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POLITICAL HISTORY |  | 
The Province of Agusan del Sur was born on June 17, 1967 under Republic Act No. 4979 mandating the division of the province of Agusan into Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur. In January 1970 the first set of provincial officials assumed office after the provincial election of November 1969. The same law provided that the capital of Agusan del Sur should be the municipality of Prosperidad, and the Government Center be set up in barangay Patin-ay. Honorable Rufino c. Otero was elected as the first Provincial Governor and Honorable Democrito O. Plaza the First Congressman. The term of office Congressman Plaza would have continued until December 1983 had it not been for the proclamation of Martial Law on September 21,1972, which, in effect, abolished the Congress. When the interim Batasang Pambansa was convened in 1978 after almost a decade of absence under the Martial Law, Honorable Edilmiro Amante represented the province in the interim National Assembly.
CULTURAL HISTORY | |
Agusan del Sur Avery interesting sideline in the history of the province is her name. Before, agusan was only known “Agasan”, meaning from where the water flows,which made reference to the 350-kilometer river sanking all across the land, now known as the Agusan River. In the ensuing years, the Philippine archipelago was discovered by the Portugese navigator flying the Spanish flag, and was eventually conquered by the Spanish expenditions. These intrepid “conquistadores’ had apenchant for corrupting native pronunciations and the place “Agasan” came to be known as “Agusan” to the civilized world. The history of Agusan del Sur is largely linked with that of its sister province, Agusan del Norte. Through most of their historical existence, they were but one province run by one governor or under one local civil local government.
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