The City of Bislig is a 3rd
class city in the province of Surigao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines.
Bislig is approximately 208 kilometers northeast of Davao City, 152
kilometers south of Tandag City (the provincial capital) and 158
southeast of Butuan City. According to the 2007 census, it has a
population of 107,960 people in 18,269 households.
Map of Bislig City's Location
Barangay Mangagoy is the
center of trade and industry of the city which has a population of
60,000. it houses national and local banks. Telecommunication such as
Internet, cellular phones, cable televisions and leased data lines
are well-available in the vicinity of Mangagoy. There are also
accommodating inns and hotels, as well as motorized tricycles,
jeepneys, and buses ply its concrete roads and highways.
Bislig was the home of the
defunct company PICOP Resources, Inc., which was the largest paper
mill in Asia and one of the largest in the world. Its concession is a
sanctuary of the Philippine Eagle. The permanent shutdown was
officially ruled on mid-2008.
A local dialect, called
Kamayo is sometimes used by the residents, though they usually use
the more general Visayan language of the region.
In
2000, Bislig was converted into a city per Republic Act 8804. It
is the easternmost city in the entire country.
The Events are: Charter Day
Celebration ( Every September 18 ) , Mangagoy Fiesta (Celebrated every
July 19, the feast of St. Vincent de Paul), Kawadang Festeval and
Karawasan Festival( As part of the Charter Day Celebration, a dream
come true for the City Government of Bislig. Karawasan is a festival
of ethnic dances depicting the movement of crabs. Karawasan is
actually a collective name given to the member of the crab family
found to be great in the salty and freshwater of Bislig. The
lavishness of such local marine resource has, in fact, made Bislig
City known to other places in the country)
Bislig's main tourist
attraction is the Tinuy-an Falls, known as the "Niagara Falls"
of the Philippines. It is a white water curtain that flows in three
levels about 55 meters high. Its critically acclaimed majestic and
unique natural formation was once appeared in the International
Travel Magazine. Tinuy-an falls is the biggest falls in Mindanao. Other
known tourist attractions include the white-sand beaches of Hagonoy
Island; the Lawigan Beach which faces and considered a part of the
Pacific Ocean; the underground river of the Hinayagan Cave; the
Togonan Cold Spring which is a 30-minute ride a far from the city
proper; the wild sanctuary of the Forester's Park; the wide range
waters of the Mone River or the Lake 77 which offers a boat ride tour
and a floating cottage for picnic and fishing; and the Florland
Highland Resort at Brgy. San Vicente.
Currently, the city is
developing a sea port at Barangay Lawigan and Caramcam District in
Barangay Mangagoy for the increasing demand of people travelling to
other provinces. The concrete runway of the commercial airport can
accommodate light commercial planes of the Fokker 50 class, though
today the airport is only used for the occasional private plane.
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