Agusan (province)

Province of Agusan
Province of Agusan
Former province of the Philippines
1907-1967
	; Location of the Province of Agusan in 1915-1967.
Capital	Butuan
History
History
• Established	August 20 1907
• Disestablished	November 14 1967
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Surigao
	Misamis
Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Sur
1914:; Bukidnon[2]
Today part of	Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, and Bukidnon

Agusan was a former province of the Philippines. It was created on August 20, 1907, by Provincial Government Act No. 1693, and dissolved on November 14, 1967, by Republic Act No. 4979.^[1] Its territory was divided into Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur.

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^ "Republic Act No. 4979 - AN ACT CREATING THE PROVINCES OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE AND AGUSAN DEL SUR". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 17 June 1967. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ September 1, 1914: Department of Mindanao and Sulu provided with autonomous government through Act No. 2408 enacted on July 23, 1914. Bukidnon sub-province and the former Moro Province districts of Cotabato, Davao, Lanao, Sulu and Zamboanga converted to provinces.
^ "Republic Act No. 4979 | GOVPH".

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[OfficialGazette-RA4979-1] "Republic Act No. 4979 - AN ACT CREATING THE PROVINCES OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE AND AGUSAN DEL SUR". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 17 June 1967. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

[2] September 1, 1914: Department of Mindanao and Sulu provided with autonomous government through Act No. 2408 enacted on July 23, 1914. Bukidnon sub-province and the former Moro Province districts of Cotabato, Davao, Lanao, Sulu and Zamboanga converted to provinces.

[3] "Republic Act No. 4979 | GOVPH".

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v t Former Philippine provinces, sub-provinces, and cities
Provinces	Agusan Ambos Camarines Cotabato Davao Ilocos Kalinga-Apayao Lanao Lepanto-Bontoc Manila Mindoro Misamis Moro Province Morong Negros Negros del Norte Samar Shariff Kabunsuan Surigao Zamboanga
Sub-provinces^*	Abra (1905–1917)¹ Amburayan (1902–1920)² Apayao (1907–1995)¹ Aurora (1951–1979)¹ Batanes (1907–1909)¹ Benguet (1908–1966)¹ Biliran (1959–1992)¹ Bontoc (1902–1966)³ Bukidnon (1907–1914)¹ Butuan (1907–1914)⁴ Camiguin (1956–1966)¹ Catanduanes (1905–1945)¹ Guimaras (1966–1992)¹ Ifugao (1908–1966)¹ Kalinga (1907–1995)¹ Lepanto (1902–1920)² Marinduque (1907–1920)¹ Masbate (1906–1920)¹ Quirino (1966–1971)¹ Romblon (1907–1917)¹ Siquijor (1907–1971)¹
Cities	Basilan⁵ Jaro Greater Manila Legazpi⁶ Nueva Cáceres Nueva Segovia
^* All sub-provinces were temporarily abolished during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942–1945). ¹ Converted to full-fledged province. ² Dissolved and divided between neighboring (sub-)provinces. ³ Became the only sub-province left comprising Mountain Province in 1966, and therefore assumed the name of the mother province. ⁴ Became the only sub-province left comprising Agusan in 1914, and therefore assumed the name of the mother province. ⁵ Delimited to the downtown area of present-day Isabela City in 1973; dissolved in 1975. ⁶ Legazpi City from 1948 to 1954 consisted of the present-day territories of Legazpi City and Daraga; this city was dissolved in 1954 into its two former constituent municipalities. Legazpi became a city on its own in 1959.

Agusan (province)

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