Agusan (province)

Agusan
Agusan
Province of the Philippines
1907-1967
	; Location of the historical province of Agusan.
Capital	Butuan
History
• Established	20 August 1907
• Bukidnon sub-province separated from Agusan	September 1, 1914
• Disestablished	14 November 1967
Political subdivisions	2 Sub-provinces; (1907-1914) Bukidnon ; Butuan ; ;
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Misamis
	Surigao
Bukidnon
Agusan del Norte
Agusan del Sur
Today part of	· Agusan del Norte; · Agusan del Sur; · Bukidnon

Agusan was a province of the Philippines. It was created on August 20, 1907, by Provincial Government Act No. 1693, and dissolved on November 14, 1967, by Republic Act No. 4979.^[1]

History

Prior to its creation as an independent province, Agusan was divided between the provinces/districts of Misamis, and Surigao during the Spanish colonial period. In 1907, Agusan was separated from Misamis, and Surigao creating the Agusan province through the sub-provinces of Bukidnon, and Butuan.^[2]

The sub-province of Bukidnon became an independent province in 1914 through Act No. 2408 and Butuan sub-province assumed the name of Agusan. Both Agusan and Bukidnon were put under the Department of Mindanao and Sulu from 1914 to 1920.

In 1967, Agusan was dissolved and was split into the two provinces of Agusan del Norte, and Agusan del Sur.^[3]