Oroquieta
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Oroquieta, officially the City of Oroquieta (; ), is a component city and capital of the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 71,373 people.
Key facts
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- 120x80px
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- 100x80px
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- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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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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- City of Good Life
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- District
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- Founded
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- 1880
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- Cityhood
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- January 1, 1970
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- City of Oroquieta
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Misamis Occidental
- Population
- 71373
- Area
- 237.88
- Elevation
- 138
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Capital of
- Misamis Occidental
- Shares border with
- Sapang Dalaga
- Official website
- www.oroquietacity.gov.ph
- Households
- 17326
- Dialing code
- 88
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- Commons category
- Oroquieta
- postal code
- 7207
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- poverty incidence
- 20.48
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 988304665.00
- electorate
- 53985
- total assets
- 2798017229.00
- total expenditure
- 736416671.00
- total liabilities
- 653227872.00
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Cityhood
- Geography
- Climate
- Barangays
- Demographics
- Economy
- Government
- Healthcare
- Education
- Notable personalities
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Oroquieta, officially the City of Oroquieta (; ), is a component city and capital of the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 71,373 people.
==Etymology== Oroquieta is named after the Basque settlement of (spelled "Oroquieta" in Spanish) in Navarra, Spain. It was the birthplace of the Franciscan Friar Tomás Casado, who was the first Spanish parish priest of Oroquieta and was an important figure in its early foundation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oroquieta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.