Managong Falls is known to be the biggest and tallest waterfalls in the province of

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. Located in barangay Padiay in the municipality of

Sibagat, Agusan del Sur Sibagat, officially the Municipality of Sibagat (; ), is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,957 people. Located at the northernmost part of the province, the t ...

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, in the southern

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island of

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, is one of the tourist attractions and

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sites of

Sibagat Sibagat, officially the Municipality of Sibagat (; ), is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,957 people. Located at the northernmost part of the province, the t ...

Etymology

''Managong'' from the word "manago" or "tago" is a

Visayan Visayans ( Cebuano: ''mga Bisayà'' ) are a Philippine ethnolinguistic family group or metaethnicity native to the Visayas, to the southernmost islands south of Luzon, and to a significant portion of Mindanao. They are composed of numerous di ...

term meaning hide or hidden. The name of the waterfalls roughly translates to "Hidden Falls" which implies it is a "hidden paradise". Topographically, the waterfalls is hidden in the middle of the forest and believed to be the tallest and strongest running waterfalls in

Geography

Managong Waterfalls is located in the hinterlands of Barangay Padiay,

. Its outfalls stream towards Managong River, a tributary river of the larger Wawa River. The waterfalls and its vicinity host a wide variety of flora and fauna, and a deep bluish water in where tourist could conduct ecotourism related activities such as swimming, hiking, trekking, mountaineering, kayaking and other wide adventures. It now has an established hiking trail and a frequent site for photoshoots.

Source of Power

Managong Falls is the proposed site of the Managong Hydroelectric Power Plant. The falls is believed to be one of the biggest sources of renewable energy in the province of

, owing to its strong current. The output of the hydroelectrical plant is projected to be able to cover the electricity demand for the entire

References

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