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Surigaonon Language
Surigaonon is an Austronesian language spoken by Surigaonon people. As a regional Philippine language, it is spoken in the province of Surigao del Norte, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Sur, and some portions of Agusan del Norte, especially the towns near the Mainit Lake, Agusan del Sur and Davao Oriental. External relationships Surigaonon is a member of the Bisayan languages. It has been heavily influenced by Cebuano due to the influx of many Cebuanos in the region. However, most Cebuano speakers can hardly understand Surigaonon speakers, except for Cebuanos who have been living in the region for years. Surigaonon is very closely related to the Tausug language of Sulu and the Butuanon language of Butuan. Varieties Tandaganon Tandaganon (also called Tinandag, Naturalis, Tagon-on) is a closely related variety spoken in Tandag and central Surigao del Sur municipalities of San Miguel, Tago, Bayabas, Cagwait, Marihatag, San Agustin, and most of Lianga. It can b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainit Lake
Lake Mainit is the fourth largest lake in the Philippines, having a surface area of . The lake is also the deepest lake in the country with maximum depth reaching . It is located in the northeastern section of Mindanao and shared between the provinces of Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte. Etymology The name of the lake is a Visayan word ''mainit'', which means "hot". Flora and fauna Plants * Fire orchid ('' Vanda hookeriana'') * Narra tree ('' Pterocarpus indicus'') * Molave tree ('' Vitex parviflora'') * Philippine rosewood or "toog" * Kamagong * Mancono * Malabayabas (''Eucalyptus spp.'') * Indian lotus (''Nelumbo nucifera'') Animals * Animals # Mindanao scops owl # Mindanao savanna nightjar # Mindanao Himalayan swiftlet # Mindanao forest kingfisher # White-breasted sea eagle (''Haliaeetus leucogaster'') # Monkeys # Wild pigs * Fish # "Casili" ( Anguilla spp.) # Mudfish, "hayuan" or "halwan" (''Channa striata'') # Gurami ('' Gourami belontiidae'') # "Bolinao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marihatag
Marihatag, officially the Municipality of Marihatag ( Surigaonon: ''Lungsod nan Marihatag''; tl, Bayan ng Marihatag); ( Indonesian: Kotamadya Marihatag) , is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,441 people. It was known as Oteiza until 1955.Republic Act No. 1261 PhilippineLaw.info, retrieved 2012 The municipality hosts the "Balik-Marihatag" Festival which literally means going back home to Marihatag. Etymology Its name is a of ''Maria Ihatag''.Geography Barangays Marihatag is politically subdivided into 12 |
Cagwait
Cagwait, officially the Municipality of Cagwait ( Surigaonon: ''Lungsod nan Cagwait''; tl, Bayan ng Cagwait), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,747 people. Geography Cagwait is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. Cagwait is about southeast of Tandag, the capital town of Surigao del Sur. It is bounded by the towns of Bayabas on the north, Marihatag on the south, the Diwata mountains on the west and the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has a total land area of . Barangays *Aras-asan *Bacolod *Bitaugan East *Bitaugan West *La Purisima (Palhe) *Lactudan *Mat-e *Poblacion *Tawagan *Tubo-tubo *Unidad Climate Cagwait has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round and with extremely heavy rainfall in January. Demographics Economy Cagwait has an all-weather port at Barangay Bitaugan West (named Aras-asan Port by the Philippine Ports Authori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayabas, Surigao Del Sur
Bayabas, officially the Municipality of Bayabas ( Surigaonon: ''Lungsod nan Bayabas''; tl, Bayan ng Bayabas), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,979 people. History World War II During 1943 and 1944 much of the east coast of Mindanao was occupied by the Japanese. Bayabas was not occupied, although at times Japanese navy ships anchored in the harbor off the coast of the town. As the Japanese occupied an increasing number of area coastal towns, refugees trickled into town. The prewar rector of San Nicolas School, in Surigao City, was one of a number of priests who sought refuge in Bayabas. Food supplies soon failed to reach town from the outside, since Japanese troops disrupted distribution.Virginia Hansen Holmes, ''Guerrilla Daughter'' (Kent, Ohio: Kent State U. Press, 2009), pp. 141-1, 166, 205. Geography Bayabas is located between Tago and Cagwait. The Tago River separates the muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tago, Surigao Del Sur
Tago, officially the Municipality of Tago ( Surigaonon: ''Lungsod nan Tago''; tl, Bayan ng Tago), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 39,831 people. History The Municipality of Tago was born thrice because of the precariousness of political times back then. It saw the light of day for the first time in 1865 under the Maura Law of the Spanish Regime that lasted for three years. Tago must have reverted to its barrio status because records had it that for the second time, it regained its municipal status on 23 August 1883, just after it transferred from the so-called Daan Lungsod (Old Town), which was perennially flooded, to the place called Laguna. When the Philippine Revolution broke out in 1896, Tago was again reverted to its barrio status. About the middle of the First World War, the people of Tago grew politically minded and in the summer of 1916, important leaders of then Barrio of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Miguel, Surigao Del Sur
