Gingoog City

Gingoog is a second class city in Misamis Oriental. Like other municipalities in the Philippines that retained Spanish-based orthography, the city name is spelled as Gingoog but is pronounced as or /hee-ngu-og/ since it originated as a Manobo word. According to the, it has a population of people.GeographyGingoog is located in the Province of Misamis Oriental in the Northern Mindanao Region on Mindanao island. The city is approximately east of Cagayan de Oro City and west of Butuan City. It is bounded on the east by the Municipality of Magsaysay; on the west by the Municipality of Medina; on the south by the Municipality of Claveria; and on the north by Gingoog Bay. Its total land area is.BarangaysGingoog City is politically subdivided into 79 barangays. In 1957, the sitio of Malibod was converted into a barrio.The 79 barangays are the following:HistoryThe city was founded by Spanish missionaries in 1750. It was the oldest city in Misamis Oriental Province, even older than the province's capital and economic hub, Cagayan de Oro, which was founded in 1871.