Historical Background Cagayan de Oro
Pelaez appended quot;de Oroquot; to quot;Cagayanquot; in recognition of gold mining in the hinterland barrios known to Spanish explorers in 1500s. The first appointed mayor of Cagayan de Oro was Max Y. Suniel, followed by Justiniano R. Borja in 1954. Borja was elected as mayor again in 1955, and was repeatedly elected and appointed until he died on October 3