Butuan

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Butuan is a historically significant city in the Caraga region of northeastern Mindanao in the Philippines, known for its rich pre-colonial heritage and archaeological sites.

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Label Occurrences
Butuan canonical 14
Binutuanon 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
component city
archaeologicalSite Balangay Shrine Museum
Banza Church Ruins
Libertad archaeological sites
celebratesFestival Adlaw Hong Butuan
Balangay Festival
climate tropical rainforest climate
country Philippines
economy agriculture
mining-related services
regional commercial center
trade and services hub
wood products
foundingEra pre-colonial period
hasAirport Bancasi Airport
hasHistoricalTradeLinksWith China
Southeast Asian polities
hasMuseum Balangay Shrine Museum
National Museum Butuan Branch
hasPort Port of Masao
hasUniversity Caraga State University
Father Saturnino Urios University
Saint Joseph Institute of Technology
historicalSignificance early contact with Chinese traders
major pre-colonial trading center
isComponentCityOf Agusan del Norte
isHighlyUrbanized no
isRegionalCenterOf Caraga
surface form: Caraga region
knownFor Balangay boats
ancient trade with China
archaeological sites
gold artifacts
pre-colonial heritage
localLanguage Butuanon
Cebuano
English
Filipino
locatedIn Caraga
surface form: Caraga region

Mindanao
northeastern Mindanao
locatedOn Agusan River
Bislig Bay
surface form: Butuan Bay
majorReligion Roman Catholicism
partOf Agusan River
surface form: Agusan River basin
province Agusan del Norte
regionCode Region XIII
timezone Philippine Standard Time
utcOffset +8

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mindanao majorCity Butuan
Caraga hasRegionalCenter Butuan
Caraga hasComponentCity Butuan
Caraga capitalCity Butuan
Region XIII hasCity Butuan
Butuanon spokenIn Butuan
Butuanon primaryCity Butuan
Butuanon language hasAlternativeName Butuan
this entity surface form: Binutuanon
Tandag hasRoadConnectionTo Butuan