Talacogon

{{Short description|Municipality in Agusan del Sur, Philippines}}

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Pauline Marie Masendo

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| leader_name1 = Melchor P. Demegillo

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| leader_name2 = Alfelito M. Bascug

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Talacogon, officially the Municipality of Talacogon ({{langx|ceb|Lungsod sa Talacogon}}; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Talacogon}}), is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 39,678 people.{{PH census|current}}

History

Talacogon got its name from the cogon grass that is abundant in the area. It was called so by the natives who inhabit the area before the entry of the Spanish in the Agusan River basin sometime in the 18th century. The Spanish who came in the area then adopted the name of the place as they founded it as a town in the 13th of November 1872,[http://agusandelsur.gov.ph/index/governance/2011-11-17-16-33-48/2011-08-15-05-52-42/talacogon Municipality of Talacogon][https://coa.gov.ph/download/2251/agusan-del-sur/28898/talacogon-executive-summary-2020.pdf Talacogon Executive Summary 2020 - Commission on Audit] building a church and a town hall as commemoration to its founding. It was thus the first town founded in the riverbanks of the Agusan River and the oldest town in the province of Agusan del Sur.

As the years went on, Talacogon only experienced slow progress due to its inaccessibility and remoteness to other parts of Mindanao. It was only in the 1970s to 1990's that roads begun being built in the area from which the municipality then experienced rapid progress, due in part to facilitate the logging business in the area.[https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a7e90.html Philippines: Human Rights and Forest Management in the 1990s]

Being a town since 1872, Talacogon remains the economic center of the province west of the Agusan River.

Geography

Talacogon is located at {{coord|format=dms}}.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of {{convert|405.25|km2}}{{PSGC detail|area}} constituting {{percentage|405.25|9,989.52|2|pad=yes}} of the {{convert|9,989.52|km2|2|adj=mid|-}} total area of Agusan del Sur.

=Climate=

{{Weather box

| location = Talacogon, Agusan del Sur

| width = auto

| metric first = Yes

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| Jan high C = 27

| Jan low C = 23

| Feb high C = 28

| Feb low C = 23

| Mar high C = 28

| Mar low C = 22

| Apr high C = 30

| Apr low C = 23

| May high C = 30

| May low C = 24

| Jun high C = 30

| Jun low C = 24

| Jul high C = 30

| Jul low C = 24

| Aug high C = 30

| Aug low C = 24

| Sep high C = 30

| Sep low C = 24

| Oct high C = 30

| Oct low C = 24

| Nov high C = 29

| Nov low C = 23

| Dec high C = 28

| Dec low C = 23

| Jan precipitation mm = 105

| Feb precipitation mm = 72

| Mar precipitation mm = 55

| Apr precipitation mm = 40

| May precipitation mm = 69

| Jun precipitation mm = 94

| Jul precipitation mm = 100

| Aug precipitation mm = 103

| Sep precipitation mm = 99

| Oct precipitation mm = 106

| Nov precipitation mm = 85

| Dec precipitation mm = 63

| Jan rain days = 17.6

| Feb rain days = 16.0

| Mar rain days = 14.9

| Apr rain days = 14.0

| May rain days = 20.9

| Jun rain days = 24.3

| Jul rain days = 25.3

| Aug rain days = 25.5

| Sep rain days = 24.5

| Oct rain days = 24.7

| Nov rain days = 19.7

| Dec rain days = 16.7

| source 1 = Meteoblue

{{cite web

| url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/talacogon_philippines_1684137

| title = Talacogon: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

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| accessdate = 29 April 2020 }}

| date = 29 April 2020

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=Barangays=

Talacogon is politically subdivided into 16 barangays.{{PSGC detail|nscb}} Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

{{PH brgy table lite|160311009| San Agustin (Poblacion)| 4314| 3948}}

{{PH brgy table lite|160311010| San Isidro (Poblacion) | 897| 1114}}

{{PH brgy table lite|160311011| San Nicolas (Poblacion) | 2307| 2519}}

Demographics

{{Philippine Census

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| 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}}

| 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}}

| 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}}

| 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}}

| 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}}

| 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}}

| 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}}

| 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}}

| 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}}

| 2025 =

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| footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}}

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In the 2020 census, Talacogon had a population of 39,678.{{PH census|current}} The population density was {{convert|{{sigfig|39,678/405.25|2}}|PD/km2}}.

Economy

References

External links

[{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Talacogon

| North = San Luis

| East = San Francisco
Rosario

| South = La Paz

| West = San Luis

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Category:Municipalities of Agusan del Sur