Cateel facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cateel
Municipality
Municipality of Cateel
Aliwagwag Falls
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Map of Davao Oriental with Cateel highlighted
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Cateel Location in Philippines
Country	Philippines
Region	Davao Region
Province	Davao Oriental
District	[[{{#property:P7938}} | — Lua error in Module:Wd at line 1804: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).]]
Established	October 29, 1903
Barangays	16 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
Area
• Total	545.56 km2 (210.64 sq mi)
Elevation	233 m (764 ft)
Highest elevation	2,484 m (8,150 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)
• Total	44,207
• Density	81.0305/km2 (209.868/sq mi)
• Households	10,902
Economy
• Income class	2nd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	30.58 % (2021)
• Revenue	₱ 236.2 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 278.5 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 249.9 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 141 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative (DORECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	8205
PSGC	[https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/?q=psgc/barangays/{{#pro000&regcode={{&provcode= p {{#property:P988}} ]
IDD : area code	+63 (0)87
Native languages	Davawenyo Surigaonon Cebuano Kalagan Kamayo Mandaya
Website	www.cateel.gov.ph

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

See also

In Spanish: Catéel para niños