Misamis Oriental

Misamis Oriental Probinsya sa Sidlakang Misamis Provincia de Oriental Misamis
—  Province  —
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Map of the Philippines with Misamis Oriental highlighted
Coordinates: 8°45′N 125°00′E / 8.75°N 125°E / 8.75; 125Coordinates: 8°45′N 125°00′E / 8.75°N 125°E / 8.75; 125
Country	Philippines
Region	Northern Mindanao (Region X)
Founded	1939
Capital	Cagayan de Oro City
Government
• Governor	Oscar S. Moreno (Liberal Party)
• Vice Governor	Norris C. Babiera
Area
• Total	3,102.9 km2 (1,198.0 sq mi)
Area rank	46th out of 80
Population (2007)
• Total	748,791
• Rank	38th out of 80
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
• Density rank	31st out of 80
Divisions
• Independent cities	1
• Component cities	2
• Municipalities	23
• Barangays	424 including independent cities: 504
• Districts	1st and 2nd Districts of Misamis Oriental including independent cities: 1st and 2nd Districts of Cagayan de Oro City
Time zone	PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP Code
Spoken languages	Higaonon(Majority)Cebuano , Filipino (Tagalog), English, Spanish, Ilonggo, Boholano, Waray, Higaonon
Website	[1]

Misamis Oriental (Filipino:Silangang Misamis, abbreviated Mis. Or.) is a province of the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital and provincial center is Cagayan de Oro City. The province borders Iligan City and Bukidnon to the south, the Agusan del Norte to the east, and to the north is Bohol Sea with the island-province of Camiguin just off its northern shore.

History

The earliest known settlers of the territory were the Negritos. Centuries later, Austronesian colonists fought the natives for the control of the rich coastal plains by the Cagayan River, and the Visayans won the struggle for possession over the Bukidnons.

In the 16th century, most of Mindanao was under the control of Muslims, and the inhabitants were converted into Islam. As part of Mindanao, the people of the territory were obliged to pay tribute to Muslim rulers.

Legislative Act. No. 3537 approved on 2 November 1929, divided the province of Misamis into two due to the lack of geographic contiguity. It was not until ten years later on 28 November 1939 that the division between Misamis Oriental and Misamis Occidental was implemented by Act. No. 3777. When Misamis Oriental separated, Don Gregorio Pelaez became its first governor.

In 1942, at the onset of World War II in the Philippines, Japanese soldiers landed in Misamis Oriental to occupy the region. Combined American and Philippine Commonwealth forces along with recognised guerrilla fighters liberated Misamis Oriental in 1945.

Geography

Located in Northern Mindanao, it is bordered by the provinces of Bukidnon to the south, Agusan del Norte to the east and Lanao del Norte to the west. On the north lies Camiguin Island in the Bohol Sea.

Economy

The province is host to industries such as agricultural, forest, steel, metal, chemical, mineral, rubber and food processing. It is home to the 30 square kilometre PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate and the Mindanao International Container Port, all in Tagoloan. Del Monte Philippines, which exports pineapples all over the Asia-Pacific region, has a processing plant in Cagayan de Oro.

Politics and administration

$2 billion shipyard

Cagayan de Oro Port.One of the modern seaport in the Philippines.

On January 10, 2008, Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Company of South Korea inked a contract to build a $2 billion shipyard building complex at Villanueva, Misamis Oriental with the PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority. It is bigger than Hanjin's $1 billion shipyard complex in Subic, Olongapo City which will hire 20,000 Filipinos to manufacture ship parts. The Philippine government declared the 441.8-hectare project site an economic zone (part of 3,000-hectare industrial estate managed by PHIVIDEC).^[1]

Political

Misamis Oriental is subdivided into 23 municipalities and 2 component cities. Cagayan de Oro City, the capital, is a highly-urbanized city that governs itself independently from the province.

Cities

• Cagayan de Oro City, highly urbanized city and independent from province.
• El Salvador City
• Gingoog City

Municipalities

See also

• Misamis Occidental
• Cagayan de Oro
• Mindanao
• Laguindingan International Airport

References

External links

• Official website of the Province of Misamis Oriental
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2007 Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System

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