San Miguel, officially the Municipality of San Miguel ( Surigaonon: ''Lungsod nan San Miguel''; tl, Bayan ng San Miguel), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,809 people. With an area of , it is the largest among the municipalities and cities in the province. It is also one of the only two landlocked municipalities in the province along with Tagbina. Antique gold discoveries In 1981, Edilberto "Berto" Morales, a farmer employed as a bulldozer operator in an irrigation project accidentally unearthed a hoard of authentic gold artifacts and jewelries weighing up to 30 kg in Barangay Magroyong which includes masks, figurines, bowls, daggers, trinkets, belts, and all sorts of body ornaments. Through a support of several historical accounts, archaeologists and historians believed that the gold items were associated between 10th to 13th century used by pre-colonial Filipinos, years be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tandag
Tandag, officially the City of Tandag ( Tandaganon/ Surigaonon: ''Siyudad nan Tandag''; Cebuano: ''Dakbayan sa Tandag''; fil, Lungsod ng Tandag), is a 5th class component city and capital of the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 62,669 people. Farming and fishing are the main economic activity for most of the people in Tandag. Chief farm products are rice, corn, and coconut. Livestock and poultry raising are also important sources of income. Tandag has a national secondary airport and a seaport. Tandag has a land area of 291.73 square kilometers or 112.64 square miles. This constitutes 5.91% of the land area of Surigao del Sur. The population density of the city is at 193 inhabitants per square kilometer or 500 inhabitants per square mile. Etymology Many versions have been given regarding the name of Tandag. One version states that Father Calan, Father Encarnacion, and another priest were on their way to visit chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butuan
Butuan (pronounced ), officially the City of Butuan ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Butuan; Butuanon: ''Dakbayan hong Butuan''; fil, Lungsod ng Butuan), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region 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 2020 census, it has a population of 372,910 people. 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 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. Butuan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butuanon Language
Butuanon is an Austronesian regional language spoken by the Butuanon people in Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur, with some native speakers in Misamis Oriental and Surigao del Norte. It is a part of the Bisayan language family and is closely related to other Philippine languages. As of 2007, Butuanon is believed to be spoken by fewer than 500 youngsters in Butuan itself. Butuanon is very closely related to the Tausug language of distant Sulu and the Surigaonon language of neighboring provinces Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte Surigao del Norte ( Surigaonon: ''Probinsya nan Surigao del Norte''; ceb, Amihanang Surigao; Tagalog: ''Hilagang Surigao''), officially the Province of Surigao del Norte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Caraga region of Mindanao. .... Orthography * a – * b – * d – * g – * h – * i – * k – * l – * m – * n – * ng – �* ny – �* o – * p – * r – * s – * t – * u – * w – * y – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulu
Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu ( Tausūg: ''Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg''; tl, Lalawigan ng Sulu), is a province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Its capital is Jolo on the island of the same name. Maimbung, the royal capital of the Sultanate of Sulu, is also located in the province. Sulu is along the southern border of the Sulu Sea and the northern boundary of the Celebes Sea. History Pre-Spanish and Spanish eras Prior to the arrival of Islam in Sulu, the province used to adhere to local animist religions; this later changed to Hindu and Buddhist belief systems. Throughout this time, the Kingdom of Lupah Sug had been established centuries before Islam arrived. The advent of Islam around 1138 through merchants and traders had a distinct influence on Southeast Asia. The coming of Arabs, Persians and other Muslims paved the way for the arrival of religious missionaries, traders, schol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tausug Language
Tausug (; Jawi: ; ms, Bahasa Suluk) is an Austronesian language spoken in the province of Sulu in the Philippines and in the eastern area of the state of Sabah, Malaysia, by the Tausūg people. It is widely spoken in the Sulu Archipelago (Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, and Basilan), the Zamboanga Peninsula (Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga City), southern Palawan, and Malaysia (eastern Sabah). Tausug has some lexical similarities or near similarities with Surigaonon language of the provinces Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, and Agusan del Sur and with the Butuanon language of Agusan del Norte; it has also some vocabulary similarities with Sugbuanon, Bicolano, and with other Philippine languages. Many Malay and Arabic words are found in Bahasa Sūg. Nomenclature In English, the language is primarily known as Tausug (i.e., Tausug language "language of the Tausug people"). The local name of the language is ''bahasa Sūg'' (Sulu language). The te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
