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Philippines: Surigao del Sur Provincial Profile
Surigao del Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the CARAGA region in Mindanao. Its capital is Tandag City and borders Surigao del Norte to the
north, Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur to the west, and Davao Oriental to the south. Surigao del Sur is located at the eastern coast of Mindanao and
faces the Philippine Sea. Surigao formerly, was extended from what is known as Agusan, including the islands east of it and the northern regions of Davao
and the capital of the province that time was Caraga and so the Spaniards called the people Caragas.
The Province of Surigao del Sur was created as the 56th Philippine province on June 19, 1960 by virtue 2 17 309
of RA 2786 and was formally organized or separated from its mother province, Surigao del Norte, on
September 18, 1960. (Source: http://www.wowsurigao.com/about-surigao/surigao-del-sur) CITIES MUNICIPALITIES BARANGAYS
SURIGAO POPULATION
Lake DEL NORTE Source: PSA 2015 & 2010 Census / DSWD
Mainit General Is.
CARRASCAL
Lanuza Bay
CANTILAN 26.5% 73.5%
MADRID
Butuan
Bay CARMEN CORTES
LANUZA 129,457
AGUSAN 592,250
DEL CITY OF households Urban / Rural
NORTE TANDAG
TAGO BAYABAS 48.4% 51.6 %
SAN MIGUEL
CAGWAIT female male
Philippine Sea
MARIHATAG (286.8K) 8% (305.3K)
26.2K > 60 years 22.7K
SAN
AGUSTIN
LIANGA 49%
138.5K 19-59 years 151.1K
Lianga Bay
13%
BAROBO 36.2K 13-18 years 39.4K
TAGBINA
23%
AGUSAN HINATUAN 66.1K 3-12 years 70.8K
DEL SUR Hinatuan Bay
7%
Bislig Bay
19.7K < 2 years 21.1K
CITY OF
BISLIG
BUKIDNON Vulnerable groups (based on DSWD-NHTS database)
Conditional Cash Transfer
LINGIG Programming Beneficiaries
Legend COMPOSTELA 46,600 Female 13 332 2,356 4,993 6,805
DAVAO
Airport VALLEY ORIENTAL Cateel households Male 81 2,220 3,134 2,315 6,027
Province capital Bay child-headed single-headed poor individuals solo parent poor individuals
Poverty incidence (%) </= 10 11 - 30 31 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 84 households households w/ disability =>18 years old =>65 years old
WATER, SANITATION AND HYGEINE Source: PSA 2015/2010 Census SHELTER Source: PSA 2015 Census
Water Roof/Wall material
supply
127,802 Roof
Housing units
Faucet Strong Light Salvaged
community Tubed; Dug Natural
system piped well Bottled sources Others
39.1% 19.4% 1.5% 23.2% 13.6% 3.1% Strong 25.9% 2.0% 0.0%
Toilets (based on census 2010)
Wall
Light 32.7% 39.0% 0.1%
74.2% 10.9% 11.1% 3.9%

Water-sealed None Closed pit Open pit Salvaged 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%

EDUCATION Source: DepEd 2016 NUTRITION Source: FNRI 2013/2015 HEALTH Source: DOH (Personnel 2016/Facilities 2017)
Malnutrition (0-60 months old) Personnel
437
Primary schools
53,922 49,389
Male primary Female primary 33.3% 23.8% 9.4% 222 285 137 28
school students school students
Stunting Underweight Wasting Midwives Nurses Doctors Dentists
Facilities
111 Food
Secondary schools
insecurity
19,489 19,704 (households) 13.4% 47.2% 17.5%
Male secondary Female secondary 250 21 8
school students school students Mild Moderate Severe
Barangay health Rural health Hospitals
stations units (government/private)
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: February 2018
Sources: PSA, DOH, NAMRIA, FNRI, DepEd, DSWD Feedback: addawe@un.org, aportol@un.org, mendoza1@un.org www.unocha.org/philippines www.reliefweb.int philippines.humanitarianresponse.info