Community Profile

Municipality: Barobo

Area: 25, 590 hectares

Population: 34, 558

Density: 5.24/km2

Average yearly temperature: 24.63C

Average annual rainfall: 429.89 mm

No. of Barangays: 22

Province: Surigao del Sur

Region: Region XIII (CARAGA)

Barobo lies in the central part of the province of Surigao del Sur. It is located between 8'34'00" and 8'25'00" latitude and 125'59"00 and 126'22'4" longitude. It is bounded on the north by Lianga Bay and the municipality of Lianga, on the south by the municipality of Tagbina, on the southeast by the municipality of Hinatuan, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, and on the west by the province of Agusan del Sur.

It has total land area of 25, 590 hectares. It is linked by a national road to the provincial capital of Tandag, Surigao del Sur of 103 kilometers and the gateway to the regional center of CARAGA in Butuan City of 107 kilometers.

15, 000 hectars of its total land is used for the tourism industry with declared tourist destinations namely, Turtle Island, Kabgan Island, Vanishing Islet, Pongpong Resort, Pagbutuanan Cave, Bogac Spring, Bito Lagoon, and  Dapdap Beach Resorts.

A native Barobohanon speaks Kamayo, a minor language spoken in the area of Barobo and also in Bislig City, San Agustin and Marihatag, Surigao del Sur, in the Southern Philippines. It has 7,565 speakers (2000, WCD). The dialect known as "kamayo" varies from one municipality to another - Lingiganons are quite different from other municipalities on the way they speak the Kamayo language.