″°Suarez is one of the 44 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 in Iligan City

Iligan City

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. It is located in a hilly part west of the city. It is bounded in the west by Nunocan River and in the east by Barangay Upper Tominobo. Suarez also have a Catholic church and other churches. The barangay

Barangay

A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...

 also has its own Catholic church, drugstores, barber shops, grocery stores, Internet cafes, bakeshops and other household businesses. Abaga Falls

Abaga Falls

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is located in Suarez. The people celebrate its barangay fiesta every April 5 and their patron saint is St. Vincent Ferrer.

Population

In 2000, Suarez was the second most populated barangay of the city with a population of 16,044 http://www.census.gov.ph/data/pressrelease/2002/pr02148tx.html.

Pre-American residents

As inferred from a Supreme Court document http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1914/dec1914/gr_l-9408_1914.html, residents of the area before the American colonization included Datu Darondon, Moro couple Alanga and Datu Bunglay, Datu Durroc, brother of Alanga and sultan of Dumarao, Datu Anandog, uncle of Datu Durroc, and Dalano.

Early settlers

• Francisco Baclaan
• Señor Vidal
• Doña Demetria Cacho
• Julian Jalandoni
• Berting Mancao
• Lucio Jalandoni

Education

• South II Central School
• Suarez National High School
• The Holy Family School of Iligan
• St. Matthew Montessori School
• St. Catherine Academy
• Suarez Foundation School
• Quitoras Foundation College

Industries

• Global Steel Philippines Incorporated (formerly National Steel Corporation).
• Iligan Rod and Bar Mill Corporation

Camp Pintoy

Suarez was the location of Camp Overton http://www.iligan.gov.ph/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=594 military reservation, one of the US military bases installed in the Philippines during the occupation in the country.