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Cateel

Municipality in Davao Oriental, Philippines

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leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Erlinda C. Nuñez
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2	Patrocenio I. Veroy
3	Anna Cheryl N. Castro
4	Alderito A. Silverio
5	Michael D. Rosalia
6	Isidro S. Castro
7	Wilbur Y. Chua
8	Brillo P. Quibo
9	Nemesio C. Magno III
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Cateel (), officially the Municipality of Cateel (; ), is a 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. The fall at one step is measured at 22 m and another at 20 m. Overall, Aliwagwag Falls has a height of 340 m and a width of 20 m. All these are set 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 crossed 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.

Abihod
Alegria
Aliwagwag
Aragon
Baybay
Maglahus
Mainit
Malibago
San Alfonso
San Antonio
San Miguel
San Rafael
San Vicente
Santa Filomena
Taytayan
Poblacion

Demographics

Economy

References

(29 October 1903). "[Act No. 21] AN ACT Providing for the establishment of the municipalities of Mati, Davao, Makar, Cottabato, Malabang, Dapitan, Cateel, Baganga and Caraga, and enlarging the municipalities of Iligan and Zamboanga.". Report of the Governor of the Moro Province..
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"R.A. No. 2105, An Act Creating Certain Barrios in the Municipality of Cateel, Province of Davao". LawPH.com.
"Typhoon death toll climbs to over 200". Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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