Bayugan City
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| Coordinates: 8°51′19″N 125°46′32″E / 8.85528°N 125.77556°ECoordinates: 8°51′19″N 125°46′32″E / 8.85528°N 125.77556°E | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Region | Caraga (Region XIII) |
| Province | Agusan del Sur |
| District | Lone District of Agusan del Sur |
| Barangays | 18 |
| Time zone | PHT (UTC+8) |
The City of Bayugan is a city in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 93,623 people in 17,222 households.
Bayugan was formerly a sitio of Barangay Maygatasan, Esperanza. Several versions abound on how the sitio got its name. First, the place was located along the river which served as the pathway of the natives in going to Esperanza. "Bayugan" is a Manobo term for pathway, since then the natives called the place, Bayugan. Another version states that "bayug" trees grew abundantly in this place. It was also believed that the natives used to make this place their meeting spot and that the means of gathering the inhabitants was by knocking on a hollow piece of wood which they termed as the "bayug."
In 1942, Japanese troops entered Bayugan.
In 1945, the town of Baguyan in Southern Agusan was liberated by Filipino soldiers and guerrillas from the Japanese forces occupying the town.
In 1948, the Department of Public Works and Highways conducted a survey for a national highway that would connect Butuan with Davao City. Simultaneously, the Bureau of Lands surveyed the places that would be traversed by the proposed road. Possible town sites were identified and among them was Barangay Maygatasan. However, the National highway passed through the sitio of Bayugan instead of Barangay Maygatasan. Migrants started settling in the sitio of Bayugan, thus, prompting the transfer of the proposed town site.
In the early part of 1960, the inhabitants led by Mr. Jose Joson passed a resolution creating the sitio of Bayugan into a regular barrio. In April of that year, Barangay Bayugan was inaugurated with Joson as the Teniente del Barrio. Brought about by the construction of the National Highway which traversed the place, business activity sprouted rapidly in the area.
A year later, barangay officials led by the late Sergio Mullaneda worked out the creation of Bayugan into a regular municipality through the assistance of Governor Democrito O. Plaza, Governor of Agusan. By virtue of Executive Order No. 440 of the late President Carlos P. Garcia, the petition to create the municipality of Bayugan was granted on August 6, 1961. Mr. Mullaneda, the first appointed Municipal Mayor of Bayugan assumed into office on August 6, 1962 during the term of President Diosdado Macapagal.
Bayugan is a transportation highway nexus for the eastern part of Mindanao Island.
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[edit] Education
Bayugan National Comprehensive High School, or BNCHS, is a comprehensive high school with a population of around 5,300 students, and is located on a site that has an area of 2 hectares. The school is currently recognized for its research program in science related topics.
Agusan del Sur College, or ADSCO, a private non-sectarian, is the only educational institution in the town offering Preparatory, Elementary, High School and College degree courses.
[edit] Barangays
Bayugan is politically subdivided into 43 barangays.
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[edit] Cityhood
Recently Bayugan lost its cityhood, along with 15 other cities, after the Supreme Court of the Philippines granted a petition filed by the League of Cities of the Philippines, and declared the cityhood law (RA 9405) which allowed the town to acquire its city status, unconstitutional. The said cities, the court ruled, did not meet the requirements for cityhood. More than a year later, on December 22, 2009, acting on the appeal of the so-called "League of 16 Cities" (of which Bayugan is a part of), the Supreme Court reversed its earlier ruling as it ruled that "at the end of the day, the passage of the amendatory law (regarding the criteria for cityhood as set by Congress) is no different from the enactment of a law, i.e., the cityhood laws specifically exempting a particular political subdivision from the criteria earlier mentioned. Congress, in enacting the exempting law/s, effectively decreased the already codified indicators."[1] As such, the cityhood status of Bayugan is effectively restored.
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[edit] External links
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
- A History of Bayugan at the Agusan–Surigao Historical Archive
- Municipality of Bayugan Official Website
- Bayuganon Forum
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