Carmen, Agusan del Norte
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.
Carmen
In 1883, the Spanish violinist and composer Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908) wrote a "Carmen Fantasy" for violin, described as "ingenious and technically difficult". Ferruccio Busoni's 1920 piece, Piano Sonatina No. 6 (Fantasia da camera super Carmen), is based on themes from "Carmen". In 1967, the Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin adapted parts of the "Carmen" music into a ballet, the "Carmen Suite", written specifically for his wife Maya Plisetskaya, then the Bolshoi Ballet's principal ballerina.