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About Cagayan de Oro CityOne looking for a place to retire in or take a vacation or migrate to would be well advised to look at Cagayan de Oro. Over the last few years, the City has grown in leaps and bounds and has undergone many changes and yet has managed to retain its Old World charm.
"Over the last few years, the City has grown in leaps and bounds and has undergone many changes and yet has managed to retain its Old World charm."
The Cagayan de Oro (CDO) of today is a booming trade and tourism center, an education hub, and a population center of over 700,000 people. It is one of the major and fastest growing cities in the Philippines, with all the amenities of a modern city minus the negatives of Metro Manila such as floods, typhoons, and the legendary traffic jams.
Many of its residents, including a good number of non-homegrown Cagay-anons (the City has a large base of migrant population and is a virtual melting pot of people of diverse cultures) attest to the City's being a most ideal place to live in. Aside from its strategic location (it is just an hour and 20 minutes by plane from Manila; Cebu is just half an hour away by plane and a sleep away by fast ferry; Davao is just five hours away; Iligan to the West and Bukidnon to the Southeast are just an hour or so away), the City offers its residents a quality but affordable lifestyle. From food to power to real estate, prices here are relatively lower than Manila or other parts of Luzon or Cebu, enabling one to stretch his spending peso or dollar.
The City has something to offer everyone. If you prefer nature tripping, the beaches are close by and so are mountain retreats. If you want more adventure, Cagayan de Oro River has the distinction of allowing river rafting experience all-year round, using the normal rafts or the Pinoy-style using tire inner tubes or salbabidas tied together. If you are a golf enthusiast, there is Pueblo de Oro Golf & Country Club which is just a few minutes away from the airport and if you want more golf, there is the classic Del Monte Golf Club nearby which has the distinction of breeding such golf champions as Celestino Tugot and Frankie Miñoza.
Would you like shopping instead? CDO has a good number of malls and modern shopping centers, including national brands like SM, Robinsons and Makro along with local brands, Gaisano, LimKetKai and Ororama. In addition, the City has completed the renovation of its major markets, including the Cogon and Carmen Markets, turning these into clean and modern multi-storey buildings, and the construction of the Westbound Market and Transport Terminal. The City also has something for night owls, including the Night Cafe which is similar to the Boardwalk of the revitalized Manila Bay area.
As an education hub in Northern Mindanao, CDO boasts of 300 private and public schools catering to primary, secondary, vocational and college education. The list of schools includes three universities, including Ateneo de Cagayan (Xavier University) and an International School catering to the educational needs of expatriates' families.
With regard to healthcare, the City has one of the more favorable hospital bed to population ratios (1:474 in 2003, the latest figure available) than most other places in the Philippines, thanks to the presence of at least 12 major and well-equipped hospitals.Other health facilities include a string of barangay health centers, private medical clinics, and modern diagnostic centers and laboratories.
As of last count, there are over 80 private subdivisions in the City, a good number of which, particularly those in Pueblo de Oro, boast of standard amenities and features such as wide roads (CDO is perhaps the only place in the Philippines where the set minimum width requirements for roads exceed national standards), underground drainage, perimeter fence, 24-hour security, and ample open spaces and facilities such as parks, playgrounds, and clubhouses
In terms of modern day appurtenances such as broadband and the internet, the City does not lag. Proof of this is the proliferation of internet cafes where one can surf for less than P20 per hour (roughly US$0.30). As a further proof that it has the necessary telecom and other needed information technology (IT) infrastructures, the booming call center industry has spread to Cagayan de Oro, with a couple of call center firms and a medical transcription company now in operation and several more expected to locate here soon, particularly in the Pueblo de Oro IT Park, the first such park in Mindanao. As a special economic zone, the park offers tax holidays and other incentives to its investors and locators.
Yes, CDO is in Mindanao but it is, and has always been, one of the most peaceful cities in the Philippines, with a crime rate that is much lower than most other cities. It has helped that not only is peace and order a priority of the local government but there is also an inherent harmonious relationship between Christians and Muslims in this predominantly Christian area.
Because of the legendary friendliness and warmth of its people, CDO has always been known as the "City of Golden Friendship." Today, because of the great strides it has made by way of progress, notably in the last few years, City officials want to capture and highlight such progress by adopting another tag line: "A City in Bloom, in Blossom and in Boom." Fittingly, Cagayan de Oro is indeed such a city.
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