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TUGUEGARAO CITY PROFILE

CENTRO 7, 8, & 9

JAY MARK C. MARIANO

Tuguegarao, officially Tuguegarao City (Ibanag: Siudad nat
Tuguegarao; Itawes: Siudad yo Tuguegarao; Ilokano: Siudad ti
Tuguegarao; Filipino: Lungsod ng Tuguegarao [tʊgɛ̝gäˈɾɐw]), is a 3rd-class
component city in the Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Cagayan and the
regional and institutional center of Cagayan Valley Region. A major urban center in
the Northeastern Luzon and a primary growth center, it is also one of the fastest
growing cities in the Philippines.

Dubbed as the “Gateway to the Ilocandia and the Cordilleras”, the city, on the southern
border of the province, is located where the Pinacanauan Riverempties into
the Cagayan River and is surrounded by the Sierra Madre Mountains to the
east, Cordillera Mountains to the west, and the Caraballo Mountains to the south.

The population of the city as of the 2015 census is 153,502 people, making it the most
populous city in the Cagayan Valley region. Most of the inhabitants
are Ilocanos, Ibanags and Itawes. Some are of Chinese and Indian descent.

The highest temperature ever recorded in the Philippines -- 42.2 °C (108.0 °F)—was
recorded in Tuguegarao on April 29, 1912 and again on May 11, 1969. Average
temperature during March and April is 38 °C (100 °F), one of the highest in the country.

POPULATION:

FIG. 1. Population and Density data of Tuguegarao City from 1990-2015

 CENTRO 7 POPULATION: 262

 CENTRO 8 POPULATION: 125
 CENTRO 9 POPULATION: 969

WEATHER:
FIG. 1. Climate data of Tuguegarao City

ECONOMY

Within the past three decades, its economy gradually shifted from agriculture to
secondary and tertiary economic activities such as trading, commerce and services.
The shift was ushered by Tuguegarao's role as the provincial and regional government
center and one of the centers of commerce in Northern Luzon. Banking, educational,
commercial, industrial and tourism-related activities proliferate in the area.

As of 2013, there were 4,210 registered business establishments for which more than
half are located in the Poblacion and less than one third are in the urban barangays.
Of these registered establishments, 53.48% are wholesale and retail trade
establishments. Financing, insurance and real estate firms contributed 8.54%, and the
remaining 37.98% consist of service enterprises and social amenities to include
business, recreational, personal, utility and other services. At present, there are 43
banks operating in the city.

RETAIL

Tuguegarao is eyed as a center of exponential growth for commerce, industry and

services, strengthening its stature as the capital of the Cagayan Valley Region.
Recently, it has witnessed the influx of the country's largest mall and retail operators—
each have laid their foundations in various areas of the metropolis.

SM Prime, the largest shopping and retail operator in the country, strengthened its
presence as it opened SM Center Tuguegarao Downtown on October 12, 2017. It is
the first SM mall in Cagayan and the second in Cagayan Valley. SM plans to open a
second shopping mall in the city, the SM City Tuguegarao, by 2018 or 2019.
Rival retailers also plans to set up their own retail centers in the city. Robinsons Land
Corporation plans to open its first mall in the province, the Robinsons Place
Tuguegarao along Maharlika Highway in Barangay Leonarda by next
year. DoubleDragon Properties also plans to set up CityMall Tuguegarao along the
same road adjacent to the Tuguegarao Airport area.

TRANSPORTATION

A known cultural icon of the Philippines and having a unique design,

Tuguegarao's tricycles offer shared vehicle for hire services for small groups of
passengers on a common route over short distances.

Tuguegarao also serves as a vital hub for local, regional and national transportation.
Buses operate regional routes from Tuguegarao to Baggao, Aparri, Santiago, and
many neighboring cities, towns and municipalities. It also is a end-of-the-line stop for
many coaches running inter-city and national routes mostly coming from Metro Manila.

To the east side are vans that ply north and south Claveria, Santa
Praxedes, Aparri, Santa Ana, Alcala, Lasam and Junction Luna,
Abulug in Cagayan, Santiago, Roxas, Ilagan and Cauayan in Isabela, Luna and Kab
ugao in Apayao. There are also mini buses plying to Lasam, Allacapan, Claveria,
Santiago and Roxas. Then to the west are jeepneys with routes
to Iguig, Tuao, Enrile, Tabuk and Rizal in Kalinga and some mountainous barrios, all
of which lie on the west side of the river.

There are also some kalesas that still operate within the city, mostly in popular points
of interest, and forms part of the city's tourism.

AIR

The Tuguegarao Airport handles domestic flights within the Philippines and serves the
general area of Tuguegarao and its surrounding municipalities, and is capable of
handling Boeing-737-sized aircraft. It is the 25th busiest airport in the country as of
2016 statistics. Classified by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines as a
Principal Class 1 domestic airport, small aircraft, helicopters and army cargo aircraft
also utilize the airport. Cebu Pacific, Sky Pasada and PAL Express are the domestic
airlines which operate routes to and from the city. As of 2017, the airport is undergoing
rehabilitation and expansion consisting of terminal upgrades and widening of runway,
for night landing capabilities, and taxiway. The upgrades cost ₱56.65 million which are
part of the Tuguegarao Airport Development Project by the Department of
Transportation and Communications.