Butuan (pronounced as
boot-wan), officially the
City of Butuan (
Butuanon:
Dakbayan hong Butuan; ; ) and often referred to as
Butuan City, is a highly urbanized city in the
Philippines. The city is the regional center of the
Caraga Region. It is located at the northeastern part of the Agusan Valley,
Mindanao, sprawling across the
Agusan River. It is bounded to the north, west and south by
Agusan del Norte, to the east by
Agusan del Sur and to the northwest by
Butuan Bay. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 309,709 people.