Butuan City
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The City of Butuan is the regional center of Caraga
Caraga
Caraga is an administrative region of the Philippines, on the northeastern portion of the island of Mindanao. It is the newest region in the Philippines and is also called Region XIII. The Caraga Region was created through Republic Act No. 7901 on February 25, 1995...
, serving as an administrative region of the Philippines
Philippines
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; it is a highly urbanized city. It is located at the northeastern part of Agusan Valley, Mindanao
Mindanao
Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country, which consists of the island of Mindanao and smaller surrounding islands. The other two are Luzon and the Visayas. The island of Mindanao is called The...
, sprawling across the Agusan River
Agusan River
Agusan River is a river located in the eastern part of Mindanao island in the Philippines, draining majority of the Caraga Region and some parts of Compostela Valley province. It is the third largest river basin of the Philippines with a total drainage area of 10,921 km² and an estimated...
. It is bounded to the north, west and south by Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Caraga, a region in Mindanao. Its capital is Cabadbaran City and it borders Surigao del Norte to the north, Surigao del Sur to the east, Agusan del Sur to the south, and Misamis Oriental to the west...
, to the east by Agusan del Sur
Agusan del Sur
Agusan del Sur is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. Its capital is Prosperidad and borders, from the north clockwise, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Bukidnon, and Misamis...
and to the northwest by Butuan Bay
Butuan Bay
Butuan Bay is a bay in the northeast section of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is part of the Bohol Sea. The Agusan River empties into the bay. Butuan City lies at the base of the 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
Garcinia morella
Garcinia morella is a species of tree in the Clusiaceae family. In Tamil it is called ireevalsinni and in the Philippines it is known as batuan....
. Other etymology sources say that it comes from a certain "Datu Buntuan", a chieftain who once ruled over Butuan.
Butuan was the capital of Agusan del Norte until 2000 when Republic Act 8811 transferred the capital to Cabadbaran City. However many of the provincial government offices are still located there, including the provincial capitol, as are many the Caraga regional offices of the national government agencies.
History
By the 10th century, Butuan had established trading relations with the Kingdom of ChampaChampa
The kingdom of Champa was an Indianized kingdom that controlled what is now southern and central Vietnam from approximately the 7th century through to 1832.The Cham people are remnants...
, in what is now southern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, and Srivijaya empire of Sumatra
Sumatra
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
.
By the 11th century, Butuan was a center of trade and commerce in the Philippines and was the location of the prehispanic Indianized Kingdom of Butuan
Kingdom of Butuan
The Kingdom of Butuan was an ancient Indianized kingdom in pre-colonial southern Philippines centered on the present Mindanao island city of Butuan. It was known for its mining of gold, its gold products and its extensive trade network across the Nusantara area...
. Archaeological finds from that era include the nine balanghai called "the Butuan boats," and the finds in Ambangan, Libertad near the old El Rio de Butuan and Masao River.
Controversy has been generated with regard to the holding of the first mass
First mass in the Philippines
The first mass in the Philippines was on Easter Sunday March 31, 1521 in an island named Mazaua by eyewitnesses Antonio Pigafetta, Ginés de Mafra, Francisco Albo, the Genoese pilot, and Martín de Ayamonte, at a location today universally—and mistakenly—believed to be Limasawa, a town...
—whether it was held in Limasawa, Leyte
Leyte
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in Masao, Butuan City, in the hidden isle made up of barangay
Barangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s Pinamanculan and Bancasi inside Butuan, in the latest discovered site in between agusan sur and surigao sur, the little barangay of Barobo, or elsewhere. It is sure, however, that Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer. He was born in Sabrosa, in northern Portugal, and served King Charles I of Spain in search of a westward route to the "Spice Islands" ....
did not drop anchor by the mouth of Agusan River
Agusan River
Agusan River is a river located in the eastern part of Mindanao island in the Philippines, draining majority of the Caraga Region and some parts of Compostela Valley province. It is the third largest river basin of the Philippines with a total drainage area of 10,921 km² and an estimated...
in 1521 and hold mass to commemorate the event which was held at Mazaua, an island separate from 1521 Butuan which was in the geographical conception of Europeans who wrote about it was a larger entity than what it is now. Antonio Pigafetta who wrote an eyewitness account of Magellan's voyage described in text and in map a Butuan that stretched from today's Surigao up to the top edge of Zamboanga del Norte.
The first municipal election in Butuan took place on March 1902 in accordance with Public Law No. 82 which coincided with the American occupation of the place.
