Bayugan City

Bayugan
Component City
City of Bayugan
From top, left to right: Inside Bayugan rotunda; Bayugan City Proper; Lope A. Asis Memorial Gymnasium at night
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Nickname(s): City of Rice Corn and Flowers; Cut Flower Capital of Agusan del Sur; Agusan del Sur Growth Center; Timberland City; Rice Capital of Agusan del Sur; Heart of Caraga
Map of Agusan del Sur with Bayugan highlighted
Bayugan Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 8°43′N 125°45′E / 8.71°N 125.75°E / 8.71; 125.75Coordinates: 8°43′N 125°45′E / 8.71°N 125.75°E / 8.71; 125.75
Country	Philippines
Region	Caraga (Region XIII)
Province	Agusan del Sur
District	1st District of Agusan del Sur
Founded	August 20, 1961
Barangays	43
Government
• Mayor	Kim Lope Asis (NUP)
• Vice Mayor	Charles Anggayong (NUP)
Area
• Total	688.77 km2 (265.94 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)
• Total	103,202
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Bayuganon
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	8502
IDD : area code	+63 (0)85
Income class	5th city income class
	160301000
Electorate	53,080 voters as of 2016
Website	www.bayugan.gov.ph

Bayugan, officially The City of Bayugan (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Bayugan; Filipino: Lungsod ng Bayugan), is a city in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. It has a population of 103,202 according to the 2015 census. The city is classified as a fifth class city according to Philippine Statistics Authority (Republic Act No. 7160). Being the only city in the 1st Congressional District and the only city in the province of Agusan del Sur, Bayugan serves as the growth center of the province.

Located at the northern part of Agusan del Sur, Bayugan is the "cut-flower capital" of the province owing to its lucrative cut flower industry. The city's climate, especially in the highland barangays, is conducive to high yield cut-flower production. The city is also one of the major producers of rice and vegetables in the province, even providing the needs of neighboring municipalities and provinces.

The name "Bayugan" is a Manobo term for pathway, since then the natives called the place, Bayugan. Another version states that "bayug" trees grew abundantly in this place. It was also believed that the natives used to make this place their meeting spot and that the means of gathering the inhabitants was by knocking on a hollow piece of wood which they termed as the "bayug."

Bayugan was formerly a sitio of Barangay Maygatasan, Esperanza. Several versions abound on how the sitio got its name. First, the place was located along the river which served as the pathway of the natives in going to Esperanza.

In 1942, Japanese troops entered Bayugan.

In 1945, the town of Bayugan in Southern Agusan was liberated by Filipino soldiers and guerrillas from the Japanese forces occupying the town.

In 1948, the Department of Public Works and Highways conducted a survey for a National Highway that would connect Butuan with Davao City. Simultaneously, the Bureau of Lands surveyed the places that would be traversed by the proposed road. Possible town sites were identified and among them was Barangay Maygatasan. However, part of the National Highway (now the Narra Avenue) passed through the sitio of Bayugan instead of Barangay Maygatasan. Migrants started settling in the sitio of Bayugan, thus, prompting the transfer of the proposed town site.