Cagayan de Oro

Cagayan de Oro is a city in the Philippines, a country made of many islands.

It is on Mindanao, one of the biggest islands.

Cagayan de Oro is a city in the north of Mindanao. The French encyclopedia Larousse says Mindanao and Luzon are the two largest islands of the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands.

The Philippines' census of 1 July 2024 counted 741,617 people in Cagayan de Oro. City Population lists it in the province of Misamis Oriental.

Larousse ('Cagayan de Oro'): a town of the Philippines in the north of the island of Mindanao; population 461,877 (2000 census); an agricultural market and a center of gold-mining operations. Larousse ('Philippines'): an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands and islets; Luzon and Mindanao, the two largest, hold two-thirds of the area and of the population. City Population (from the Philippine Statistics Authority), 'Cagayan de Oro', status City, listed under 'Misamis Oriental (incl. City of Cagayan de Oro)': 339,598 (census 1 May 1990), 461,877 (1 May 2000), 602,088 (1 May 2010), 675,950 (1 August 2015), 728,402 (1 May 2020) and 741,617 (1 July 2024).

Look at the tall towers and all the rooftops!

Far away, you can see water and hills.

Patrickroque01 took this photo of Cagayan de Oro from high above in 2023. It shows tall towers, rows of lower buildings with green and red roofs among trees, an oval track around a field in the front, with a red area at one end, and water and hazy hills far away under a pink and gray sky.

On Wikidata, Plaza Divisoria, a park, is about 0.9 kilometers southwest of the city's point, and the Port of Cagayan de Oro, a seaport on Macajalar Bay, about 2.0 kilometers northeast.

Commons: 'CDO CM Recto-Corrales skyline alt (Cagayan De Oro City; 12-08-2023)', own work by Patrickroque01 (Patrick Roque; CC BY-SA 4.0 and GFDL), described as the 'Cagayan De Oro City skyline'; first uploaded to English Wikipedia in December 2023 and imported to Commons; the date is written 12-08-2023 (day and month order not stated), so only the year is used. The photo shows high-rise towers, low and mid-rise buildings among trees, an oval track around a field in the foreground, with a red area at one end, tall cranes at the far left and water with hazy hills on the horizon. Wikidata, from the city point (Q1645): Plaza Divisoria (Q137145712), a park, 0.92 km SW; Port of Cagayan de Oro (Q28933120), a seaport next to Macajalar Bay (Q14395416), 1.96 km NE.

Farmers bring food to sell in Cagayan de Oro.

People also dig for gold in the area!

Larousse describes Cagayan de Oro as an agricultural market, a place where farm goods are bought and sold, and as a center of gold-mining operations.

For the Philippines as a whole, Larousse says the country is still largely agricultural, growing mainly rice and corn. City Population lists Cagayan de Oro among the cities and municipalities of Mindanao, in the province of Misamis Oriental, where 1,729,682 people were counted in 2024, the city included.

Larousse ('Cagayan de Oro'): marché agricole et centre d'exploitations aurifères. Larousse ('Philippines'): the country remains largely agricultural (rice and corn, among others). City Population lists the city among the cities and municipalities of Mindanao, under the province of Misamis Oriental.