Santiago (Agusan del Norte)
| Municipality of Santiago | |||
| Location of Santiago in the Agusan del Norte province | |||
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| Region : | Caraga | ||
| Province : | Agusan del Norte | ||
| Barangays : | 8th | ||
| District: | 2. District of Agusan del Norte | ||
| PSGC : | 160210000 | ||
| Income class : | 4. Income bracket | ||
| Households : | 2651 May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 24,200 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 84.4 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 286.65 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 9 ° 18 ′ N , 125 ° 39 ′ E | ||
| Postal code : | 8608 | ||
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Santiago is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Norte on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines .
Santiago is 45 km north of the provincial capital, Butuan City . The municipality is bordered by Tubay to the west and southwest , Cabadbaran to the south, Jabonga to the north and Surigao del Sur province to the east .
The site was developed by a group of Indigenous established consisting jabonga had fled. The place got the name Santiago when it became the barrio of the municipality Cabadbaran in 1898 .
In 1924, the place that was then on the Aciga River was destroyed by a flood, whereupon the residents settled in Barrio Jagupit. After another flood in 1936, the residents moved to Sitio Paypay. The place was previously inhabited by ethnic manobos and mamanwas . In the same year Paypay was renamed Santiago after the Spanish name of Saint James the Elder .
Santiago became an independent municipality in 1969.
To ensure the city's water supply, the Cabadbaran-Santiago Watershed Forest Reserve was set up on Mount Hilong hilong .
Barangays
Santiago is politically divided into eight barangays .
- Curva
- Jagupite
- La Paz
- Poblacion I
- San Isidro
- Tagbuyacan
- Estanislao Morgado
- Poblacion II
Web links
- www.santiagoadn.gov.ph ( Memento of March 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )