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Esperanza was the oldest town in northern Agusan del Sur. It was also the largest town in the province by land area until several municipalities were created out its territories in the late 20th century, namely: Las Nieves , San Luis , Sibagat , and Bayugan which later turned into a city and has far surpassed its mother town in terms of economy ...
The Wawa River (Tagalog: Ilog Wawa; Cebuano: Suba sa Wawa) is a river located in Caraga, in northeastern Mindanao, the southern Philippine island. Its headwaters traverse the municipalities of Sibagat, Bayugan, and Esperanza (all within the province of Agusan del Sur).
The history of Agusan del Sur is essentially linked with that of its sister province, Agusan del Norte. Agusans pre-Hispanic cultural history is traced back to the great influence of the Majapahit Empire through the discovery of an 8-inch (200 mm) tall image of a woman in pure gold at Maasam, Esperanza in 1917 and molten jars unearthed at Bah ...
Agusan del Sur: Esperanza: 59,353 1,355.48 43.79 47 Mun Agusan del Sur: La Paz: 30,969 1,481.12 20.91 15 Mun Agusan del Sur: Loreto: 43,880 1,462.74 30 17 Mun Agusan del Sur: Prosperidad: 88,321 505.15 174.84 32 Mun Agusan del Sur: Rosario: 49,610 385.05 128.84 11 Mun Agusan del Sur: San Francisco: 80,760 392.53 205.74 27 Mun Agusan del Sur ...
It was in the year 1600 long before Fr. Urios came to Agusan in 1880 when the Spaniards first came to the upper reaches of Agusan and discovered the Manobos.In convincing the Manobos to organize themselves and live in a settlement/community, the settlement was given the name of "Loreto" in remembrance of Fr. Urios town in Spain on March 30, 1965.
The Agusan image (commonly referred to in the Philippines as the Golden Tara in allusion to its supposed, but disputed, [1] identity as an image of a Buddhist Tara) is a 2 kg (4.4 lb), [2] 21-karat gold statuette, found in 1917 on the banks of the Wawa River near Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, Mindanao in the Philippines, [3] dating to the 9th–10th centuries.
Poverty incidence of San Luis 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 71.26 2003 83.06 2006 69.70 2009 61.99 2012 55.67 2015 49.55 2018 47.33 2021 47.97 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority References ^ Municipality of San Luis | (DILG) ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines ...
Poverty incidence of San Francisco 10 20 30 40 50 2000 49.41 2003 48.46 2006 41.90 2009 39.72 2012 30.79 2015 32.22 2018 25.69 2021 28.82 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority San Francisco highway during nighttime with Christmas decors at the street lights. San Francisco is the "Commercial Capital of Agusan del Sur", serving as the primary commercial and service center in the province of ...