mindanao

The region has a total number of 9 Cities, 84 Municipalities, and 2,022 Barangays. Northern Mindanao got the two highly urbanized City, and the regional center is Cagayan de Oro City where you can find the national government’s regional offices and so are the big establishments located in this area. While Lanao del Norte before was part of Region XII, but it was being transferred to Region X (as Central Mindanao) by Executive Order No. 36. Different cultural groups can be found in the region mostly are migrant from Cebu and Iloilo. Other group lived in the region are the Bukidnons, Manobos and Muslims.