, Surigao del Sur

 Cagwait, Surigao del Sur

 Cantilan, Surigao del Sur
 Carmen, Surigao del Sur
 Carrascal, Surigao del Sur
 Cortes, Surigao del Sur

 Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur

 Lanuza, Surigao del Sur

 Lianga, Surigao del Sur
 Lingig, Surigao del Sur

 Madrid, Surigao del Sur

 Marihatag, Surigao del Sur

 San Agustin, Surigao del Sur

 San Miguel, Surigao del Sur

 Tagbina, Surigao del Sur

 Tago, Surigao del Sur

BARANGAYS: 309

LAND AREA:

The province has a land area of 4,932.70 square kilometers or 1,904.53 square miles.

POPULATION:

Its population as determined by the 2015 Census was 592,250. The population of Surigao del
Sur grew from 165,016 in 1960 to 592,250 in 2015, an increase of 427,234 people. The latest
census figures in 2015 denote a positive growth rate of 1.03%, or an increase of 31,031 people,
from the previous population of 561,219 in 2010. This represented 22.81% of the total
population of the Caraga region, 2.45% of the overall population of the Mindanao island group,
or 0.59% of the entire population of the Philippines.
LANGUAGE:

There are a few languages spoken in the province of Surigao del Sur, including Surigaonon,
Cebuano, and Kamayo. The Kamayo language is also known as Kinamayo, used by the majority of
people inhabiting the mid-eastern part of Mindanao. It is linguistically related to the Butuanon and
Tausug, which belong to the Meso and Central Philippine language families. Many of the Kamayo
are bilinguals and shift to using Cebuano for formal interactions or with outsiders who are not
Kamayo speakers

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ECONOMY:

Surigao del Sur is one of the suppliers of rice, bananas and other tropical fruits. Copper, chromite
and silver are also found here. Marine and aquaculture is abundant in the province, being a primary
livelihood of the inhabitants as the province is well known for producing seafood and sea by-
products.

Mineral resources

Surigao del Sur is endowed with metallic minerals such as copper, gold, chromite, cobalt, nickel and lead
zinc, as well as non-metallic (limestone, coal and feldspar, clay diatomite/bentomite and coarse/fine
aggregates). There are small and large scale mining activities in the province. Corporations operating in a
large scale are the Marc Ventures Mining Development Corporation at Carrascal and Cantilan, operating
in an area of 4,799 hectares (47.99 km2) within the Diwata Mountain Range.[15][16] The CTP
Construction and Mining Corporation, also in Carrascal, focuses on gold and nickel mining in an area of
35.64 square kilometres (13.76 sq mi) and 48.6916 square kilometres (18.80 sq mi), respectively. The
Carac-an Development Corporation, also in Carrascal, has an area of 506.3764 square kilometres (195.51
sq mi). Small scale mining activities are found in the municipalities of Barobo, Carmen and San Miguel.
TOURIST ATTRACTION

CAGWAIT WHITE BEACH

BRITANIA GROUP OF ISLANDS

TURTLE ISLAND, BAROBO

TINUYAN FALLS, BISLIG
ENCHANTED RIVER, HINATUAN
ROCK ISLAND, HINATUAN
BOGAC COLD SPRING, BAROBO

LANUZA SURF CAMP

DELICACIES

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