Misamis Oriental
Misamis Oriental is a province of the Philippines in the north of the island of Mindanao. It is politically the district X Northern Mindanao assigned.
The provincial capital is called Cagayan de Oro. The governor of the province is Oscar Moreno.
Geography
Misamis Oriental is located in the central northern part of the island of Mindanao. The province borders Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon to the south, the Agusan del Norte and Agusan at del Sur to the east and to the north of the island province of Camiguin Mindanaosee or that lies off the northern coast of Misamis Oriental.
The landscape is rough and partially interspersed with mountain ranges and is characterized by a flat coastal region, as well as rivers and valleys. The eastern area consists of an angular hills, which in turn is punctuated by deep gorges. The coastline stretches irregularly at the Mindanaosee along and forms besides, numerous coves, bounded by sloping lowlands and river valleys. Rise between the large canyons of the western part abruptly harsh highland hills, while the coastal lowlands is presented for long stretches flat and crossed by many streams.
Misamis Oriental has two large bays: the Bay of Macajalar in the center of the province near the capital city of Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog Bay, which lies in the far east in the second city of the province of Gingoog City.
The two rivers Cagayan and Tagoloan lead in the province in the Mindanaosee.
The total area of the province is 3570 km ².
Demography and language
According to the census of 2000, 1,126,215 people live in Misamis Oriental. The province thus occupies the 19th place of the most populous provinces of the Philippines.
The population density is 315 people per km ². This means the 17th place in the demographic statistics of the island nation.
We also speak various languages , mainly Cebuano, Tagalog and Maranao. In addition, Hiligaynon, Ilonggo, Waray Waray - and of course English are common languages in the province.
Economy
The province maintains various industries, especially agriculture and forestry, steel, metal and textile processing, chemical industry and rubber and food production.
The forest areas are one of the main resources of the province. Wood degradation and land sales are important economic factors. Misamis Oriental is crossed by numerous rivers, whose water supply inland fisheries. The Mindanaosee provides the local fishing fleets over the bays of Macajalar and Gingoog also a direct access to its rich fishing grounds.
Significant educational institutions
Administrative divisions
Misamis Oriental is subdivided into 24 administrative municipalities and three cities.
The administrative municipalities are in turn subdivided into a total of 502 barangays ( districts ). The province is divided into two districts Congress plus the District of Cagayan de Oro.
Cities
- Cagayan de Oro
- Gingoog
- El Salvador City
Management communities
- Alubijid
- Balingasag
- Balingoan
- Binuangan
- Claveria
- Gitagum
- Initao
- Jasaan
- Kinoguitan
- Lagonglong
- Laguindingan
- Libertad
- Lugait
- Magsaysay ( Linugos )
- Manticao
- Medina
- Naawan
- Opole
- Salay
- Sugbongcogon
- Tagoloan
- Talisayan
- Villanueva
Climate
In the eastern part of the province, between the towns Kinoguitan and Magsaysa prevail between the months of November and January spoken before heavy rains. Rest of the year is warm and humid and tropical in the rule.
In the central regions and the western part of the province 's climate from November to April is relatively dry, while also exhibiting the remainder of tropical warm and humid.
The province is outside the typhoon belt, but is haunted from time to time by violent squalls.
History
The name is derived from the word Misamis Misa, the Spanish term for exhibition. When Christianity was still not very common in the Philippines, the word Misa sounded again and again when priests traveled through the country to promote the conversions to the Christian faith. Thus, by the expression of the Spanish missionaries with time to a name for the whole area.
Other sources say the word Misamis derives from the word Kuyamis, a sweet Kokosnussart, which was the main product of the early settlers of the region. The word Kuyamis changed after the arrival of Spanish colonists in time and became today's Misamis.
The first settlers of the region were Negritos. Centuries later, Austronesian colonists came and fought with the natives for supremacy at the Cagayan River and its coastal areas. The fighting went out in favor of the locals.
In the 16th century, spread over most of the island of Mindanao Muslim immigrants and the inhabitants were converted to Islam majority.
Around 1818, Misamis was a part of Cebu. In the late 19th century, the province was then one of the 6 districts of Mindanao and then, towards the end of the Spanish era, one of the seven districts of Mindanao and Sulu. Cagayan de Misamis became the capital and is now known under the name of Cagayan de Oro.
With the legislative Act. No. 3537, the province divided with effect from 2 November 1929 in two new provinces: Misamis Occidental with capital Oroquieta City and Misamis Oriental to the capital Cagayan de Oro. However, it took a full ten years before the division was implemented by the supplementary application No. 3777 of 28 November 1939.
Attractions
- The Noslek Canoby Walk, a walking and climbing path that leads over the hills of Claveria.
- The Duka Bay in Medina
- The Wildflower Sanctuary Park in Claveria
- The Agutayan riff and the Constancia Reef
- The Medina Springs
- The Sagpulon Sources & cases at San Isidro, Jasaan
- The Initao - Libertad Protected Landscape / Seascape
- The Mount Balatukan Range Natural Park
Personalities
- Danilo Lagbas (1952-2008), politician, MP for Misamis Oriental