Agusan del Norte

Also known as Province of Agusan del Norte

province of the Philippines

Key facts

Country: Philippines
Region: Caraga
Founded: 17 June 1967
Capital: Cabadbaran
Administrative center: Butuan *
Largest city: Butuan *
Governor: Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba ( PDP–Laban )
Vice governor: Enrico Corvera ( PDP–Laban )
Legislature: Agusan del Norte Provincial Board
Total: 2,730.24 km (1,054.15 sq mi)
Rank: 48th out of 82
Highest elevation mount hilong hilong: 2,012 m (6,601 ft)
Density: 148.0/km (383.3/sq mi)
Demonym: North Agusanon
Independent cities: 1 Butuan *
Component cities: 1 Cabadbaran
Municipalities: 10 Buenavista Carmen Jabonga Kitcharao Las Nieves Magallanes Nasipit Remedios T. Romualdez Santiago Tubay
Barangays: 167 including independent cities : 253

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: province of the Philippines
Official name: Lalawigan ng Agusan del Norte
Country: Philippines
Located in: Caraga
Contains: Tubay
Capital: Butuan
Population: 404100
Area: 2730.24
Time zone: UTC+08:00
Shares border with: Surigao del Sur
Official website: www.agusandelnorte.gov.ph
Households: 91016
Dialing code: 85

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Commons category: Agusan del Norte
inception: 1967-06-17
topic's main category: Category:Agusan del Norte
postal code: 8600–8611
Köppen climate classification: tropical rainforest climate
electorate: 492857
poverty incidence: 23.50
replaces: Agusan
total assets: 5950865753.84
fiscal/tax revenue: 1936088485.17
total liabilities: 1811150319.88
total expenditure: 1253937781.37

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Encyclopedic overview

Agusan del Norte, officially the Province of Agusan del Norte (Cebuano: Amihanang Agusan; Butuanon: Probinsya hong Agusan del Norte; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Agusan del Norte), is a province in the Caraga region of the Philippines. Its de jure capital is the city of Cabadbaran with several government offices located in the highly-urbanized city of Butuan, which is the largest city and its de facto capital as well as the regional center of Caraga Region. It is bordered on the northwest by Butuan Bay; northeast by Surigao del Norte; mid-east by Surigao del Sur; southeast by Agusan del Sur, and southwest by Misamis Oriental.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agusan del Norte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.