Loreto is a 1st class municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 31,365 people in 5,572 households. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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. ... Agusan del Sur is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Barangays

Loreto 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. ...

Historical Background

It was in the year 1600 when the Spaniards first came to the upper reaches of Agusan and discover the Manobos. In convincing the manobos to organized themselves and lived in a settlement/community. The settlement was given the name of “LORETO” in remembrance of Fr. Urios beloved town in Spain. On March 30, 1965.

Physical Characteristics

The municipality of Loreto is one of the river towns situated southwest of the Province of Agusan del Sur. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of La paz, in the northeast by the municipality of Bunawan, in the southeast by the municipality of Veruela, all of The Province of Agusan del Sur. The Provinces of Bukidnon and Davao del Norte bound its Western and Southern portion. Loreto occupies a land area of 185,054 hectares comprising of 17 regular barangays and 4 special barangays with a total population of 32,836 as of CY 2001. Loreto is a strategically situated as a junction point to various destination within Agusan del Sur and nearby Provinces. The accessibility of Loreto to Provincial Center, Patin-ay, Prosperidad has three main routs. The Loreto-Sta. Josefa-Trento route of 118.36 kilometers. The Loreto-Lapaz -Talacogon route of 85.53 kilometers and Loreto-Bunawan route of 87.52 kilometers with two hours of Pump boat cruising Agusan river.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information

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