During the Japan
Japan
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ese occupation of the Philippines in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Butuan was razed to the ground when the guerrilla forces attacked the enemy garrison during the middle of 1943. In 1945, the Philippine Commonwealth
Commonwealth of the Philippines
The Commonwealth of the Philippines was a designation of the Philippines from 1935 to 1946 when the country was a commonwealth of the United States. The Commonwealth was created by the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1934. When Manuel L...
troops in Butuan together with the recognized guerrillas attacked the Japanese forces during the Battle of Agusan. On October 20, 1948, still recovering from the war, the entire municipality was ruined by a fire.
The boom of the logging industry from the 1950s to the middle of 1970s made Butuan the "Timber City of the South" and led to an influx of business and fortune seekers from other provinces. The flourishing logging industry inspired and prompted Congressman Marcos M. Calo to file a bill converting Butuan into a city and on August 2, 1950, Butuan became a city.
Butuan was reclassified from a chartered city to a "highly urbanized city" on February 7, 1995.
Topography
Butuan City has a land area of 816.62 km2, which is roughly 4.1% of the total area of the CaragaCaraga
Caraga is an administrative region of the Philippines, on the northeastern portion of the island of Mindanao. It is the newest region in the Philippines and is also called Region XIII. The Caraga Region was created through Republic Act No. 7901 on February 25, 1995...
region. With an estimated total population of 300,000, it has an average density of 367 persons per km2, higher than the regional average density of 101 persons per km2.
The existing land use of the city consists of the following uses: agriculture areas (397.23 km2), forestland (268 km2), grass/shrub/pasture land (61.14 km2) and other uses (90.242 km2). Of the total forestland, 105 km2 is production forest areas while 167.5 km2 is protection forest areas.
The forestland, as mentioned earlier, comprised both the production and protection forest. The classified forest is further specified as production forest and protection forest. In the production forest industrial tree species are mostly grown in the area. The production forest on the other hand, is preserved to support and sustain necessary ecological performance. One is the watershed areas will dry up and during heavy rain, rapid water run-off will occur creating flash floods. And in sunny days, rapid evaporation happens, leaving the area arid.
The city is endowed with swamplands near its coastal area. These swamp areas are interconnected with the waterways joined by the Agusan River. Most of the swamplands are actually mangroves that served as habitat to different marine species.
Filling material needs of the city are extracted usually from the riverbank of Taguibo River. Others are sourced out from promontories with special features and for special purpose.
The fishing ground of Butuan is the Butuan Bay of which two coastal barangays are located. It extends some two kilometers to the sea and joins the Bohol Sea. These are barangays Lumbocan and Masao.
Barangays
Butuan City is politically subdivided into 86 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s (abbreviated as "Brgy." or "Bgy."). Of these, 27 are classified as urban and the remaining 59 are classified as rural.
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Education
Butuan City is the center of education in the Caraga region. There are now two universities in the city. The first home grown university of the region is the Father Saturnino Urios University. The second is the Caraga State University (CSU), which was formerly known as the Northern Mindanao Institute of Science and Technology (NORMISIST). There is also the Timber City Academy, the oldest Chinese school in the region. Other than the privately run academic institutions that address the collegiate-level needs of the locals, most basic-level schools are publicly run, notably the Butuan City SPED Center, the Butuan Central Elementary School, and the Agusan National High School (ANHS) which are adjacent to each other and found at the old center of the city. Teachers from these two schools have significant exposure to complimentary seminars and workshops with partnership programs such as the Philippine-Australia Project on Basic Education (PROBE), enabling these schools and others to maintain high rating National Achievement Test results. There are also religious schools in the city, like the Liberty Foundational Christian Academy (LFCA), that are aimed at producing "God-loving, smart and trust-worthy students."Festivals
The Kahimunan Festival is celebrated every third Sunday of January in celebration of the city patron Sr. Sto. Niño. This celebration is the version of the Sinulog festivalSinulog festival
The Sinulog is an annual festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City, Philippines. The festival commemorates the Cebuano people's pagan origin, and their acceptance of Roman Catholicism....
of Cebu City
Cebu City
The City of Cebu is the capital city of Cebu and is the second largest city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan centre in the Philippines and known as the oldest settlement established by the Spaniards in the country.The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was...
. Kahimunan is a Lumad
Lumad
The Lumad is a term being used to denote a group of indigenous peoples of the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous"...
term which means "gathering".
Cultural festival/tourism consciousness week is a long celebration that lasts from the last week of July up to August 2 in celebration of the Charter Day of Butuan.
Abayan Festival is part cultural festival in celebration of St. Anne patroness of Agusan River celebrated every last Sunday of July.
Adlaw Hong Butuan is the charter day celebration of Butuan, which includes a thanksgiving mass, motorcade, palagsing festival, street party recognitions of outstanding Butuanons and city government employees night.
Butuan celebrates its annual fiesta for the celebration of city patron St. Joseph every May 19 of the year. Many events will be seen such as summer league basketball championship game, thanksgiving mass, and more.
