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Wanna know Surigao City in a flash? This article will help you learn quick facts about the City of Island Adventures.
Geography
Surigao City is geographically located in the northeastern portion of
Mindanao. It lies between 9 to 10 degrees north latitude and 125 to
126 degrees east longitude. It is bounded by Dinagat Island on the
north, the mainland of Surigao del Norte on the south, Hinatuan
passage on the east, Surigao Strait and Southern Leyte on the west.
Land Area
In the 1980 Surigao City Town Plan, Surigao City’s total land area was
recorded at 24,534 hectares or 245.34 square kilometers (see Table
1.1). This total land area is roughly equivalent to 1.4% of Caraga
Region’s land area of 1,884,697 hectares. This was officially
recognized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) and National Statistics Office (NSO) as the official land area
of Surigao City.
With
the new certification issued by DENR, which was based from the
Geographic Information System (GIS) generated land area of cities,
municipalities and provinces of CARAGA Region, the official total
land area of Surigao City as of CY 2002 now stands at 26,117 hectares
or 261.17 kilometers.
However, this new land area of 26,117 hectares was not yet officially
recognized by NSO-Manila, obliging the city to use its original land
area of 24,534 hectares as official in its physical and demographical
computations in relation to the city’s socio-economic information.
The land area of each barangay can be found in this table.
Barangays
Surigao
City is comprised of 54 barangays; 33 are mainland and 21 are island
barangays. The city proper is divided into five (5) urban barangays,
namely: Taft, Washington, San Juan, Canlanipa and Luna. It has also
eight (8) sub-urban barangays. Out of twenty (20) rural mainland
barangays, fourteen (14) of which are in the mainland and six (6) are
located along the coastal areas.
Climate
In 2008, the prevailing climate in the city falls under climate Type II
with no definite dry season but with a pronounced maximum rainfall from
November to July. There are 200 rainy days making the city one of the
“wettest” in the country. Its average maximum temperature stands at
convenient 31.36 degrees centigrade with an average minimum temperature of 24.31 degrees centigrade.
Population
During the censal year 2007, Surigao City’s population reached
132,151 with the average annual growth rate increase of about 1.51%
compared from the censal year of 2000. Barangay
Washington accounted for the largest population, followed by Barangays
Taft, San Juan, Luna, Canlanipa and Rizal.
Dialects and Religious Affiliation
Almost 90% of the households in the city speak the native
dialect Surigaonon, Cebuano follows it by 1.99%, Boholano – 0.37% and
Butuanon – 0.16% (Table 2.11). The rest of the population speaks
all other local dialects. On the other hand, 88% of the household
populations are Roman Catholics, followed by Aglipay – 6.96%. Iglesia
Ni Cristo – 2.51% and UCCP – 2.0%
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