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The term BUTUAN is believed to have originated from the sour fruit called "Batuan". Others opined, it came from a certain "Datu Buntuan", a chieftain who once ruled Butuan while the scholars believed, it came from the word "But-an", which literally means a person who has a sound and discerning disposition. Butuan became a city by virtue of Republic Act No. 523 otherwise known as the City Charter of Butuan, which formally converted the municipality into a city on August 2, 1950. Then, in 1995, Butuan was declared as the regional centre of Caraga Region-XIII. Butuan City is situated in the central part of the Province of Agusan del Norte with an approximate land area of 81,728 hectares. It lies flat along the banks of Agusan River. (Taken from http://www.visitmyphilippines.com/index. php?title=AllabouttheRegion&func=all&pid =2469&tbl=0) ... Agusan was first referred to by its Malay settlers as “agasan”, a word in the dialect meaning “where water flows”. This alluded to the presence of a mighty river that traversed the whole area. With the coming of the Spanish conquistadores, the area where flowed a mighty river came to be known as “Agusan” to the civilized world. The dark-skinned Negrito aborigines of Agusan were the ancestors of the present day Mamanwas who were driven to the hinterlands by the first wave of Malay immigrants coming from Borneo and Celebes. These people, in turn, sought the protection of the interior jungles because of the forays and the constant raids of “Moro” pirates. The “Moros”, being seafaring people, confined themselves to the coastal areas where they started settlements, leaving the forestland areas to the Manobos. (Taken from http://cropmanagement.snjvc.com/stats/de mo/webpage/DENRcaraga/index.php?option=c om_content&view=article&id=56&Itemid=62)

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