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News •

Cagayan de Oro air base remains under AFP control despite being an EDCA site • Nov. 12, 2024, 7:52 AM ET (Rappler)
Sandiganbayan upholds graft conviction of ex-Cagayan de Oro mayor, 4 others • Nov. 5, 2024, 7:11 AM ET (Rappler)
Trough of Kristine causes damage, triggers evacuations in parts of Mindanao • Oct. 24, 2024, 7:55 AM ET (Rappler)

Cagayan de Oro, 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; (2010) 602,088.

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