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Misamis Occidental

Misamis Occidental, officially the Province of Misamis Occidental, is a province located in the region of in the . Its capital is the city of while is the most-populous city.
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, officially the City of , is a component city and capital of the province of Misamis Occidental, . According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 71,373 people.

is a city in of province of Misamis Occidental, in . It is best known for its month-long Christmas displays every December, and as such, it was nicknamed the "Christmas Symbol Capital of the Philippines".

Misamis Occidental

Latitude
8.3333° or 8° 20′ north
Longitude
123.7° or 123° 42′ east
Population
617,000
Elevation
1,104 metres (3,622 feet)
Open location code
6QW58MMX+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305704494
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1699493
Wiki­data ID
Q13857
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Waray—“Misamis Occidental” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Misamis Occidental”
  • Arabic: “ميساميس أوتشيدنتال”
  • Arabic: “ميساميس أوكسيدنتال”
  • Asturian: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Balinese: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Banjar: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম মিসামিস”
  • Capiznon: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Catalan: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Cebuano: “Kasadpang Misamis”
  • Cebuano: “Lalawigan sa Misamis Occidental”
  • Cebuano: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Central Bikol: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Chavacano: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Chinese: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Chinese: “西米萨米斯省”
  • Chinese: “西米薩米斯省”
  • Danish: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Dutch: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Misamiso”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidentmisamiso”
  • Filipino: “Kanlurang Misamis”
  • Finnish: “Misamis Occidental”
  • French: “Misamis occidental”
  • German: “Misamis Occidental”
  • German: “Provinz Misamis Occidental”
  • Gorontalo: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Greek: “Μισάμις”
  • Gujarati: “મીસેમિસ ઓક્સીડેન્ટલ”
  • Hiligaynon: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Hindi: “मिसामिस ऑक्सीडोंटल प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “मिसामिस ओक्सीदेन्ताल प्रान्त”
  • Iloko: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Indonesian: “Misamis Barat”
  • Italian: “Misamis occidentale”
  • Italian: “provincia di Misamis Occidental”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Misamis Occidental”
  • Japanese: “西ミサミス”
  • Japanese: “西ミサミス州”
  • Javanese: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Kannada: “ಮಿಸ್ಸಾಮಿಸ್ ಆಕೇಶನಲ್”
  • Kinaray-A: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Korean: “서미사미스주”
  • Latvian: “Rietummisamisa”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Misamisas”
  • Macedonian: “Западен Мисамис”
  • Malay: “Misamis Barat”
  • Marathi: “मिसामिस ऑक्सिडेंटल”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “西棉三美示省”
  • Minangkabau: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Norwegian: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Misamis Occidental”
  • Pampanga: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Pangasinan: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Persian: “میسامی غربی”
  • Polish: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Portuguese: “Misamis Ocidental”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Russian: “Западный Мисамис”
  • Sinhala: “මිසාමිස් ඔක්සිඩේන්ටල්”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باتی میسامی”
  • Spanish: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Sundanese: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Swedish: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Misamis Occidental”
  • Tagalog: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Tagalog: “Probinsiya ng Misamis Occidental”
  • Tagalog: “Probinsya ng Misamis Occidental”
  • Tamil: “மிசாமீஸ் ஒக்சிடென்டல்”
  • Tamil: “மிச்சமிஸ் அஸிடெண்ட்டால்”
  • Telugu: “మిసామిస్ ఆక్సిడెంటల్”
  • Tetum: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดคันลูรังมีซามิส”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดมีซามิสโอกซีเดนตัล”
  • Turkish: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Місаміс”
  • Urdu: “میسامس غربی”
  • Venetian: “Misàmis Osidentale”
  • Vietnamese: “Misamis Occidental”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Misamis Occidental”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Misamis Occidental”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.