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Geography: NG Hingoog), or Simply Referred To As Gingoog City, Is A 2nd Class

Gingoog City is a 2nd class city located in Misamis Oriental province on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. With a population of over 124,000 according to the 2015 census, Gingoog City is 122 km east of Cagayan de Oro City and 74 km west of Butuan City. The city's economy relies heavily on tax revenues, which contributed over 95% of its total income of 296 million pesos in 2000. Personal services make up the largest expense at 66% of the city's total 243 million peso budget.

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Geography: NG Hingoog), or Simply Referred To As Gingoog City, Is A 2nd Class

Gingoog City is a 2nd class city located in Misamis Oriental province on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. With a population of over 124,000 according to the 2015 census, Gingoog City is 122 km east of Cagayan de Oro City and 74 km west of Butuan City. The city's economy relies heavily on tax revenues, which contributed over 95% of its total income of 296 million pesos in 2000. Personal services make up the largest expense at 66% of the city's total 243 million peso budget.

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Gingoog, officially the City of Gingoog, (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Hingoog; Filipino: Lungsod

ng Hingoog), or simply referred to as Gingoog City, is a 2nd class city in


the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a
population of 124,648 people.[3]
Like other municipalities in the Philippines that retained Spanish-based orthography, the city
name is spelled as Gingoog but is pronounced as ['hiŋuʔog] or HEE-ngu-og since it originated
as a Manobo word.

Geography[edit]
Gingoog is located in the Province of Misamis Oriental in the Northern Mindanao Region
on Mindanao island. The city is approximately 122 kilometres (76 mi) east of Cagayan de Oro
City and 74 kilometres (46 mi) 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 56,844
hectares (140,460 acres).

Economy[edit]
The city's total income during year 2000 reached P296,731.65, of which 292,077.262.40 or
98.43% accrued in the General Fund while P4,653,809.25 or 1.5% accrued in the Special
Education Fund. Comparatively, the 1999 income level of P250.64 Million has increased by
P46.09 Million or 18.39%. The biggest bulk of the city's income was derived from tax revenues
complementing around 95.5% of the total earnings of the year. One major component of this
income class is the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) which contributed a total amount of
P259.69 Million or 93.04%. Said IRA has increased by P37.43 Million or 16.83% against that of
1999. Local revenue contributed only 10.04% of the City's total annual income.

Total expenditure incurred by the city for the whole year reached to about P243.54 Million, of
which P239.66 Million was spend from the General Fund and P3.88 Million was spent from the
Special Education Fund. Comparatively, an increase of about P9.76 Million or 4.17% over
1999.

By expense class, personal services absorbed as much as P161.74 Million or 66.41%. That
includes the services of the devolved employees, newly created positions as mandated by
R.A. 7160 and project engaged workers. Maintenance and other operating expenses followed
with P45.35 Million, or 18.62%, then Capital Outlay with P36.46 Million, or 14.97%.

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