Geographical Location

Gingoog City is located in the Northeastern coast of the province of Misamis Oriental. It is approximately 122 kilometers East of Cagayan de Oro City and 74 kilometers West of Butuan City. It lies between 124052 East longitudes and 80 52’ latitude. It is bounded in the East by the Municipality of Magsaysay and the Province of Agusan del Norte; in the South by the Province of Bukidnon; in the West by the municipalities of Claveria, Balingasag and Medina, all of Misamis Oriental; and in the North by Gingoog Bay.

Land Area

Originally, the city’s land area was only 560 square kilometers. In July 1980, the Bureau of Lands redefined its boundaries increasing the area to 744.44 square kilometers. The 33% increase was derived from the Province of Bukidnon and the Municipalities of Claveria and Magsaysay. The boundary redefinition has been vigorously contested until Joint Resolution No. 01 series of 1993 of the sanggunians of Misamis Oriental, Gingoog City and Claveria agreeing to conduct a joint survey to determine the boundary of both LGUs which did not materialize.

In June 27, 1997, Manuel D. Gerochi, OIC Director of Lands, DENR-LMB, Manila, after reviewing the Base Map prepared by DENR-LMS, Regional Office 10, issued a rectification of the city’s land area from 36,460 hectares based on cadastral survey CAD-295 to 56,844 hectares. This was brought up after the LGU forwarded a complaint on its decreased IRA allocation for the same year when the 36,460 hectares area was being used as basis for IRA computation. The 20,000 hectares more or less, forested area in the south has a pending claim from the Municipality of Claveria.

Political Subdivision

The city used to have seventy-one (71) barangays only. By virtue of SP Resolution No. 270 and SP Code Ordinance series of 1986, eight (8) other barangays were created. These were once sitios of barangay Anakan and Malibud.

CROPS PRODUCTION

a.      Food crops

Rice and corn are the main cereal / food crops of the city. Irrigated rice land covers 450 hectares.

The area covered by Riceland constitutes 0.58 percent of the city’s total land area, and 1.33 percent of the city’s total agricultural area.

Total palay production for the year 1997 reached to 4,264.7 MT corn land in Gingoog City covers 520 hectares or approximately 0.68 percent of the city’s total land area and 1.54 percent of the city’s total agricultural area

Total corn production for the year 1997 reached to 1,716 MT.

b.      Vegetables and rootcrops

The total land area planted to vegetables and rootcrops covers 290 hectares approximately 0.38 percent of the city’s total land area and 0.86 percent of the city’s total agricultural area.

Total production of vegetables and rootcrops for the year 1997 reached to 3,579.86 MT).

COMMERCIAL CROPS

a.      Coconut

Coconut land covers an aggregate area of 30,100 hectares. It accounted to 39.10 percent of the city’s total land area and approximately 89.46 percent of the city’s total agricultural area.

Copra production for the year reached to 24,976.43 MT with an estimated value of P 249,764,300.00.

b.      Coffee

Coffee area covers 783 hectares which account to 1.02 percent of the city’s total land area and 2.32 percent of the city’s total agricultural area.

Coffee production for the year 1997 reached 470 MT (Table D-3) with an estimated value of P 25,850,000.00

c.      Fruit trees

Major fruits that fall under this category are durian, marang, lanzones, rambutan, mango, mangosteen and “bauno”. It covers an area of 806 hectares approximately 1.05 percent of the city’s land area and 2.39 percent of the city’s agricultural land. Fruit production for the year 1997 reached 56,420 MT.

d.      Banana

Banana covers an area of 695 hectares mostly lakatan and cardava varieties. It accounts for 0.90 percent of the city’s total land area and 2.06 percent of the city’s total agricultural area. Banana production for the year 1997 reached 4,730.55 MT.

e.      Cutflower

Cutflower production is the latest agricultural venture that is gaining popularity particularly in Barangay Kalagonoy. Flowers that are raised include gladiolus, roses, baby’s breath and chrysanthemum. While in the poblacion, orchids, anthuruims and bromeliads are raised.

For the year 1997, the total area planted for cutflower production totaled only to 2.0 hectares with a production of 5 MT.