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Also known as Tuguegarao City, Tuguegarao, Cagayan, City of Tuguegarao

Tuguegarao ( or ), officially the City of Tuguegarao (; ; ; ), is a second-class component city and capital of the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people, making it the most populous city in Cagayan Province, Cagayan Valley and Northeastern Luzon.

Key facts

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From top, left to right: St. Peter Metropolitan Cathedral; San Jacinto Chapel; Buntun Bridge, the country's longest river bridge; Cagayan Museum; Tuguegarao City Commercial Center
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120x80px
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Tuguegarao City Seal.png
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100x80px
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yes
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Philippines
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right
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Location within the
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Philippines
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Region
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Province
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("this was cleared by fire")
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Premier Ibanag City
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Tuguegarao City Hymn
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District
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Founded

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Official name
City of Tuguegarao
Located in
Cagayan
Population
167297
Area
144.80
Elevation
120
Capital of
Cagayan
Shares border with
San Pablo
Image
Tuguegarao City Scenery.jpg
Households
37896
Dialing code
78
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Köppen climate classification
tropical monsoon climate
language used
Tagalog
inception
1604-05-09
poverty incidence
4.87
Commons category
Tuguegarao
postal code
3500
fiscal/tax revenue
1455908021.29
total assets
4275555339.91
total expenditure
1145584089.50
total liabilities
1088761507.93
electorate
97963
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Encyclopedic overview

46 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Spanish colonial era
  • American era
  • Japanese occupation
  • Postwar era
  • During the Marcos dictatorship
  • Declaration as regional capital
  • Hotel Delfino siege
  • Cityhood
  • Geography
  • Barangays
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • Population
  • Religion
  • Economy
  • Retail and business process outsourcing
  • Banking and real estate
  • Metro Tuguegarao
  • Government
  • Local government
  • Elected Officials
  • Political history
  • Ting-Soriano Rivalry
  • Chronology of executive leadership (Post-1900)
  • Culture
  • Tourism
  • Infrastructure
  • Transportation
  • Air
  • Land
  • Main roads
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Media
  • TV stations
  • Cable & satellite TV
  • Radio
  • Notable personalities
  • Entertainment
  • Military
  • Religion
  • Sports
  • References
  • External links

Tuguegarao ( or ), officially the City of Tuguegarao (; ; ; ), is a second-class component city and capital of the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people, making it the most populous city in Cagayan Province, Cagayan Valley and Northeastern Luzon.

A major urban center and primary growth center in the Northeastern Luzon, it is the regional center of Cagayan Valley and also its regional institutional and administrative center. The city is a convergence area for the provinces of Cagayan, Kalinga, Apayao and northern Isabela and one of the fast-emerging cities in the Philippines.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tuguegarao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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