Gingoog

Gingoog is a component city in the province of Misamis Oriental in Northern Mindanao in the Philippines, officially the City of Gingoog. The 2024 census counted 138,895 residents, compared with 136,698 in 2020, and the city covers about 568 square kilometres according to the national list of cities and municipalities. Like other municipalities in the Philippines that kept Spanish based spelling, the name is written Gingoog but is pronounced in the Binukid manner, since it originated as a Binukid word. Gingoog was converted into a city on 18 June 1960. As a component city it remains part of the provincial government of Misamis Oriental while managing its own local affairs.