17 Facts About Surigao City

Surigao City, officially known as the City of Surigao, is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines.

Surigao City serves as a jump off point to visitors of nearby Siargao, Dinagat and Bucas Grande islands.

The Spanish historian, worn from the long transpacific journey misheard the people when he asked where they were, and instead wrote in his diaries Surigao City, referring to the land at the north-easternmost tip of Mindanao Island.

Site around Surigao City was settled early on, even before the Spanish conquest.

Present day Surigao originated from a site in the city proper formerly known as Bilang-Bilang where it served as a port of call for inter-island vessels.

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Surigao City's diaries are currently stored in the Jesuit archives at Centro Borja, Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain.

Surigao City then was the cabecera and the seat of government of the province of Caraga which had jurisdiction over Surigao City, Butuan and Cagayan de Misamis .

Surigao City was then among the largest municipalities in land area with a jurisdiction of 949.

The town of Surigao City remained as a capital, this time for the province of Surigao City del Norte.

Surigao City is situated at the north-easternmost tip of Mindanao Island.

Surigao City is marked by rolling hills that gently buffers its eastern and western boundaries.

Surigao City is politically subdivided into 54 barangays, 33 in the mainland and 21 in the islands.

Surigao City is home to one of the country's oldest and most colorful tribes, the Mamanwa.

Surigao City underwent rapid economic growth that spanned nearly two decades beginning in the late 1960s.

Waste Management FacilityAveraging a 21-ton daily collected garbage, the local government of Surigao City built a sanitary landfill in Sitio Looc in 2009 under a ?150 million grant from the Swedish government and assistance from the Land Bank of the Philippines.

Surigao City port completed a ?414 million expansion and upgrade in 2009 to meet world standards and increased cargo demand from a revitalized mining industry in the province.

In 2002, Surigao City became the first urban center in the entire Caraga region to host a university after San Nicolas College changed its nomenclature in 2004 to Saint Paul University Surigao City[7], a part of Saint Paul University System.