Food delicacies
“Palagsing” is a local delicacy popularly made in Banza, one of the old poblacionPoblacion
A Poblacion or Población, literally "town" or "Population" in Spanish, is the name commonly used for the central barangay or barangays of a Philippine city or municipality. Common features of the poblacion include a town plaza, church, market, school and town hall. It is sometimes shortened to...
of Butuan City. The popularity of making “Palagsing” in Banza is attributed to the abundance of Lumbiya (Metroxylon sagu Rottb.) where “Unaw”(lumbiya starch) is harvested from the Palm Tree. Another popular ingredient is young coconut meat taken from coconut trees. The mixture of “unaw”, young coconut, and brown sugar make “palagsing” moist and chewy. They are delicately wrapped by banana leaves and are boiled for 30 minutes to create the soft consistency of “palagsing.”
Butuan shopping malls & department stores
Shops in Butuan include:- Gaisano Mall, Butuan City
- Asia Link Central Mall JC Aquino Ave. Butuan City
- Unicity, North Montilla Blvd. Butuan City
- Villahermosa Chain of Stores, Butuan City
- Mancao Square Butuan City San Jose St., Butuan City
- Ronwood Commercial Complex, J.Rosales Ave., Butuan City
- Amadeo Lim Commercial Complex, Imadejas, Butuan City
- Robinson's Place ( Soon to Open ), Bayanihan, Butuan City
- SM City, Butuan, (Proposed),Baan Km3, Butuan City
- Palmera Promenade (Under construction)JC Aquino Ave., Butuan City
AM
- Bombo Radyo Butuan 981 kHzDXBR-AMDXBR-AM is an AM radio station of the Consolidated Broadcasting System, Inc. in co-operation with Bombo Radyo Philippines in Butuan City. The station's studio and transmitter are located at Bombo Radyo Broadcast Center, Km. 3, Libertad,Butuan City, Philippines...
- RMN Radyo Agong 693 kHz
- Radyo ng Bayan 792 kHz
- Radyo Asenso 756 kHz
Defunct AM stations
- Angel Radio 873 kHz
- Radio Ukay 945 kHz
- Radyo Kaalyado 1125 kHz
FM stations
- Radyo Trumpeta FM 103.9 mHz
- Killer Bee FM 102.3 mHz
- Real Radio 88.7 mH
- Love Radio 95.1 mHz
- Magik FM 97.5 mHz
- Wild FM 98.5 mHz
- I-FM 100.7 kHz
Defunct FM stations
- Star FM 91.7 mHz
- Campus Radio 99.7 mHz
- MRS 96.7 mHz
- AIT Radio 93.5 mHz
- Beat FM 107.3 mHz
- Lite FM 106.5 kHz
- Campus Radio 99.7 mHz
- HCCB FM 94.3 mHz
TV
- TV 11 ABS-CBN DXAJ (Kapamilya Network)
- TV 7 GMA DXNS (Kapuso Network)
- TV 9 HCCB NBN DXBN
- TV 22 Studio 23
- TV 39 UNTV
- TV 5 Kapatid Network (soon)
- TV 13 PECBC
List of schools, universities and colleges
- Butuan Doctors College
- Father Saturnino Urios University
- Caraga State UniversityCaraga State UniversityCaraga State University is a state-controlled university in Agusan del Norte, Philippines. Its main campus is in Ampayon, Butuan City with an auxiliary campus in Cabadbaran City.On July 27, 2009, the Congress of the Philippines passed into law Republic Act No...
- Rainbow of Angels Learning Center, Inc.
- Saint Joseph Institute of Technology
- Holy Child Colleges
- Colegio de Holy Trinity,Inc (new)
- AMA Computer Learning Center College
- STI College
- Agusan Colleges
- Asian College Foundation
- Butuan City Colleges
- Corjesu College
- Philippine Electronics and Communications Institute of Technology
- Sunrise Christian College
- Agusan Institute of Technology
- Balite Institute of Technology Butuan
- EROM-Northern Mindanao School of Midwifery (formerly Northern Mindanao School of Midwifery)
- St. Peter College Seminary
- Agusan National High School
- Father Urios High school of Ampayon
- Libertad National High School ( Libertad Butuan City )
- Butuan City School Of Arts And Trades
- Light and Light Bible College
Basic education
- Angelicum Montessori School, Inc.
- Libertad National High School (LNHS)
- Agusan National High School (ANHS)
- Enfant Cheri Study Centre, Inc.
