What is Tuguegarao?
'''Tuguegarao''', officially called the '''City of Tuguegarao''', is a city in the [[Cagayan|Cagayan Province]] of Northeastern [[Philippines]]. Tuguegarao is the capital and largest city of the [[Cagayan]] Province in the Philippines. The city has a population of 170,000 people, making it the most populous city in the Cagayan Province of Northeastern Philippines. The highest temperature recorded in the Philippines was in Tuguegarao, where it hit 42 degrees Celsius back in May 11,1969. The city is surrounded by the [[Sierra Madre del Sur|Sierra Madre Mountain Range]] to the right. {{Infobox settlement | name = Tuguegarao | native_name = Lungsod ng Tuguegarao | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = {{Multiple image | border = infobox | total_width = 290 | image_style = border:0; | perrow = 1/2/2 | image1 = Central Business District Tuguegarao Bonifacio.jpeg | image2 = JC San Jacinto 6.jpg | image3 = JC Horno TUG 3.jpg | image4 = Buntun Bridge.jpg | image5 = Saint Peter Metropolitan Cathedral Tuguegarao front (Rizal Street, Tuguegarao, Cagayan; 11-18-2022).jpg }} | imagesize = 200px | image_caption = '''From top, clockwise:''' Central Business District along Bonifacio Street; Bagumbayan ''horno'' (kiln) ruins; [[Tuguegarao Cathedral|St. Peter Metropolitan Cathedral]]; [[Buntun Bridge]], the country's longest river bridge; ''Ermita de Piedra de San Jacinto'' (Stone Chapel of St. Hyacinth) | image_seal = | seal_size = 100x80px | official_name = City of Tuguegarao | nickname = ''Premier Ibanag City'' | established_title = Founded | established_date = May 9, 1604 | established_title2 = Cityhood | established_date2 = December 18, 1999 }} == History == Tuguegarao was founded in May 9, 1604, and it's cityhood was founded in December 18, 1999. In [[1720]], Father [[Antonio Lobato, O.P]] developed a street network together with the construction of Tuguegarao Cathedral. In 1839, Tuguegarao was transfered from Lal-o as the Manila-Tuguegarao road was opened, which had socio-economic progress. American troops occupied the