Overview
Surigao del Sur (Surigaonon: Probinsya nan Surigao del Sur; ; ), officially the Province of Surigao del Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. Its capital is Tandag City. Surigao del Sur is situated at the eastern coast of Mindanao and faces the Philippine Sea to the east.
Etymology
There are two hypotheses on the original meaning of "Surigao" among linguists, depending on the original root word. If the root word was taken to be sulig ("sprout" or "spring up"), then Surigao may have derived from ("spring water"), likely referring to the Surigao River (known as "Suligaw" in Mandaya) that empties at the northern tip of the island of Mindanao. Early historical accounts record the name of the river as , Surigao, or Zurigan.
Another possibility is that it is derived from Visayan or suyogao, meaning "water current". From suyog (also sulog or ), "current"; cf. Sinulog, Sulu, and Tausug (Suluk).
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