Placer, Surigao del Norte

Placer
Municipality

Cagbantoy Beach

Map of Surigao del Norte with Placer highlighted
Placer

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 09°39′N 125°36′E / 9.650°N 125.600°E / 9.650; 125.600Coordinates: 09°39′N 125°36′E / 9.650°N 125.600°E / 9.650; 125.600
Country Philippines
Region Caraga (Region XIII)
Province Surigao del Norte
Congr. district 2nd district of Surigao del Norte
Established 1850
Barangays 20
Government[1]
 • Mayor Patiño
Area[2]
 • Total 61.29 km2 (23.66 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
 • Total 24,600
 • Density 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 8405
Dialing code 86

Placer is a fourth class municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 24,600 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.[2] 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 (Pob.)
  • 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.
1990 18,478—    
1995 20,712+2.16%
2000 21,542+0.85%
2007 22,743+0.75%
2010 24,600+2.90%
Source: National Statistics Office[3][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Official City/Municipal 2013 Election Results". Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 1 July 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Province: Surigao del Norte". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010" (PDF). 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  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. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  6. ↑ "Province of Surigao Del Norte". Municipality Population Data. LWUA Research Division. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
 Sison Tagana-an
Hinatuan Passage (Dinagat Sound)
   Placer  
Mainit Tubod Bacuag


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