Surigao City

About Surigao City

• Region : Caraga
• Province : Surigao del Norte(capital)
• Mayor : Alfonso Casurra
• Land Area : 245.34 sq. km
• Total Area : 690.37 sq. km (17 islands)
• Population : 118,534
• Population Growth Rate : 0.83%
• Households : 22,541
• Number of Barangays : 54
• Literacy Rate: 94.01% (1995)
• Climate : Dry – May – Sep.; Wet – Nov. – Jan.
• Average rainfall is 49.0 mm and average annual humidity is 84.6%.
• Tourist Arrivals : Local: 57,979; Foreign: 3,650 (1999)

Surigao City is the provincial capital of Surigao Del Norte and is located at the coast of the province, a mosaic of islands that lies at the rim of the Asian continental shelf. It is perched at the northeastern tip of Mindanao, a southern island in the Philippines, and faces that abysmal canyon known as the Philippine Deep. The historic Strait bound it on the North and East by the Pacific Ocean, on the South by the provinces of Agusan Del Norte and Surigao Del Sur and on the West. It is blessed with abundant mineral reserves, fisheries and aquatic resources, and tracts of fertile arable lands, which are the primary sources of its people’s livelihood. Its location in the coast offered enough opportunities to enjoy its wide array of beaches ranging from white, grayish-sandy to the gravel smooth peebled ones, as well as other places of interest. Its outlying islands fronting the Pacific further augment the fun and adventure (like surfing) one seeks to enjoy nature and escape the hustles and bustles of hectic urban life.

The port of Surigao City, with a total area of 26,352 sq. m and a berthing area 529 meters in length, has in recent years substantially gained in importance. Among the principal commodities shipped are copra, coconuts, logs, lumber, chromium and nickel ores as well as marine products and agricultural produce. In 1990, the new Surigao wharf was named Senator Felisberto M. Verano, Sr. Wharf in honor of the first senator from the province.

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