Surigao (province)

Surigao province in 1918

Surigao is a former province of the Philippines. Originally a Spanish-era district, became a chartered province on May 15, 1901 (Philippine Commission Act 127). The province was dissolved on 1960, comprising what are now the provinces of Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, and Dinagat Islands.

v t e Former Philippine provinces, sub-provinces and cities
Provinces	Agusan Ambos Camarines Cotabato Davao Ilocos Kalinga-Apayao Lanao Lepanto-Bontoc Manila Mindoro Misamis Moro Province Morong Negros Negros del Norte Samar Shariff Kabunsuan Surigao Zamboanga
Sub-provinces^*	Abra (1905–1917)¹ Amburayan (1902–1920)² Apayao (1907–1995)¹ Aurora (1951–1979)¹ Batanes (1907–1909)¹ Benguet (1908–1966)¹ Biliran (1959–1992)¹ Bontoc (1902–1966)³ Bukidnon (1907–1914)¹ Butuan (1907–1914)⁴ Camiguin (1956–1966)¹ Catanduanes (1907–1945)¹ Guimaras (1966–1992)¹ Ifugao (1908–1966)¹ Kalinga (1907–1995)¹ Lepanto (1902–1920)² Marinduque (1907–1920)¹ Masbate (1906–1920)¹ Quirino (1966–1971)¹ Romblon (1907–1917)¹ Siquijor (1907–1971)¹
Cities	Basilan⁵ Legazpi⁶ Nueva Cáceres
^*All sub-provinces were temporarily abolished during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942–1945). ¹Converted to full-fledged province. ²Dissolved and divided between neighboring (sub-)provinces. ³Became the only sub-province left comprising Mountain Province in 1966, and therefore assumed the name of the mother province. ⁴Became the only sub-province left comprising Agusan in 1914, and therefore assumed the name of the mother province. ⁵Delimited to the downtown area of present-day Isabela City in 1973; dissolved in 1975. ⁶Legazpi City from 1948 to 1954 consisted of the present-day territories of Legazpi City and Daraga; this city was dissolved in 1954 into its two former constituent municipalities. Legazpi became a city on its own in 1959.

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