11 Facts About Tuguegarao

Tuguegarao, officially known as the City of Tuguegarao, is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Cagayan, Philippines.

In 1975, Tuguegarao was declared as the capital and seat of the regional government of Cagayan Valley being the region's geographic center with adequate facilities and amenities needed by such.

Tuguegarao's location is in the southern portion of the province.

In early 2016, Tuguegarao City was named as one of the ten emerging cities in the 2015 Next Wave Cities report, conducted by Department of Science and Technology - Information and Communications Technology Office .

Currently, Tuguegarao City has two major public markets, namely, the Don Domingo Public Market — located in the upper part of Poblacion serving as the convergence of agricultural and aquatic products from neighboring towns and provinces — and the Tuguegarao City Commercial Center — formerly known as Mall of the Valley and is located at the Central Business District, receiving the highest daily foot traffic.

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Tuguegarao is eyed as a center of exponential growth for commerce, industry and service, strengthening its stature as the capital of the Cagayan Valley Region.

Water system of Tuguegarao is administered by the Metropolitan Tuguegarao Water District, which serves the nearby municipalities such as Iguig and Solana.

Cultural icon of the Philippines with 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 serves as a vital hub for local, regional and national transportation.

Regional transport in Tuguegarao is vulnerable given its lack of distribution of arterial roads and inadequate traffic engineering planning and discipline.

Tuguegarao has one Jesuit educational institution located along Bagay Road—the Global Reformed University.