Location:

CAMIGUIN is a pear shaped volcanic island province with a total land area of 292 sq.kms. It is located 714 kilometers south of Manila, about 80 kilometers north of Cagayan de Oro and some 120 kilometers from Cebu and 10 kilometers north of Misamis Oriental

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            Camiguin is pear shaped volcanic island lying in the Bohol Sea some 54 kms. Southeast of the Chocolate Hills and some 90 kms. North of Cagayan de Oro City Airport, 120 kms. Southeast of Mactan International Airport, and 10 kms. North of Misamis Oriental. It is about 300 sq. kms. or approximately 29,000 hectares, its length measures 33 kms, which at widest point is 14 kms. with road circumferential measuring 64 kms.

            Cool climate is attributed to vegetation and natural springs. Daytime temperature averages at 26.9 C. Coldest months are December, January and Febuary. Maximum rainfall had been recorded on months of June to December. Dry season starts in April and lasts to one or three months.

Brief History:

            Old spanish documents indicate that the great explorers Ferdinand Magellan and Miguel Lopez de Legaspi landed in Camiguin in 1521 and 1565 respectively, but it was not until 1598 when the spanish settelment was established in what later came to be Guinsiliban- now one of the Municipalities.

Political Subdivision

            Politically, Camiguin island used to be a part of Misamis Oriental. It beacame separate province in 1968. The province consists of five (5) municipalities namely Mambajao (capital town), Mahinog, Catarman, Sagay, and Guinsisliban.

Language / Dialect

            Dialect spoken in Camiguin are Cebuano and Higa-onon, but a few people in Sagay and Guinsiliban still speak the old Manobo tribe dialect Kinamiguing.