Tandag is a component city and the capital of Surigao del Sur province, in the Caraga region of the Philippines, on Mindanao northeastern coast facing the Philippine Sea. Chartered as a city under Republic Act No. 9392 in 2007, a status the Supreme Court finally affirmed in 2011 after a six year legal battle, it had a 2024 census population of 63,098 across 291.73 square kilometers. Ten of its 21 barangays face the Pacific Ocean, and the city has both a national secondary airport and a seaport, with rice, corn and coconut as its chief agricultural products.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Longitude126.198611 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Tandag (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 63,098 (2024)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 9.078889, longitude 126.198611
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 88 m
P2046 (area)
area 291.73 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 63098 (2024)
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Tandag - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1683302
9.07833 126.19861 P PPLA2 PH 13 62 166819000 29011 8 Asia/Manila
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 8 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 9.25, 126.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 9.25, 126.25
9.25 126.25 Af
Wikidata: Tandag
Wikidata Q155674, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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