THE BEAUTY OF TAGUM CITY

Tagum City :( Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Tagum/Siyudad sa Tagum, Filipino: Lungsod ng Tagum) is a 1st Class city in the 1st Congressional District of the Province of Davao del Norte, Philippines serving as its provincial capital.

It is estimated that the population reached 224,809 people in 2006, while 2010 projections of 240,599 will bring the cityhood to a "highly urbanized" status. According to the actual 2000 census, more than 179,531 people live in 36,560 households.

Cited as one of the 20 most viable and most competitive business sites in the Philippines in 2005 by the Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project, it is one of the fastest-growing cities in Mindanao. Tagum City has become a bustling center of culture, commerce, health services and entertainment in the Davao Region and in the whole Mindanao. 

In 2006, Tagum City became the Palm Tree City of the Philippines. It also holds an unofficial record for having the tallest Christmas tree  in the Philippines. At 153 feet tall, the stunning structure erected at the Freedom Park at the back of the City Hall rivaled Puerto Prinsesa's 100 feet tall Christmas tree. Tagum City is also the home of the world's biggest wooden rosary, made out of ironwood, located at the Christ The King Cathedral, also one of the region's biggest Catholic churches.

The New Cathedral

Christ The King Cathedral, the biggest Catholic cathedral in Mindanao.

The Resurrected Christ 

The Resurrected Christ and the world's largest wooden rosary.

Mary's Woods, located in the mountains of Magdum.

Department of Education - Tagum City Division office, Energy Park, Apokon, Tagum City

Tagum City tricycles, the main transportation system inside the city.

Palm trees planted beside the Maharlika (National) Highway.

Tagum Cultural and Trade Center.

Freedom Park behind the City Hall. (Daytime)

Freedom Park behind the City Hall. (Nighttime)

National Highway in Tagum City.

Memorial cross at La Filipina Public Cemetery.

Street signs.