Esperanza, Agusan del Sur
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 Location within Agusan del Sur province |
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| Coordinates: 8°41′N 125°39′E / 8.68°N 125.65°ECoordinates: 8°41′N 125°39′E / 8.68°N 125.65°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | Caraga (Region XIII) | |
| Province | Agusan del Sur | |
| District | 1st district of Agusan del Sur | |
| Founded | 1921 | |
| Barangays | 47 (see Barangays) | |
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| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan | |
| • Mayor | Deo S. Manpatilan | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,355.48 km2 (523.35 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 54,801 | |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
| • Voter (2016) | 27,752 | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 8513 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)85 | |
| Income class | 1st municipal income class | |
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| Electorate | 27,752 voters as of 2016 | |
| Website | www |
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Esperanza, officially the Municipality of Esperanza (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Esperanza; Filipino: Bayan ng Esperanza), is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur in the Caraga (Region XIII) of the Philippines. The population was 54,801 at the 2015 census. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 27,752 registered voters.
Esperanza is located at 8°41′N 125°39′E / 8.68°N 125.65°E.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 1,355.48 square kilometres (523.35 sq mi) constituting 13.57% of the 9,989.52-square-kilometre- (3,856.98 sq mi) total area of Agusan del Sur.
Esperanza is politically subdivided into 47 barangays.
In the 2015 census, Esperanza had a population of 54,801. The population density was 40 inhabitants per square kilometre (100/sq mi).
In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 27,752 registered voters.
In July 1917, a flood and storm swept through Agusan del Sur in Barangay Cubo of Esperanza. After the storm, a Manobo woman named Bilay Ocampo was on the banks of the muddy Wawa River where she eventually found a figure where it washed up from the river. The 21-karat gold figure dating to around 850 to 950 C.E. weighs 4 pounds (1.8 kg) and depicts a woman sitting in the lotus position in Buddhism, is ornamented with jewelry on her body, and wears a headdress. This figure turned out to be a representation of the Bodhisattva Tara. Now known as the "Golden Tara", after its discovery, it was handed to the former Deputy Governor Bias Baclagon then it was passed to the Agusan Coconut Company, because of a debt. It was then being sold and was purchased for ₱4,000 by the wife of American Governor-General Leonard Wood, Faye Cooper-Cole, who was the curator of Chicago Field Museum’s Southeast Asian department. They then donated the Golden Tara to the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, United States where it is currently held in the Grainger Hall of Gems. Dr. H. Otley Beyer, known as the father of Philippine Archaeology and Anthropology, tried to encourage the government to buy the artifact however all attempts failed due to lack of funds.
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