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San Jose, officially the Municipality of San Jose (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan San Jose; Cebuano: Lungsod sa San Jose; Tagalog: Bayan ng San Jose), is a municipality and capital of the province of Dinagat Islands, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,375 people. [3]
The Dinagat Islands was part of the First District of Surigao del Norte Province until it became a province on December 2, 2006, with the approval of Republic Act No. 9355, the Charter of the Province of the Dinagat Islands, in a plebiscite. [12] President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed the province's first set of officials on January 26 ...
Since the 2007 redistricting following the separation of Dinagat Islands, the district now comprises the Siargao and Bucas Grande municipalities of Burgos, Dapa, Del Carmen, General Luna, Pilar, San Benito, San Isidro, Santa Monica and Socorro. [4] It also included Dinagat Islands until it was established as a distinct province in 2006. [5]
The town became a part of the province of Dinagat Islands in December 2006, when the province was created from Surigao del Norte by Republic Act No. 9355. However, in February 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that the law was unconstitutional, as the necessary requirements for provincial land area and population were not met.
After the Supreme Court reversed its previous ruling on April 12, 2011, [6] and subsequently upheld with finality the constitutionality of Republic Act No. 9355 and the creation of Dinagat Islands as a province through an Entry of Judgment on October 24, 2012, [7] the separation of Dinagat Islands from Surigao del Norte's first district became ...
After the Supreme Court reversed its previous ruling on April 12, 2011, [4] and subsequently upheld with finality the constitutionality of R.A. 9355 and the creation of Dinagat Islands as a province through an Entry of Judgment on October 24, 2012, [5] the separation of Dinagat Islands from Surigao del Norte's first district became permanent.
Dinagat Island is an island located northeast of Mindanao in the Philippines. Until December 2006, it was part of the province of Surigao del Norte . Being its main island, almost all municipalities of the province of Dinagat Islands are located on it.
The province is bounded by the Dinagat Islands on the north, east by the Philippine Sea, south by the provinces of Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Sur, and on the west by the Surigao Strait. The province, with an area of 1,972.93 square kilometres (761.75 sq mi), [ 1 ] comprises the mainland situated at the northeastern tip of Mindanao and ...