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.
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.
Cateel