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Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Northern Mindanao
- Founded
- November 2, 1929
- Capital
- Oroquieta
- Largest city
- Ozamiz
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlalawigan
- Governor
- Atty. Henry S. Oaminal Sr. ( NP )
- Vice governor
- Rowena L. Gutierrez (Asenso Pinoy Party)
- Legislature
- Misamis Occidental Provincial Board
- Total
- 2,006.63 km (774.76 sq mi)
- Rank
- 60th out of 82
- Highest elevation mount malindang
- 2,404 m (7,887 ft)
- Density
- 309.969/km (802.816/sq mi)
- Demonym
- West Misamisnon
- Component cities
- 3 Oroquieta Ozamiz Tangub
- Municipalities
- 14 Aloran Baliangao Bonifacio Calamba Clarin Concepcion Don Victoriano Jimenez Lopez Jaena Panaon Plaridel Sapang Dalaga Sinacaban Tudela
- Districts
- Legislative districts of Misamis Occidental
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( PST )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of the Philippines
- Official name
- Lalawigan ng Misamis Occidental
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Northern Mindanao
- Contains
- Tudela
- Capital
- Oroquieta
- Population
- 621993
- Area
- 2055.22
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Body of water
- Bohol Sea
- Shares border with
- Zamboanga del Sur
- Highest point
- Mount Malindang
- Official website
- misocc.gov.ph
- Households
- 149188
- Dialing code
- 88
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- Commons category
- Misamis Occidental
- topic's main category
- Category:Misamis Occidental
- postal code
- 7200–7215
- inception
- 1929-11-02
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical climate
- electorate
- 437401
- language used
- Cebuano
- poverty incidence
- 18.30
- total assets
- 9916287905.00
- total liabilities
- 1111329634.00
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 2036932494.00
- total expenditure
- 1623669259.00
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Encyclopedic overview
Misamis Occidental (Cebuano: Kasadpang Misamis; Subanen: Sindepan Mis'samis; Maranao: Sedepan Misamis; Filipino: Kanlurang Misamis), officially the Province of Misamis Occidental, is a province located in the region of Northern Mindanao in the Philippines. Its capital is the city of Oroquieta while Ozamiz is the most-populous city. The province borders Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur to the west and is separated from Lanao del Norte by Panguil Bay to the south and Iligan Bay to the east.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Misamis Occidental” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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