Magallanes is a 4th class municipality in the province of Agusan del Norte,Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 19,895 people in 3,640 households.Magallanes is a Spanish name of the Portuguese maritime explorer Ferdinand Magellan. The town has two plywood manufacturing firms: EMCO (Brgy. Sto. Rosario) and PSPI (Brgy. Marcos), and one safety matches manufacturing firm: JAKA Equities Corp (Brgy. Marcos). The three manufacturing plants are all on the main street and operating near the Baug River and Agusan River.Magallanes is politically subdivided into 8 barangays. Of these, 6 are mainland 2 are across the river barangays. There are 7 coastal barangays located near the Baug River in the South, Mouth of Agusan River, in the West and in the North running Eastward lies Butuan Bay, of which 1 is a mountain barangay.
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