Veruela is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 36,222 people in 6,960 households. A municipality (bayan 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. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Barangays
Veruela is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
Its capital is Prosperidad and borders, from the north clockwise, Agusandel Norte, Surigao delSur, Davao Oriental, Compostela Valley, Davao, Bukidnon, and Misamis Oriental.
Bukidnon | Camiguin | Lanao del Norte | Misamis Occidental | Misamis Oriental
Compostela Valley | Davao | Davao delSur | Davao Oriental
The AgusandelSur population is predominantly composed of immigrants from the Visayas.
AgusandelSur is an elongated basin formation with mountain ranges in the eastern and western sides forming a valley, which occupies the central longitudinal section of the land.
Agusans pre-hispanic cultural history is traced back to the great influence of the Majapahit Empire through the discovery of an eight-inch (200 mm) tall image of a woman in pure gold at Maasam, Esperanza in the early 1920s and molten jars unearthed at Bah-bah, Prosperidad.