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San Miguel, Surigao del Sur

Municipality in Surigao del Sur, Philippines


Municipality in Surigao del Sur, Philippines

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San Miguel, officially the Municipality of San Miguel (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan San Miguel; ), is a municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,809 people.

With an area of 55800 ha, it is the largest among the municipalities and cities in the province. It is also one of the only two landlocked municipalities in the province along with Tagbina.

Antique gold discoveries

In 1981, Edilberto "Berto" Morales, a farmer employed as a bulldozer operator in an irrigation project accidentally unearthed a hoard of authentic gold artifacts and jewelries weighing up to 30 kg in Barangay Magroyong which includes masks, figurines, bowls, daggers, trinkets, belts, and all sorts of body ornaments. Through a support of several historical accounts, archaeologists and historians believed that the gold items were associated between 10th to 13th century used by pre-colonial Filipinos, years before Spaniards came to the country. Some of the golden artifacts, jewelries and ornaments, dubbed as the "Surigao Treasure", were then sold to and currently exhibited at the Ayala Museum in the city of Makati, Philippines and some pieces at the Central Bank of the Philippines. Morales' discoveries were then considered one of the first proofs that gold was an important link between the early people of pre-colonial Philippines and the neighboring Southeast Asian countries.

Geography

Barangays

San Miguel is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

  • Bagyang
  • Baras
  • Bitaugan
  • Bolhoon
  • Calatngan
  • Carromata
  • Castillo
  • Libas Gua
  • Libas Sud
  • Magroyong
  • Mahayag (Maitum)
  • Patong
  • Poblacion
  • Sagbayan
  • San Roque
  • Siagao
  • Tina
  • Umalag

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References

References

  1. {{DILG detail
  2. (July 28, 2015). "Global audience to see previously unknown Surigao gold hoard". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. (March 4, 2013). "The country's treasures for worldwide appreciation". The Philippine Star.
  4. (April 12, 2009). "the surigao archaeological golds". A Dose A Day (Digital Catharsis).
  5. (April 30, 2013}}{{Dead link). ""The Fire Beneath": Mining a Gold Find". Pinoy News Magazine.
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