Magallanes, Agusan del Norte
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Magallanes is a 4th class municipality in the province of Agusan del Norte, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 19,895 people in 3,640 household
Household
The household is "the basic residential unit in which economic production, consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out"; [the household] "may or may not be synonymous with family"....
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Magallanes is a Spanish name of the Portuguese maritime explorer 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" ....
. The town has two plywood
Plywood
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manufacturing firms: EMCO (Brgy. Sto. Rosario) and PSPI (Brgy. Marcos), and one safety matches manufacturing firm: JAKA Equities Corp (Brgy. Marcos). The three manufacturing plants are all on the main street and operating near the Baug River and 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...
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Topography
SwampSwamp
A swamp is a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a large number of hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation. The two main types of swamp are "true" or swamp...
s characterize much of the landscape of this place that is situated at the mouth of the two major rivers in the province, the Agusan and Baug Rivers. The elevation of most of lands is two (2) feet below sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
. This gradually rises towards the northwest where the 99 meter above sea level barangay Taod-oy and the 162 meter Mount Panaytayon.
Around 2,834.89 hectares of Magallanes lands have slope of 0 to 03 percent, 399.28 hectares have 8 to 18 percent, 1,497.30 18 to 30 percent and 250.53 hectares 30 to 50 percent.
Barangays
Magallanes is politically subdivided into 8 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s. Of these, 6 are mainland 2 are across the river barangays. There are 7 coastal barangays located near the Baug River in the South, 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 the West and in the North running Eastward lies Butuan Bay, of which 1 is a mountain barangay.
- Buhang
- Caloc-an
- Guiasan
- Marcos
- Poblacion
- Santo Niño
- Santo Rosario
- Taod-oy
Surface Drainage
Lying two feet below sea level, Magallanes is natural depository of water from both the rivers and the sea. The delta where the town center lies has to be kept protected by dikes.Land Forms
Flat and rolling, surrounded by mountains: - Mt. Taod-oy (99 m) - Mt. Panaytayon (162 m)Oldest Tree in the Philippines
The Departnment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) awarded Magallanes, Agusan Del Norte as the place that host the Oldest Tree (500 years old) in the Philippines called Bitaug.Existing Land Use
Using 1990 records, the national land use authorities have delineated a total of 4,991 has. as Magallanes land area. Of this size 4,109 has. classified as alienable and disposable. The other 882 has. are forestlands.2,000 Hectares of Prawn/Shrimp Farm
With the existing 2,000 hectares, more or less, of prawn/shrimp farm, Magallanes used to be the Philippines' top exporter of first class prawn/shrimp to Japan, until the entire farm was hit by a white spot disease in 2001 leading to the collapse of the industry.General Land Use
In actual use, however, the place is devoting 149.95 has. or 3percent for built-up, 92.26 has. of that for social facilities and the other 59.69 has. for roads. Around 3,210.72 has. or 64.33 percent of its lands are utilized for africulture, the other 1,630.33 hectares or 33.20 percent, for forest use. Four hectares are also being utilized for tourism in special use. Within the agricultural area, 1,727.63 hectares are under CARP coverage.Climate and Soil
Magallanes is generally is outside the "typhoon belt". Its climate is, by Philippine classification, Type II. There is no definite dry season in the area. Maximum rain is from November to January. Lying within the eastern coast, the place is within the pathway northeast monsoons, trade winds and storms.Hydrosol, San Miguel Loam, San Miguel Clay Loam, Malalag Silt Loam and Butuan Loam are its soil types.
Upper Miocene, Cretaceous-Paleogene and recent sedimentary materials are the rock elements that make up Magallanes lands.
Air
Bancasi Airport of Butuan and Lumbia AirportLumbia Airport
- See also :* Misamis Oriental* Laguindingan International Airport, the first International airport in Northern Mindanao region.* List of airports in the Philippines* Northern Mindanao, designated as Region X in the Philippines....
of Cagayan de Oro.
PAL
PAL
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and Cebu Pacific
Cebu Pacific
Cebu Air, Inc., operating as Cebu Pacific Air, is based on the grounds of Ninoy Aquino International Airport , Pasay City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It offers scheduled flights to both domestic and international destinations...
have daily flights from Manila to Butuan and v.v. Cebu
Cebu
Cebu is a province in the Philippines, consisting of Cebu Island and 167 surrounding islands. It is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands...
-Butuan-Cebu flights via Cebu Pacific
Cebu Pacific
Cebu Air, Inc., operating as Cebu Pacific Air, is based on the grounds of Ninoy Aquino International Airport , Pasay City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It offers scheduled flights to both domestic and international destinations...
scheduled Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, and PAL
PAL
PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
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Sea
Nasipit Port of Nasipit, Surigao Port of Surigao, and Macabalan Port of Cagayan de Oro.There are several major shipping lines serving the Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
and Cebu
Cebu
Cebu is a province in the Philippines, consisting of Cebu Island and 167 surrounding islands. It is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands...
routes namely: Superferry
SuperFerry
SuperFerry, founded as Aboitiz SuperFerry, is a shipping company based in Manila, Philippines. It is the country’s largest shipping company,with its main hub located in Pier 15 in Manila South Harbor...
, Cebu Ferries
Cebu Ferries
Cebu Ferries is a shipping company based in Cebu City, Philippines. It is the Aboitiz's alternate shipping company. Its main hub is Pier 4 in Cebu....
, Carlos A. Gothong shipping lines, and Sulpicio lines.
A 45 minutes boat ride from Butuan to Magallanes navigating the Agusan River.
Land
Bachelor Express and PhilTranCo is the dominant public land transport from ManilaManila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...
and Tacloban passing Surigao, Cabadbaran and Butuan to Cagayan de Oro and Davao
Davao
Davao refers to several closely related places in Mindanao in the Philippines. The term is used most often to refer to the city.*Davao Region, an administrative region*Davao del Norte province*Davao del Sur province*Davao Oriental province...
. The public mode of transportation within the municipality is by motorcabs and pedicabs. Passenger vans commonly known as V-Hire are also available for Butuan routes.
Lisagan Festival
Magallanes celebrates its annual fiesta every third Saturday of October in honor of patroness Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Our Lady of the Rosary, which includes thanksgiving mass, parades and more.The 'Lisagan Festival' held on Sunday after the fiesta includes street dancing similar to Sinulog Festival
Sinulog 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....
and fluvial procession at 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...
and Baug River.
The town parish doesn't allow major public gathering like disco, live bands and other similar events the night before the fiesta.VIVA
Magellan Shrine
Located at Poblacion near the Municipal Hall, the shrine was the site of the 'first' Catholic mass 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...
on April 8, 1521. It was believed that the Magellan's Cross
Magellan's Cross
Magellan's Cross is a Christian cross planted by Portuguese, and Spanish explorers as ordered by Ferdinand Magellan upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines on April 14 or 21, 1521....
in Cebu
Cebu
Cebu is a province in the Philippines, consisting of Cebu Island and 167 surrounding islands. It is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands...
was also erected here by the explorer 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" ....
and his men before they sail North. Evidence showed church ruins near 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...
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Telecommunications
Cell Sites available: Smart CommunicationsSmart Communications
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and Globe Telecoms/Touch Mobile
Landlines: BayanTel
Internet Service Providers: BayanTel DSL and Smart Broadband