Placer, Surigao del Norte

Placer
Municipality
Municipality of Placer
Cagbantoy Beach

Map of Surigao del Norte with Placer highlighted
Placer
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 9°39′25″N 125°36′06″E / 9.65703°N 125.60161°E / 9.65703; 125.60161Coordinates: 9°39′25″N 125°36′06″E / 9.65703°N 125.60161°E / 9.65703; 125.60161
Country  Philippines
Region Caraga (Region XIII)
Province Surigao del Norte
District 2nd District
Founded 1850
Barangays 20 (see Barangays)
Government [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 • Mayor Michael Jose Patiño
 • Electorate 19,350 voters (2016)
Area [2]
 • Total 61.29 km2 (23.66 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)[3]
 • Total 27,094
 • Density 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code 8405
PSGC 166717000
IDD : area code  +63 (0)86
Climate type Tropical rainforest climate
Income class 4th municipal income class
Revenue (₱) 85,864,073.03 (2016)
Native languages Surigaonon
Agusan language
Cebuano
Tagalog
Website elgu.ncc.gov.ph/ecommunity/placer/

Placer, officially the Municipality of Placer, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 27,094 people.[3]

World War II

After the Japanese obtained the surrender of American and Filipino troops on Mindanao in May and June 1942, Placer, along with much of Mindanao, remained free of Japanese occupation. In late September 1943 Japanese troops landed and occupied Placer. Their goals seemed to be to fill drums with oil from a storage tank there for their use and to search for lumber. About 300 to 400 Japanese troops were in town. Some began moving south toward Claver. On October 10 guerrillas under American leadership attacked with 135 men from both the north and south to dislodge the Japanese from Placer. This attack failed, leaving the town in Japanese hands.[4]

Barangays

Placer is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. In 1956, the sitios of Sta. Cruz, Anislagan, Alangalang, Soyoc, and Pananay-an were converted into barrios, while barrio Macalaya was divided into Upper and Lower Macalaya.[5]

  • Amoslog
  • Anislagan
  • Bad-as [contains the intersection of the Pan-Philippine Highway (or National Highway) & the Surigao-Davao Coastal Road]
  • Boyongan
  • Bugas-bugas
  • Central (Población)
  • Ellaperal (Nonok)
  • Ipil (Poblacion)
  • Lakandula
  • Mabini
  • Macalaya
  • Magsaysay (Población)
  • Magupange
  • Pananay-an
  • Panhutongan
  • San Isidro
  • Sani-sani
  • Santa Cruz
  • Suyoc
  • Tagbongabong

Demographics

Population census of Placer
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 2,791—    
1918 12,116+10.28%
1939 14,443+0.84%
1948 9,330−4.74%
1960 10,849+1.26%
1970 11,673+0.73%
1975 12,931+2.07%
1980 14,470+2.27%
1990 18,478+2.48%
1995 20,712+2.16%
2000 21,542+0.85%
2007 22,743+0.75%
2010 24,600+2.90%
2015 27,094+1.86%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[3][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Municipality". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Province: Surigao del Norte". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Census of Population (2015). "Caraga". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Virginia Hansen Holmes, Guerrilla Daughter (Kent, Ohio: Kent State U. Press, 2009), pp. 108-9.
  5. ↑ "An Act Converting into Barrios Certain Sitios in the Province of Surigao, and Dividing the Barrio of Macalaya into Two Barrios, Municipality of Placer, in the Same Province". LawPH.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  6. ↑ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Caraga". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Caraga". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.