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Butuan City, Caraga Region XIII, Philippines
Mindanao - Agusan del Norte
The province Agusan del Norte is located along it's northeastern part of island Mindanao.
Mindanao is the second largest island (after Luzon) in the Philippines, in the southern part of the archipelago, surrounded by the Bohol, Philippine, Celebes, and Sulu seas. Irregularly shaped, it has an area of 36,537 square miles (94,630 square km) and measures 293 miles (471 km) north to south and 324 miles (521 km) east to west. The island is marked by peninsulas and is heavily indented by the Davao and Moro gulfs in the south and by Iligan Bay in the north. The long, semicircular Zamboanga Peninsula (west) extends southwesterly towards the Sulu Archipelago and Borneo, and the Cotabato peninsulas extend south and north, respectively.
Butuan City
Located at the Northeastern part of Agusan Valley sprawling across the Agusan River is Butuan City known for it’s colorful history and culture. BUTUAN is believed to have originated from the sour fruit "Batuan". Others opined, it came from a certain "Datu Buntuan", a chieftain who once ruled Butuan. Scholars believed, it came from the word " But-an", which literally means a person who has a sound and discerning disposition. Whichever theories appear credible depends on the kind of people residing in Butuan, for whatever is said about them, Butuan continues to live on.
Butuan’s history, culture, arts and people date back to the 4th Century as showcased in museums and festivals, makes Butuan an exiting source of cultural artifacts in Mindanao.
As early as the 10th Century, according to the Chinese soong Shi (history), people from Butuan had already established trading relations with the Kingdom of Champa in what is now South Vietnam.
By the 11th Century, Butuan was the center of trade and commerce in the Philippines. The best evidence to prove this fact is the discovery of 9 balangays (The BUTUAN BOAT) and other archaeological finds in the vicinities of Butuan City , particularly in Ambangan, Libertad near the old EL RIO de BUTUAN and MASAO river.
Welcome to a City that has seen over 1,677 years of recorded history! The original site of the First Easter Mass in Philippine Soil. Here, the present nurtures the past and vice-versa. While the future waits promisingly in the wings.
Information in this page copied from this site: Gerard Piepenbrock's "Butuan City"
