₱ 700.7 million (2020), 317.7 million (2012), 332.7 million (2013), 382.2 million (2014), 426.3 million (2015), 467.9 million (2016), 523.6 million (2017), 572 million (2018), 637 million (2019), 751.8 million (2021), 988.3 million (2022)
₱ 2,063 million (2020), 891.5 million (2012), 914 million (2013), 959.9 million (2014), 104.4 million (2015), 1,192 million (2016), 1,388 million (2017), 1,845 million (2018), 1,814 million (2019), 2,247 million (2021), 2,798 million (2022)
₱ 500.7 million (2020), 236.3 million (2012), 111.2 million (2013), 307.8 million (2014), 314.3 million (2015), 333.2 million (2016), 390.9 million (2017), 434.5 million (2018), 520.9 million (2019), 571.6 million (2021), 736.4 million (2022)
₱ 379.5 million (2020), 293.2 million (2012), 270.2 million (2013), 246.2 million (2014), 252.5 million (2015), 279.1 million (2016), 262.7 million (2017), 489.9 million (2018), 346.4 million (2019), 395.7 million (2021), 653.2 million (2022)
Oroquieta (formerly/originally known as Layawan), officially the City of Oroquieta (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Oroquieta; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Oroquieta), is a component city and capital of the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 72,301 people.[3]
Etymology
Some sources reveal that the town got its name from the barrio in Spain where Father Tomás Casado, the first parish priest, and General Domingo Moriones y Murillo, a hero in the Battle of Oroquieta, were born.[citation needed]
Another version is that Oroquieta had derived its name from the words oro (gold) and quita or kita (to find), in reference to the early inhabitants who had found gold along the river.
History
Layawan was the original name of Oroquieta, which was a barrio in the province of Misamis since 1861 until 1879. The early settlers then of the barrio were Boholanos. They found so many stray animals along the river, thus they named the place Layawan, which means a place of stray animals. A little later, Misamis was divided into two provinces, Misamis Occidental and Oriental. Then in 1880, Layawan changed its name to Oroquieta when it became a town.
Oroquieta became the capital (cabecera) on January 6, 1930. As capital town, people of various neighboring provinces came and inhabited in the place where they earn their living through fishing, farming, merchandising and other forms of businesses. Soon afterwards its income increased simultaneously with increase in population, resulting from southward migration from Luzon and Visayas to the area.
In 1942, Oroquieta was made the capital of the free Philippines by the recognized guerrillas and later the ongoing troops of the Philippine Commonwealth Army. (Personal interview with the late Atty. Vicente Blanco, Municipal Mayor during the Japanese Occupation) During this time, President Manuel L. Quezon, together with Sergio Osmeña Sr., a bodyguard and Major Manuel Nieto Sr., landed in Oroquieta after their evacuation from Corregidor to Australia.
The seat of government of the Free Philippines then was the Capitol. The Free Philippine Government was then issuing Misamis Occidental emergency notes. President Quezon, upon knowing that Oroquieta was made a capital of the Free Philippines and that the town was issuing emergency notes, authorized the Printing of the Mindanao emergency note.
Oroquieta was created a city under Republic Act 5518 and inaugurated as a chartered city on January 1, 1970. The charter converting the municipality of Oroquieta into a city were signed by President Marcos on June 25, 1969, in the presence of the then City Mayor Ciriaco C. Pastrano, with the newly elected councilors and other city officials.
Geography
Oroquieta City is bounded on the south by Aloran and the north by Lopez Jaena. On the eastern side is Iligan Bay, with Concepcion on the southwest and Sapang Dalaga on the northwest. Lowland plains and coastal lowlands are located in the city's eastern side while highlands and mountains tower over its western side.
The city occupies roughly 26,393 hectares (65,220 acres), the majority of which comprises the mountain barangays of Mialen, Toliyok, and Sebucal, averaging less than a thousand hectares per Barangay, the 47 barangays of the City outsize its urbanized counterparts.
Climate
Climate data for Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental
According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 72,301 people,[3] with a density of 300 inhabitants per square kilometre or 780 inhabitants per square mile.
The groundbreaking ceremony and construction of the first mall in Oroquieta City was started in April 2024. The mall is located in Purok 1, Villaflor.
Also Starlite Ferries, a maritime company under the Chelsea Logistics Groups marked its 4th route when it officially opened the new route connecting Oroquieta City to Larena, Tagbilaran, and Cebu, and vice versa on April 28. The Starlite Ferries are stationed at the San Vicente Bajo Port in Oroquieta City.
Students coming from neighboring provinces of Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, and neighboring cities and municipalities within the Province of Misamis Occidental come to Oroquieta to pursue their college and education. Also students coming from Far-flung and Urban Barangays of Oroquieta come to the city proper to pursue education.
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