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Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Caraga
- Founded
- June 19, 1960
- Capital
- Tandag
- Largest city
- Bislig
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlalawigan
- Governor
- Johnny T. Pimentel ( NUP )
- Vice governor
- Manuel O. Alameda ( PFP )
- Legislature
- Surigao del Sur Provincial Board
- Total
- 4,932.70 km (1,904.53 sq mi)
- Rank
- 21st out of 82
- Highest elevation mount diuata
- 611 m (2,005 ft)
- Density
- 131.542/km (340.693/sq mi)
- Demonym
- South Surigaonon
- Component cities
- 2 Bislig Tandag
- Municipalities
- 17 Barobo Bayabas Cagwait Cantilan Carmen Carrascal Cortes Hinatuan Lanuza Lianga Lingig Madrid Marihatag San Agustin San Miguel Tagbina Tago
- Districts
- Legislative districts of Surigao del Sur
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( PHT )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of the Philippines
- Official name
- Lalawigan ng Surigao del Sur
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Caraga
- Contains
- Tago
- Capital
- Tandag
- Population
- 648858
- Area
- 4932.70
- Shares border with
- Agusan del Norte
- Official website
- www.surigaodelsur.gov.ph
- Image
- Surigao del Sur Provincial Capitol.JPG
- Households
- 150551
- Dialing code
- 86
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- Commons category
- Surigao del Sur
- topic's main category
- Category:Surigao del Sur
- postal code
- 8300–8318
- inception
- 1960-06-19
- replaces
- Surigao
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- electorate
- 476689
- poverty incidence
- 24.00
- total assets
- 8169766551.36
- total liabilities
- 2602716539.23
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 2538921904.36
- total expenditure
- 1748211339.70
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Encyclopedic overview
Surigao del Sur (Surigaonon: Probinsya nan Surigao del Sur; Cebuano: Habagatang Surigao; Tagalog: Timog Surigao), officially the Province of Surigao del Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. Its capital is Tandag City while Bislig is the most populous city in the province. Surigao del Sur is situated at the eastern coast of Mindanao and faces the Philippine Sea to the east.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Surigao del Sur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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