Cagayan de Oro (IPA: /kă-gə'yăn dĕ ôrô/); abbreviated as CDO, CDOC or Cag. de Oro; City of Cagayan de Oro; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro; Filipino: Lungsod ng Cagayan de Oro; lies along the northern coastline of Mindanao. It is the provincial capital of the province of Misamis Oriental and classified as a first class city. It is also the regional center and the most populous highly-urbanized city in Northern Mindanao (Region X). According to the 2007 census, the city has an estimated population of 553,996 people.
The city is well known for it's friendly people and is also popularly known as the "City of Golden Friendship". There are other places in the Philippines with a "Cagayan" name. One must distinguish Cagayan de Oro from Cagayan Province in Northern Luzon and the Cagayan Islands in the Sulu Sea.
