Cateel


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Cateel is the home of the Aliwagwag Falls, located at barangay Aliwagwag within the Aliwagwag Protected Landscape. It is a towering 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 stairway to heaven with various heights among the steps ranging from. One step is measured and another is. Overall Aliwagwag Falls has a height of and a width of. All these in the midst of virgin forest, with a river at the foot of the falls. 13 rapids to cross.

History

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,the Mainit and Alegria were converted into barrios.
The municipality was one of the hardest-hit towns of Typhoon Bopha when it hit the town on December 3, 2012.

Barangays

Cateel is politically subdivided into 16 barangays.

Demographics

Climate