Gingoog City

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Geographical location

The city is located on the northeastern coast of the Province of Misamis Oriental, Region 10. It is 122 kilometers from the regional center of Cagayan de Oro City and 74 kilometers West of Butuan City. It lies within the grid coordinates 124°57” East Longitude and 8°52” North Latitude. It is bounded on the North by Gingoog bay; on the East by the Municipality of Magsaysay and the Province of Agusan del Norte; on the West by the Municipalities of Claveria and Medina and on the South by Agusan del Sur.

The city occupies an area of 769.88 square kms. (76,988 hectares)

History

Looking back in pre-Hispanic era, Gingoog originates from a thriving Manobo settlement in the area presently situated by Barangay Daan Lungsod. With influx of migrants as years passed, the settlers decided to transfer to a wider area for settlement.

A spacious or wider area with room for growth and expansion was considered by the settlers at Gahub-Mangiskis, beside the river and the seashore.

Gingoog became a Spanish pueblo in 1868 and became a municipality in 1903 under the United States administration. During this period the town’s economic growth was spurred by agricultural development and the benefits of forest product/wood-based production by then Sta. Clara and thence Anakan Lumber Company logging operations and the Mindanao Plywood Corporation.

On June 18, 1960 Gingoog became a Charter City. From third Class, Gingoog city became First Class city in 1982 and continued on to be adjudged Most Outstanding Component City of Region 10 in 1984.

Before the city was served its light and power needs by MORESCO II on December 17, 1978, CEPALCO, a private service firm cater to the city’s needs until the former withdraw its services for reasons leaving the latter experiencing dark nights.

A decade later, the city saw the massive rural road development program connecting circumferential al-weather and dirt roads at least connecting remote barangays to the main routes to the city. Rural electrification has also started that gained momentum in the start of the 21st Century that presently hundred per cent of the rural barangays are “switched on”.

During the period also, the forest product or wood-based companies have ceased operations in the city while the city wharf services also was gone as boats stop calling port as shippers preferred the proliferating services of the “door to door” delivery container vans from the ports of Cagayan de Oro and Nasipit.

The proposed Gingoog River Mini Hydro Project was already hatched and has been toying in the dreams and aspirations of past and present leaders with complete pre-FS documents and series of technical surveys of the area proposed. The idea has always become a political issue each and every election year each making the electorate callused or incentive dismissing it as mere propaganda as nothing actually happened.

At present, towards 2010 and onward, the city’s stance is to develop the potentials of the areas of tourism. It was painfully accepted that with the absence of drivers for vigorous industries and manufacturing ventures, the city is unable to compete with the highly urbanized neighbors who ere strategically located at the gates of transport networks for commerce and industry.

In that direction, the present administration is vent on installing tourist-oriented facilities and infra-supports while offering tax incentives to potential investors. Much effort was exerted and resources directed towards identifying potential area for economic growth in that stance. The laudable efforts of the current LCE has greatly changed the facade and overlaying suburbs signifying shift and change and sent positive signal to investors that friendly environs for investment has actually been manifest.

Climate

Based on PAGASA data, the hottest month is observed in May with an average temperature of 28.95ºC while the month of January is the coolest with an average temperature of 26.60 ºC.

In terms of surface wind circulation pattern, oceanographic data reveals that the coast of Gingoog is greatly influenced by the monsoon systems, namely, the Northeast Monsoon System (November to March) and the Southwest Monsoon System (June to October). Of these systems, the Northeast Monsoon greatly affects the coast and the wind-driven circulation of the bay seems to be directed towards the coast.