Cateel facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ph locator davao oriental cateel.png
Davao Oriental
www.cateel.gov.ph
Aliwagwag Falls
Flag Seal
Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 416: Malformed coordinates value.
Country	Philippines
Region	Municipality of Cateel
Province	Sangguniang Bayan
District	[[{{#property:P7938}} | — Lua error in Module:Wd at line 1804: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).]]
Established	October 29, 1903
Barangays	(see Barangays)
Government
• Type	₱ 278.5 million (2020)
Area
• Total	Climate type km2 (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding sq mi)
Elevation ₱ 141 million (2020)	₱&#8,202;249.9 million (2,020) m (Bad rounding hereFormatting error: invalid input when rounding ft)
Highest elevation	2,484 m (8,150 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population
• Total	Davawenyo Surigaonon Cebuano Kalagan Kamayo Mandaya
• Households	KIDDLE_IB
Economy
• KIDDLE_IB	KIDDLE_IB
• Poverty incidence	KIDDLE_IB% (KIDDLE_IB)
• Revenue	KIDDLE_IB KIDDLE_IB
• Assets	KIDDLE_IB KIDDLE_IB
• Expenditure	KIDDLE_IB KIDDLE_IB
• Liabilities	KIDDLE_IB KIDDLE_IB
Service provider
• Electricity	— KIDDLE_IB
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	KIDDLE_IB
PSGC	[https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/?q=psgc/barangays/{{#pro000&regcode={{&provcode= p {{#property:P988}} ]
IDD : area code	KIDDLE_IB
KIDDLE_IB	KIDDLE_IB
Native languages	KIDDLE_IB
Website	KIDDLE_IB

Cateel ([kɐtiʔil]), officially the Municipality of Cateel (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Cateel; Tagalog: Bayan ng Cateel), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,207 people.

Cateel is the home of the Aliwagwag Falls, located at barangay Aliwagwag within the Aliwagwag Protected Landscape. It is a towering stream of waterfalls considered by hydraulic engineers as the highest in the country and regarded as one of the most beautiful falls in the Philippines. It is a series of 84 falls appearing like a stairway to heaven with various heights among the steps ranging from 2 to 33.5 metres (7 to 110 ft). One step is measured 22 metres (72 ft) and another is 20 metres (66 ft). Overall Aliwagwag Falls has a height of 340 metres (1,120 ft) and a width of 20 metres (66 ft). All these in the midst of a virgin forest, a river settles at the foot of the falls with 13 rapids to cross.

History

Aftermath of Typhoon Bopha in Cateel, December 2012

Cateel is the first municipality in Mindanao. It was the place where Spaniards first docked in Mindanao which reflects how majority of its primary inhabitants converted to Catholicism.

In 1959, Mainit and Alegria were converted into barrios.

The municipality was one of the hardest-hit towns of Typhoon Bopha when it hit the town on December 3, 2012.

Geography

Climate

Cateel has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round with extremely heavy rainfall in December and January.

Barangays

Cateel is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

Demographics

Economy