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Caraga – a place of never-ending adventures

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CARAGAcan be traced back to the 15th century when explorers discovered the existence of Kalagans, believed to be of Visayan Origin in one of the three districts in Mindanao. The word Caraga originated from the Visayan word “Kalagan”: “Kalag” meaning soul or people and “An” meaning land. The “Kalagans” have a long history of being brave and fearless. Thus, the region was called by early chroniclers as the “Land of the Brave and Fierce People.”

The “Kalagans”, called “Caragans” by the Spaniards occupied the district composed of the two provinces of Surigao, northern part of Davao Oriental and Eastern Misamis Oriental. The two Agusan Provinces were later organized under the administrative jurisdiction of Surigao and became the independent Agusan province in 1914. In 1960, Surigao was divided as Norte and Sur, and in June 1967, Agusan followed suit. While Butuan then was just a town of Agusan, the logging boom in 1950’s drew business and businessmen to the area. On August 2, 1950. by virtue of Republic Act 523, the City Charter of Butuan was approved.CARAGA is an Administrative Region of the Philippines, on the northeastern portion of the island of Mindanao. It is the newest region in the Philippines, and is also called Region XIII. The Caraga Region was created through Republic Act Number 7901 on February 25, 1995. The region is composed of five (5) provinces: Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur, and the newly created province, Dinagat Islands (from Surigao del Norte); six (6) cities: Butuan, Surigao and Bislig, and recently, the newly created component cities: Cabadbaran, Bayugan, and Tandag; seventy (70) municipalities and 1,346 barangays. Butuan City is the regional center.It’s haven for tourists and adventurers. The region hosts two of the Philippines’ 10 National Integrated Protected Areas – the Siargao Seascape, and the 100,000-hectare Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary – as well as world class dive, surfing, and sport fishing sites, mountains trekking and biking, white sand beaches, hot and cold springs, caves, rivers, forests, and waterfalls.If you are seeking a challenging experience or simply an escapade from the humdrum of urban life, venture no more… Come and experience adventure one can find south of the Philippines islands that simply lures visitors to frolic in its pristine beauty.

 

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  6. The Original Caraga can be found in Davao Oriental were you can find the remains of Spaniards specially the CHURCH Which proves the Originality of Caraga .

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  8. i know about caraga in davao, but i believe caraga region and caraga town in davao are one blood of the same people because of a very close location.

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  9. im from caraga town, but i don’t give a damn. are we still wishing someday we might be receiving trickles of foreign aids? forget it. but on the second thought… we might draw international attention if we work together, exchange historical facts, etc…

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  10. welcome here fellow caraganon. yes important things is that we work together for the betterment of our place called caraga. good things will return to us if we do it this way.

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  11. hi deejay, thanks for dropping a note at my site. you have a nice blog and i’m embarrased to admit i haven’t been to Caraga…to think i’ve done a lot of traveling (check out my travel page) when i was still in the philippines. anyway, i should make Caraga one of my destinations when we go home next summer (not yet this summer, next year pa…). i’ll be checking out your site for updates and will definitely contact you for tips and travel advice pag hapit na mi muuli 🙂

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  12. Dont dare say my place is fake, you dont know what you're saying anonymous guy, you do not know the real stuff you need to read more about the history of the place that we called CARAGA, i am from the old town in Mindanao it is located in Davao Oriental, by the way nothing is fake here you guys need to be more optimistic anyway…
    http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1370&dat=20000104&id=UmcVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5170,982629
    click the lick for you to find out, dont through phrases which you yourself do not know what the real meaning of fake, so sad there is still people such as this OMFG-WTF

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  13. Hi Carmen, looking forward to know you more i like the site, anyway CARAGA region is a huge place where chances of progress is not that far, unlike my place it is located from far flung areas which is contrary to what the CARAGA region has, old town CARAGA is just rich of history and the only place to see the first sunrise in whole of Asia. just upset with the guy that says my place is fake, why through phrases such as that? 🙁

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  14. hello there…
    I stumbled upon your site when i was looking for places to vacation when i come home to visit. i'm a butuanon working in Qatar. I love your site and it makes me proud to be a Butuanon (although not pure!)
    Keep it up… now your site will be in my favorites.

    HeavyH

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  16. thank you blackknight for coming here. hope someday i can visit to your town caraga, and have a look with those historic mark in your place.

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  18. i like the site, anyway CARAGA region is a huge place where chances of progress is not that far, unlike my place it is located from far flung areas which is contrary to what the CARAGA region has, old town CARAGA is just rich of history and the only place to see the first sunrise in whole of Asia….

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  19. i'll be checking out your site for updates and will definitely contact you for tips and travel advice pag hapit na mi muuli…

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  20. FYI: The Municipality of Caraga in Davao Oriental is part of the OLD PROVINCE of SURIGAO which is CARAGA circa 1738, the Biggest among the Five Provinces in Mindanao with territories including parts of Davao Oriental, Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte up to Gingoog River in Misamis Oriental. The Capital of CARAGA was Tandag(presently the capital of Surigao del Sur) and Surigao(Surigao City) was known as Banahao, so there was no FAKE Caraga, all existed.

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  22. its a great pleasure to be part of this Blog having comments for a reason… thanks much to Sir Deejay

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    Caragadatacenter is a website of a group of young IT students whose aim is to maximize, widen and increase the accessibility of their learning and foundation skills on the IT Technology – its body of knowledge and applications. This website is conceived from the desire of its developers to provide an environment and venue where IT students, newbie’s, and enthusiasts can gain as well as share their IT knowledge, experience, and expertise specifically, directly and using conventional and conversational language online.

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  26. To the Anonymous who commented that the original CARAGA is in Davao Oriental.

    Ka busy ba nimo ug comment nga ang Orig nga caraga naa sa inyong davao oriental.

    Sige imoha na ang Caraga diha… ipakita sa mundo nga mao na ang original, basta ang CARAGA sa Agusan mao na ang known and recognized sa Philippines and even to the world.

    Paghimo ug law para mao na ang himoon oficial and original nga CARAGA. Adto sa Senate ug sa Congress and pass that bill para dili mag kundenar imong kalag.

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  35. lol!!!!! . .bakit nyo tinanggal ang comment ko!! . .hindi nyo ba kayang tanggapin ang buong katutohanan….o sadyang duwag lang talaga kau . .resulta yan sa panahon ng mga plaza . .kaya ngayon hirap mkaahon ang butuan . .kita nyo nman may pagbabago na kunti kay amante . .keep it up mayor amante . .sana mapalago at mapaganda nyo pa lalo ang butuan…kwawa na kasi…more than 60 years na mula nong naging syudad..ganito pa rin . .d gaya ng iba..

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  36. My wife and I visited Caraga today. We live in Mati City, and like to visit other areas.
    The road from Mati through Tarragona and Manay and into Caraga has extremely beautiful scenery.
    It is a shame we did not have time to explore the town, and surrounding areas. My wife was hoping for a nice calm beach, but (like Dahican near Mati) the sea is too rough.

    Our friends here in Mati were shocked we went there alone. They seem to think we would be robbed, kidnapped, or shot!

    Thanks for the useful website, we hope to explore some more next time we visit.

    Regards James

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  37. thank you james for visiting the town caraga, hope you can revisit this place as well as caraga region.

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  38. thanks for this info…nakatabang siya sa akong report. Sorry that i just copied i w/out asking permission.I liked it coz, it was perfectly summarized.
    God bless to you & THANK YOU SO MUCH!.

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