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Key facts
- Settlement.image_flag
- Butuancityflag.jpg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 110px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Ph seal agusan del norte butuan.png
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Philippines
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within the
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Philippines
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Agusan del Norte (geographically only)
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- January 31, 1901
- Settlement.established_title2
- Cityhood
- Settlement.established_date2
- August 2, 1950
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- City of Butuan
- Population
- 385530
- Area
- 816.62
- Elevation
- 144
- Official website
- www.butuan.gov.ph
- Image
- Aerial photo of Butuan, Apr 2013.jpg
- Households
- 89408
- Dialing code
- 85
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- inception
- 1901-01-31
- Commons category
- Butuan
- postal code
- 8600
- poverty incidence
- 22.60
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 3359907605.94
- total assets
- 11356904337.51
- total liabilities
- 2101969804.42
- total expenditure
- 1900039193.77
- electorate
- 220694
- native label
- City of Butuan
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37 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Old Butuan
- Colonial period
- Modern era
- Geography
- Elevation
- Land Use
- Climate
- Demographics
- Ethnicities
- Languages
- Religion
- Economy
- Culture
- Festivities and annual celebrations
- Tourism
- Government
- Elected Officials (2022–2025)
- [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]]
- Executive
- City Council
- Barangay Council
- Barangays and districts
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Air
- Sea
- Land
- Sports
- Education
- Notable personalities
- Sister cities
- Local Sisterhood Pact
- See also
- References
- External links
Butuan (pronounced ), officially the City of Butuan (; Butuanon: Dakbayan hong Butuan; ), is a highly urbanized city and the regional center of Caraga, Philippines. It is the de facto capital of the province of Agusan del Norte where it is geographically situated but has an administratively independent government. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 385,530 people making it the most populous city in Caraga Region.
It served as the former capital of the Rajahnate of Butuan before 1001 until about 1521. The city used to be known during that time as the best in gold and boat manufacturing in the entire Philippine archipelago, having traded with places as far as Champa, Ming, Srivijaya, Majapahit, and the Bengali coasts. It is located at the northeastern part of the Agusan Valley, Mindanao, sprawling across the Agusan River. It is bounded to the north, west and south by Agusan del Norte, to the east by Agusan del Sur and to the northwest by Butuan Bay.