Cantilan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 26,553 people in 5,378 households. Image File history File links Ph_locator_surigao_del_sur_cantilan. ... A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipalidad, in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Surigao del Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Cantilan is considered the "Cradle of Towns" in Surigao del Sur. It originally encompassed the whole area of the present towns of Carrascal, Cantilan, Madrid, Carmen and Lanuza. On December 10, 1918, Executive Order No. 52 of American Governor General Francis Burton Harrison was issued that divided Cantilan into three parts. Carrascal is a 4th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. ... Madrid is a 5th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. ... Carmen is a 5th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. ... Lanuza is located at the northern part of Surigao del Sur, one of the provinces of Caraga Region and has a total land area of 39,576. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Francis Burton Harrison (December 18, 1873–November 21, 1957) was an American political figure. ...

Barangays

Cantilan is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ...

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information

• Cantilan.Net - Surigao Travel Guide

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