Cagayan de Oro

Cagayan de Oro
Sp. /kah'gah yahn" de aw"rddaw/
a city in the Philippines, on NW Mindanao. 227,312.

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City (pop., 2000: 461,877), northern Mindanao, Philippines.

Located along the Cagayan River near the head of Macajalar Bay, it was established as a mission station in the 17th century and fortified by the Spaniards. Chartered as a city in 1950, it has become northern Mindanao's transportation and commercial hub.

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      city, northern Mindanao, southern Philippines. It lies along the Cagayan River near the head of Macajalar Bay. After its establishment as a mission station in the 17th century, it was fortified by the Spaniards. Cagayan de Oro was chartered as a city in 1950 and has become the transportation and commercial hub of northern Mindanao. Its international airport is a major stopover for flights south, and the city is the northern terminus of the trans-Mindanao Sayre Highway. Exports include rice, corn (maize), and copra. The satellite town of Carmen is on the left bank of the river, and nearby Bugo is the site of a pineapple cannery. Xavier University (1933), St. Augustine's Cathedral, the Plaza Divisoria, and Gaston Park are in the city. Pop. (2000) 461,877.

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