It has a protected marine sanctuary located in barangay Balibadon, Capandan, Mabahin, Poblacion, Tigao, Uba and Tag-anongan.

It is known in the province of Surigao del Sur for its rich source of seafoods in the area.

It was not until March 19, 1954, however, that the new local government unit formally started to function with the assumption into office of the first set of municipal officials appointed by then President Elpidio R. Quirino.

13'00 East longitude or lies in the mid-eastern portion of Surigao del Sur along the Pacific Coast.

Mabahin, Tigao and Burgos have a large area of rice and swamplands, the rest of the barangays are generally hilly.

The south-western portion of the town is generally mountainous and covered with second growth forest.

[5] In 2023, a Vulnerable species of Begonia, B. noraaunorae, named after Nora Aunor, a Filipina actress and National Artist of the Philippines, was discovered in the limestone areas of this town.