Bunawan

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Municipality in Agusan del Sur, Philippines

title: "Bunawan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-agusan-del-sur"] description: "Municipality in Agusan del Sur, Philippines" topic_path: "general/municipalities-of-agusan-del-sur" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunawan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Municipality in Agusan del Sur, Philippines ::

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Bunawan, officially the Municipality of Bunawan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 47,512 people.

Bunawan was created on June 21, 1959, through Republic Act No. 2517. The world's largest crocodile, Lolong, was captured in the town in September 2011.

Geography

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 512.16 km2 constituting of the 9,989.52 km2 total area of Agusan del Sur.

Climate

| location = Bunawan, Agusan del Sur | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 27 | Jan low C = 22 | Feb high C = 27 | Feb low C = 21 | Mar high C = 27 | Mar low C = 22 | Apr high C = 29 | Apr low C = 22 | May high C = 29 | May low C = 23 | Jun high C = 29 | Jun low C = 23 | Jul high C = 29 | Jul low C = 23 | Aug high C = 30 | Aug low C = 23 | Sep high C = 30 | Sep low C = 23 | Oct high C = 29 | Oct low C = 23 | Nov high C = 28 | Nov low C = 22 | Dec high C = 28 | Dec low C = 22 | Jan precipitation mm = 64 | Feb precipitation mm = 48 | Mar precipitation mm = 40 | Apr precipitation mm = 28 | May precipitation mm = 41 | Jun precipitation mm = 48 | Jul precipitation mm = 38 | Aug precipitation mm = 34 | Sep precipitation mm = 33 | Oct precipitation mm = 46 | Nov precipitation mm = 52 | Dec precipitation mm = 53 | Jan rain days = 13.9 | Feb rain days = 12.5 | Mar rain days = 12.2 | Apr rain days = 12.2 | May rain days = 16.5 | Jun rain days = 17.6 | Jul rain days = 17.5 | Aug rain days = 17.4 | Sep rain days = 16.6 | Oct rain days = 19.0 | Nov rain days = 16.6 | Dec rain days = 14.6 | source 1 = Meteoblue | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/bunawan_philippines_1722731 | title = Bunawan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | accessdate = 29 April 2020 }} | date = 29 April 2020

Barangays

Bunawan is politically subdivided into 10 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

Demographics

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In the 2020 census, Bunawan had a population of 47,512. The population density was {{sigfig|47,512/512.16|2}} PD/km2.

Economy

Education

Primary and Elementary

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NameBarangayEast Bunawan Central Elementary SchoolWest Bunawan Central Elementary School
San Teodoro
Poblacion
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High Schools

There are three high schools in the municipality.

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SchoolBarangayAgusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and TechnologyBunawan National High SchoolLibertad National High School
San Teodoro
San Teodoro
Libertad
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University

Bunawan has 1 university, the Agusan del Sur State University.

Crocodile Lolong

Main article: Lolong

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Lolong_crocodile.jpg" caption="crocodile Lolong"] ::

In early September 2011, local residents and veteran crocodile hunters caught a 6.17 m saltwater crocodile weighing 1,075 kg in a local creek. The municipality planned to make the giant beast the centerpiece of an ecotourism park for species found in the marshlands.

On November 9, 2011, the National Geographic Team confirmed that Lolong was the world's biggest crocodile. The crocodile was transferred at the Bunawan Eco-Park and Research Center in Barangay Consuelo.

Villagers had witnessed the crocodile attack and kill a water buffalo, and they suspected it also killed a fisherman who went missing that summer. Experts from an area crocodile farm were called in to capture the wild animal, which destroyed four traps before a stronger one caught it. A hundred villagers were needed to drag the crocodile to a truck before a crane was used to put it in a truck. From there, it was taken to a special cage where it was expected to be held until the ecotourism park was built around it.

The crocodile was declared dead a few hours after flipping over in a pond with a bloated stomach on February 10, 2013. The crocodile, despite being responsible for many deadly attacks, was mourned by residents of the town, as it was the only notable tourist attraction in the area. Its remains are preserved to allow the municipality to keep its fame.

Several other crocodiles roam the marshy areas on the outskirts of town, and villagers have been told to avoid the marshes at night.

Industry

Co-O Gold Mine of Philsaga Mining Corporation is located in Barangay Consuelo.

References

References

  1. {{DILG detail
  2. (21 June 1959). "Republic Act No. 2517 - An Act Creating the Municipality of Bunawan, Province of Agusan".
  3. (5 September 2011). "Giant crocodile captured alive in Philippines". Yahoo! News.
  4. (10 November 2011). "NatGeo team confirms Lolong the croc is world's biggest". GMA News Online.
  5. (10 February 2013). "World's largest held crocodile dies in Philippines". [[Associated Press]].
  6. "Company Profile {{!}} PMC: Supplier Management System".

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