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Historically, Opol was a more rural area focused on agriculture and fishing, which later attracted migrants from Luzon and Visayas in the area by the turn of 20th century. Over the years, however, the municipality is gradually becoming more urbanized, as a result of local population growth and the expansion of nearby Cagayan de Oro, due to another wave of migrants from Luzon and Visayas in the area. The subdivision of rural land for new residential housing is a matter of some controversy amongst locals. The current Mayor, Jayfrancis D. Bago (commonly known as "Jay Bago"), has held office in Opol after Maximo Seno.
Since the end of Spanish colonial period, Opol started to grow as migrants from Luzon and Visayas as well as the Chinese and Indians flocked to the area seeking new life and various economic opportunities awaited them. Most of the migrants were experienced farmers and other agricultural workers as well as wealthy individuals consisted of Bicolano people, Hiligaynons, Ilocano people, Kapampangans, and Tagalog people in addition to Cebuano people and Boholanos, resulting to the process of Opol's urbanization from being a once largely agricultural area due to its proximity to Cagayan de Oro, where Opol was formerly part of.
Opol was created from the barrios of Opol, Igpit, and Lower Iponan, formerly part of Cagayan de Oro, by virtue of Republic Act No. 524, approved on June 15, 1950.
Visayans form the municipality's majority who descended from earlier migrants from Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor and Negros Oriental long before Spanish colonial period. Higaonons are native inhabitants of Opol despite being a minority living in municipality's inland areas. Other ethnolinguistic groups living in the municipality are Manobos, Iranun people, Maranao people, Maguindanaons and Tausugs as well as other Christian settlers from Ilocandia, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mindoro, Marinduque and Bicolandia in Luzon and Panay and Negros Occidental in Visayas.
The majority of Opol's population are Roman Catholic Christians. Protestants (Baptists, Methodists, Seventh Day Adventists, Pentecostals, Evangelicals, etc.), Iglesia ni Cristo and Members Church of God International also make significant residents of the municipality. Opol also has Muslim residents mainly consist of ethnic Maranaos with Maguindanaon, Tausug and balik-Islam minorities, having two Islamic mosques located both in Barangay Barra.
Cebuano language is the most widely spoken language, while Higaonon is also spoken among Opol's indigenous Higaonon tribes. Other languages spoken in the municipality are Boholano dialect of Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano language, Kapampangan, Maguindanaon, Maranao language and Tausug language. Tagalog language/Filipino and English language are also widely understood and used in education, business, and administration as the national official languages.
The Cagayan de Oro - Iligan highway passes through Opol, alongside the coast. The highway is a key inter-regional transport route and comprises an integral part of the Cagayan de Oro - Iligan Corridor Special Development Project. This is a major infrastructure development initiative which is likely to result in significant economic growth for Opol, Misamis Oriental and the adjoining province of Lanao del Norte in coming years
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