- Light and Life Learning Center
- Good Shepherd Christian Academy
- Rainbow of Angels Learning Centre (ROALC)
- Timber City Academy (Formerly Butuan Chinese School)
- Butuan Grace Christian School
- Butuan Christian Community School (BCCS)
- Butuan Child Learning and Development School (BCLDS)
- Butuan Faith Christian School
- Butuan City Special Education (SPED) Center
- Butuan City School of Arts and Trades (BCSAT)
- Butuan United Christian School (BUCS)
- Butuan Central Elementary School (BCES)
- Pearl of the Orient School
- Butuan Child Learning and Development School (BCLDS)
- St. Therese of Lisieux Montessori School
- Saint Joseph Institute of Technology (SJIT)
- Gabriel Elementary School
- Libertad Central Elementary School
- Starland International School Inc.
- Northeastern Mindanao Academy (NEMA)
- Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU)
- Caraga State University (CSU)
Tourist Attractions
Agusan River
Agusan River is the widest, deepest and longest navigable river in MindanaoMindanao
Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country, which consists of the island of Mindanao and smaller surrounding islands. The other two are Luzon and the Visayas. The island of Mindanao is called The...
. A cruise along the river barangays reveals much about Butuan's history, culture, arts, and people, and as a tribute to the Patroness of the Agusan River Senora Sta. Ana, the Abayan Festival was born – a day-long celebration of baroto races and fluvial procession at the Agusan River.
Asian Century Museum
This is the newest museum in Butuan City. It is a proper museum, with a curator and actors. This museum states that this century, the 21st century, is the Asian century. The exhibit level shows the tools and weapons used in Asia before and after the time of Christ.Three Board rooms show history written.
Balangay
The Balangays (or Balanghai) are ancient boats found in Butuan. They were excavated in the Balangay Shrine, across the Masao River from Bood Promontory. They played a major role in Butuan as Butuan was an still is port city. Since its discovery, the Balangays are an icon of Butuan.Now, the Kaya ng Pinoy, Inc. recreated the Balangay boats and sailed it on their project, the Balangay Voyage. So far they have only sailed in Southeast Asia, though they are planning to sail around the world.
Balangay Shrine Museum
Five kilometers east of the city proper lays the graveyard of the Balangay 1 dated 320 A.D. or 1688 years old. The Balangay shrine museum is located at Balanghai, Libertad, Butuan City. This wooden plank-build and edge-pegged boats measured an average of 15 meters in length and 3 meters wide across the beam. To date, 9 Balangays have already been discovered in Ambangan, Libertad. Three have been excavated and others are still in Site.National Museum-Butuan branch or the regional museum
This museum is the repository of historical and cultural materials and artifacts that proves Butuan's prehistoric existence and rich cultural heritage. There are two exhibit galleries. The Archaeological Hall and Ethnological Hall specimens of stone crafts, metal crafts, woodcrafts, potteries, goldsmith, burial coffins, and other archaeological diggings are exhibited. At the Ethnological Hall are exhibits of contemporary cultural materials the Butuanon or every Filipino for matter used for a living.Mount Mayapay
Looming southwest of the Agusan Valley is this majestic mountain plateau. It rises to 2,214 feet (675 m) above sea level. Mount Mayapay got its name from the ancient Madjapahit Empire. The history behind the Sri-Vishaya period bears much meaning and influence of Butuan's pre-historic and archaeological discoveries.Delta Discovery Park
Delta Discovery Park is a newly opened zip-lineZip-line
A zip-line consists of a pulley suspended on a cable mounted on an incline...
in Butuan. Delta Discovery Park is located at Brgy. Bonbon, Butuan City. A Hidden Paradise in the heart of the city. This is also known as the longest zip-line in Mindanao and in Asia as well with a length of 1.3 kilometers.
a project of former gov. Democrito Plaza.
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External links
- Butuan.gov.ph
- A History of Butuan City at the Agusan–Surigao Historical Archive
- Butuan statistics at the Philippines National Statistical Coordination Board
See also
- Kingdom of ButuanKingdom of ButuanThe Kingdom of Butuan was an ancient Indianized kingdom in pre-colonial southern Philippines centered on the present Mindanao island city of Butuan. It was known for its mining of gold, its gold products and its extensive trade network across the Nusantara area...
- Agusan del NorteAgusan del NorteAgusan del Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Caraga, a region in Mindanao. Its capital is Cabadbaran City and it borders Surigao del Norte to the north, Surigao del Sur to the east, Agusan del Sur to the south, and Misamis Oriental to the west...
- Fr. Saturnino Urios UniversityFr. Saturnino Urios UniversityThe Father Saturnino Urios University is a Roman Catholic private university run by the Diocese of Butuan in Butuan City, Philippines....
- Caraga State UniversityCaraga State UniversityCaraga State University is a state-controlled university in Agusan del Norte, Philippines. Its main campus is in Ampayon, Butuan City with an auxiliary campus in Cabadbaran City.On July 27, 2009, the Congress of the Philippines passed into law Republic Act No...
- Butuan Today