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Cagayan de Oro
Northern Mindanao, Philippines · Asia
About Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro sits on the route: 10 minutes from Barra.
Cagayan de Oro is in Northern Mindanao, Philippines, with about 740,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Barra, about 6 km away.
Cagayan de Oro (CDO), officially the City of Cagayan de Oro, is a highly urbanized city in the Northern Mindanao region of the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 741,617 people, making it the 10th most populous city in the Philippines and the most populous in Northern Mindanao.
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as the capital of the province of Misamis Oriental wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but governed administratively independent from the provincial government and also the largest city of that province. It 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.
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.
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Cagayan de Oro is in Northern Mindanao, Philippines, about 6 km from Barra.
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- Population
- 741,617
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Northern Mindanao
- Timezone
- Asia/Manila
- Coordinates
- 8.4822, 124.6472
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