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| | Caraga, Region XIII, Philippines |
 | | North of the Surigao Peninsula is Surigao Strait, where Japanese naval forces steaming to Leyte Gulf on the night of October 24-25, 1944, to oppose the allied landing on Leyte, ran into several lines of resistance from torpedo boats, destroyers, and cruisers commanded by Admiral Oldendorf, USN. |
 | | The city of Surigao, located near the northern tip of Mindanao, is the capital of the province of Surigao del Norte. |
 | | The Province of Surigao del Sur, in the Caraga Region of the Republic of the Philippines, was created by the division of the Province of Surigao in 1960. |
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