Sibagat
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Agusan del Sur
Sibagat, officially the Municipality of Sibagat (Cebuano: Lungsod ng Sibagat; Tagalog: Bayan ng Sibagat); is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 33,271 people.
Located at the northernmost part of the province, the town is called as the "Gateway to Agusan del Sur" and "The Last Frontier of Agusan del Sur, and the newest town in Agusan del Sur, having been created in 1980.
The town is a major producer of agriculture products such as coconut, banana, vegetables, maize, cassava and especially abaca in the province.
Etymology
The word Sibagat is from the word bagat which means "meet" or "meeting place". According to the oral history, the Sibagat River near Sibagat was the place where the warring tribes meet and fight. Sibagat River is a tributary of a bigger river, the Wawa River. The losing tribe would retreat downstream to the Wawa River and disappear.
History
The territories of Sibagat were formerly part of the town of Esperanza, in the historical province of Agusan. In August 1961, through Executive Order No.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Sibagat” as municipality of the Philippines in the province of Agusan del Sur. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as municipality of the Philippines in the province of Agusan del Sur. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q627260. Authority coordinates are 8.822, 125.694. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024, 1980 and 1961.
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