Tuguegarao
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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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- Country
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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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- District
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- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
46 sectionsContents
- 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.