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Butuan City

Administration
Full nameCity of Butuan
Official nameCity of Butuan
Native nameDakbayan hong Butuan
Other nameLungsod ng Butuan
CountryPhilippines
RegionRegion XIII (Capital City of CARAGA)
ProvinceAgusan del Norte (Seat of Government)
DistrictsFirst District of Agusan del Norte
Barangays86
Official LanguagesCebuano Widely Spoken, Butuanon, Filipino, English
Incorporated (town)1902
Incorporated (city)August 02, 1950
Government
MayorFerdinand M. Amante Jr.(LP) (2010-Present)
Vice MayorLawrence Lemuel H. Fortun(LP) (2010-Present)
CongressJose Aquino II (LKS KMPI) (2007-Present)
Geography
Total Area315.5 sq mi (817.28 km2)
Demography
Total Population307942 (Year 2009)
Density (pop.) /km2 (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zonePST (UTC+8)
ZIP code8600
Area code85
Income class1st Class Highly Urbanized City

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The City of Butuan ( ; Butuanon: Dakbayan hong Butuan) is the regional center of the Caraga Region in the Philippines. It is located at the northeastern part of 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. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 298,378 people.

The name "Butuan" is believed to have originated from the sour fruit "Batuan". Other etymology sources say that it comes from a certain "Datu Buntuan", a chieftain who once ruled over Butuan.

Butuan City is the regional center of Caraga Region. The regional offices of the different government agencies is located here almost all of it. It was the capital of Agusan del Norte until 2000 when Republic Act 8811 mandated the transfer of the capital to Cabadbaran City; however Butuan City still serves as the province's seat of government as many of the provincial government offices are located, including the provincial capitol.

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Philippine Government Conducts 3-day Eco-Friendly Seminar - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin---BUTUAN CITY- , Philippines - In their effort to sustain the government's reforestation and “greening” program and global warming and ... - Date : Sat, 02 Oct 2010 04:35:54 GMT+00:00
Rotating Power Brownouts to Hit Mindanao Again - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin---BUTUAN CITY-, Philippines - After enough power supply for the past five months in Mindanao, millions of southern island consumers will ... - Date : Sat, 02 Oct 2010 04:51:14 GMT+00:00
AFP Troops foil NPA Attack in Surigao del Sur - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin---BUTUAN CITY-, Philippines - Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit Active Auxiliary (CAA)-backed Philippine Army (PA) troops foiled a ... - Date : Sat, 02 Oct 2010 04:53:44 GMT+00:00
DENR widens reforestation of Mt. Mayapay - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency---Butuan City- (1 October) -- The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) based in Nasipit Agusan del Norte headed by ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:28:15 GMT+00:00
PBMLP Pushes More Investments, Support to P-Noy's Development Agenda - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin---BUTUAN CITY-, Philippines - The business agenda of the new leadership of the Provincial Board Members League of the Philippines to all ... - Date : Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:08:24 GMT+00:00
Mindanao local chief executives encouraged to join LG Code anniversary celebration - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency---Butuan City- (1 October) -- With the theme "Strengthening Local Autonomy Through Transparent Accountable Governance and Peacebuilding," the Department of the ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:52:28 GMT+00:00
1500 potential households of Butuan City to benefit from 4Ps - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency--by Stella Maris V. Barcelon -Butuan City- (30 September) -- Some 1500 potential households of -Butuan City- will become beneficiaries of the government's ... - Date : Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:18:55 GMT+00:00
Growers Push for Massive Fruit Production in Caraga Region - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin---BUTUAN CITY- - Fruit growers in Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga region) pushed Thursday for a massive planting of fruits as they targeted ... - Date : Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:02:07 GMT+00:00
GSIS: Moratorium on housing, ConsoLoan ends this month - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency---Butuan City- (30 September) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is informing all members who availed of the moratorium on their Housing and ... - Date : Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:18:54 GMT+00:00
Butuan hosts 1st Caraga Reg'l Fruit Forum - Philippine Information Agency Tweet this news
Philippine Information Agency---Butuan City- (29 September) -- More than two hundred participants coming from the provinces all over Caraga region attended the one-day1st ... - Date : Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:07:49 GMT+00:00

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Component local government units of Agusan del Norte

Municipalities: Buenavista * Carmen * Jabonga * Kitcharao * Las Nieves * Magallanes * Nasipit * Remedios T. Romualdez * Santiago * Tubay
Component city: Cabadbaran City
---- Highly urbanized city: Butuan City
(Administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Agusan del Norte by the [http://www.census.gov.ph National Statistics Office])



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