Cagayan de Oro

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This article is about a Philippine city. For other uses, see Cagayan (disambiguation).

Cagayan de Oro

Cagayan de Misamis

Highly urbanized city

City of Cagayan de Oro

From top, left to right: St. Augustine Cathedral, Misamis Oriental Cultural Heritage Monument, Misamis
Oriental Provincial Capitol, Centrio Ayala Mall, Limketkai Center, Pueblo de Oro Business IT Park, Market
City

From top, left to right: St. Augustine Cathedral, Misamis Oriental Cultural Heritage Monument, Misamis
Oriental Provincial Capitol, Centrio Ayala Mall, Limketkai Center, Pueblo de Oro Business IT Park, Market
City

Official seal of Cagayan de Oro

Seal

Etymology: Cagayan de Misamis

Nicknames:

City of Golden Friendship[1]

Whitewater Rafting Capital of the Philippines[2]

City of Gold[3]

Map of Northern Mindanao with Cagayan de Oro highlighted

Map of Northern Mindanao with Cagayan de Oro highlighted

OpenStreetMap

Cagayan de Oro is located in PhilippinesCagayan de OroCagayan de Oro

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 8°29′N 124°39′ECoordinates: 8°29′N 124°39′E

CountryPhilippines

Region Northern Mindanao

Province Misamis Oriental (geographically only)

District 1st and 2nd districts

Settlement re-established 1626

Town 1871

Cityhood 15 June 1950

Highly urbanized city 22 November 1983

Barangays 80 (see Barangays)

Government [4]

• Type Sangguniang Panlungsod

• Mayor Oscar S. Moreno (PDP–Laban)

• Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy (PDP–Laban)

• Representatives

Rolando A. Uy (1st District) (PDP–Laban)

Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd District) (CDP)

• City Council

Members

• Electorate 345,358 voters (2019)

Area[5]

• City 412.80 km2 (159.38 sq mi)

Elevation 428 m (1,404 ft)

Highest elevation 2,892 m (9,488 ft)

Lowest elevation 0 m (0 ft)

Population (2020 census) [6]

• City 728,402

• Density 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)

• Metro 1,687,159

• Households 158,021

Demonym(s) Cagayanons; Kagay-anons

Economy

• Income class 1st city income class

• Poverty incidence 8.86% (2015)[7]

• Revenue ₱2,666,818,516.92 (2016)

Service provider

• Electricity Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company (CEPALCO)

• Water Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD)

Time zone UTC+08:00 (PST)

ZIP code

9000

PSGC

104305000

IDD : area code  +63 (0)88

Climate type tropical rainforest climate

Native languages Cebuano, Tagalog, English

Abbreviations CdeO, CDO, CDOC, Cag. de Oro

Website cagayandeoro.gov.ph

Cagayan de Oro (CDO), officially the City of Cagayan de Oro (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro;
Tagalog: Lungsod ng Cagayan de Oro), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Northern
Mindanao, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Misamis Oriental where it is geographically
situated but governed administratively independent from the provincial government. According to the
2020 census, it has a population of 728,402 residents. [6]

Cagayan de Oro also serves as the regional center and business hub of Northern Mindanao, and part of
the growing Metropolitan Cagayan de Oro area, which includes the city of El Salvador, the towns of
Opol, Alubijid, Laguindingan, Gitagum, Lugait, Naawan, Initao, Libertad and Manticao at the western
side, and the towns of Tagoloan, Villanueva, Jasaan, Claveria and Balingasag at the eastern side.

Cagayan de Oro is located along the north central coast of Mindanao island facing Macajalar Bay and is
bordered by the municipalities of Opol to the west, Tagoloan to the east, and the provinces of Bukidnon
and Lanao del Norte to the south of the city. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of
728,402, making it the 10th most populous city in the Philippines. [8]

Cagayan de Oro is also famous for its white water rafting or kayaking adventures, one of the tourism
activities being promoted along the Cagayan de Oro River.[9][10][11]
Contents

1 Etymology

2 History

2.1 Classical period

2.2 Colonial period

2.2.1 Spanish period

2.2.2 American period

2.2.3 Japanese period and second American period

2.3 Postwar era

2.4 Martial law era

2.5 Recent history

2.6 Notable calamities

3 Geography

3.1 Climate

4 Demographics

4.1 Religion

4.1.1 Roman Catholicism

4.1.1.1 Black Nazarene shrine

4.1.2 Protestant and Evangelical Christianity

4.1.3 Islam

4.1.4 Other religions

4.2 Languages

5 Economy

5.1 Big industries and homegrown industries

5.2 Bank industry

5.3 Automobile industry

5.4 Retail industry

5.5 Business process outsourcing

5.6 Cooperative business

6 Culture and arts

6.1 Cuisine

6.2 Sports

7 Infrastructure

7.1 Transportation

7.1.1 Ports

7.1.2 Airport

7.1.3 Bus terminals

7.2 Public utilities

7.3 Law and order

7.4 Medical facilities