Carmen, Agusan del Norte
', officially the ' (; ), is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. History. The first Christian settlers of Kabayawa village (now Carmen) was the family of Fulgencio Loque and Demetria Mamba from Jagna, Bohol... in the early 1900s. The family encounters of the natives... Manobo/Higaonon tribes of Mankalasi clan was not that difficult as the natives were friendly. Day to day's trade was done through a Barter System... wherein goods and services were directly exchanged for other goods and services without using any money... and through this “system”, parcels  of lands were also being acquired. In early days, parcel of land corners were planted with a Moringa tree to mark and determines its boundaries... which was later replaced with concrete pin or “mojon” when the Spanish authorities assume control of the village. The news of abundance then spread among the siblings and extended families of the new settlers, resulting in an influx of newcomers. The Loque's and Mamba's settled in the now poblacion... while the extended families in the adjoining areas to the east, west and south of poblacion like; the Pacon, the Quesaba, the Honcolada, the  Malimit, and others. Farther west the Rojales and the Jamito. While the Ebarle, the Jamero, the Sajor and the Salas in Tagcatong, and the Balmoceda in Goso-on. Carmen got its present name from the miraculous image of the Virgin of Mount Carmen, believed to have been instrumental in killing the leader of the bandits who used to inhabit the place. A Spanish Soldier named Juan Cardoniga was supposed to have fired his rifle at the leader of the outlaws who possessed an amulet of some source. Since his rifle did not work, Cardoniga got the image of the virgin  from his necklace and place it inside the hole of the barrel after which he succeeded in firing the rifle and in killing the outlaw chief. It was Rev. Saturnino Urios, the famous Jesuit priest of Agusan, who suggested that the name "Kabayawa "be changed to "Carmen "in honor of the secret image. Carmen was created into a municipality in 1949, when the "barrio"s of Carmen, Tagcatong, Cahayagan and San Agustin were separated from the municipality of Nasipit and constituted into the newly created town, by virtue of "Republic Act No. 380" which was approved on June 15, 1949. This  law was sponsored by Congressman Marcos M. Calo. The town came into being on July 1, 1949. Geography. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the has a land area of constituting of the total area of Agusan del Norte. Carmen is strategically located in the Western Agusan Corridor. It is bounded on the north by the Butuan Bay, south by Buenavista, east by Nasipit and west by Misamis Oriental. Its rolling hills are planted with different kinds of orchard, where some are devoted solely to mango plantations. About half of these are fully developed and are already producing sweet mango  fruits which are being sold in volume in Cebu and Manila and to neighboring municipalities and Butuan City. Barangays. Carmen is politically subdivided into 8 barangays. Demographics. In the , had a population of . The population density was . Government. Elected government officials of Carmen for the term of 2016-2019: Transportation. In February 2017, the new integrated bus terminal was opened with buses for travel to and from Butuan and Cagayan de Oro. Trisikad is also an option when traveling within the area of Carmen and also from the town proper to Nasipit.