Malaybalay, the capital of Bukidnon, is subdivided into 46 barangays. The Philippine Standard Geographic Code classifies 23 barangays as urban and 23 rural; however, the city government of Malaybalay classifies 18 barangays as urban and 28 rural. These barangays are grouped into five administrative districts, namely Basakan, North Highway, Poblacion, South Highway, and Upper Pulangi.
Barangays by district
Basakan District
Basakan District is composed of ten barangays. BarangayClassificationPopulation (2015)Apo MacoteRural4,903LinaboUrban6,933MaligayaRural2,113ManagokRural7,200MiglaminRural3,188San MartinRural3,088Santo NiñoRural1,675SimayaRural4,161SinanglananRural3,262VioletaRural2,199Total38,722
North Highway District The North Highway District is the largest in terms of land area and is composed of nine barangays. However, Sumpong is usually grouped within Poblacion because of its proximity to the district. BarangayClassificationPopulation (2015)Can-ayanRural5,870Capitan AngelRural1,160DalwanganRural7,004ImbayaoRural1,833KalasungayUrban8,272KibalabagRural1,158ManalogRural969PatpatRural3,833SumpongUrban9,302Total39,401
Poblacion District
It is the city center of Malaybalay and is subdivided into eleven barangays. BarangayClassificationPopulation (2020)Barangay 1Urban6,442Barangay 2Urban587Barangay 3Urban438Barangay 4Urban344Barangay 5Urban71Barangay 6Urban474Barangay 7Urban1,891Barangay 8Urban579Barangay 9Urban9,189Barangay 10 (Impalambong)Urban3,447Barangay 11 (Impalambong)Urban3,034Total26,494
South Highway District It is the most populous district in the city, composed of eight barangays. Casisang is usually grouped with the Poblacion District because of its proximity. BarangayClassificationPopulation (2015)AglayanUrban7,594BangcudUrban5,120CabangahanRural3,015CasisangUrban25,696LaguitasRural3,233MagsaysayRural3,009MapayagRural979San JoseUrban6,856Total55,485
Upper Pulangi District Upper Pulangi is located on the east of the city along the Pulangi River. It is composed of eight barangays. BarangayClassificationPopulation (2015)BusdiRural2,377CaburacananRural1,150IndalasaRural1,690KulamanRural1,341MapuloRural1,260Saint PeterRural2,324SilaeRural2,629ZamboanguitaRural1,667Total14,438
Defunct Barangays Defunct barangays are those historically integrated as a regular barrio of Malaybalay but was later dissolved to form part of another barangay or were merged to form a new barangay. This has been the case of Barangay Poblacion where it was dissolved to form twenty new barangays and then reorganized to form the current eleven barangays of the Poblacion District. In 1972, then Mayor Timoteo Ocaya implemented the subdivision of Barangay Poblacion, including Impalambong, by virtue of Presidential Decrees no. 86, 86A, and 210. This created twenty new barangays from Poblacion, based on the purok system, where purok leaders were appointed as provisional Barangay Chairmen. The system proved to be cumbersome and unwieldy which led to the Municipal Council of Malaybalay to pass Ordinance No. 87 in 1974, downsizing the number of barangays to eleven. New borders were drawn such that some of the barangays are merged, parceled out to other barangays, or split. Impalambong, a sitio of Poblacion, was split into Barangay 18, Barangay 19, and Barangay 20 in 1972. By 1974, the new ordinance redesignated Barangay 18 as Barangay 10 and merged Barangay 19 and Barangay 20 to form Barangay 11. In the town proper, Barangay 1 and Barangay 6 were merged to form Barangay 1; Barangay 13, Barangay 14, and Barangay 17 were merged to form Barangay 7; Barangay 15 was dismembered to form parts of the present-day Barangay 6 and Barangay 8. The current designation (i.e. number) of barangays of Poblacion District was not necessarily designated as the number it was originally assigned in 1972. Furthermore, the dissolution of Barangay Poblacion in 1972 and its subsequent reorganization in 1974 led to the creation of the Administrative District of Poblacion when Malaybalay was converted into a city in 1998.
Former Barangays Malaybalay used to be larger and comprised roughly the area of the present-day Second Congressional District of Bukidnon except for Impasug-ong and the southern half of San Fernando. Throughout the 1950s to the 1970s, some of the far-flung, populated barrios of Malaybalay were separated from it to form part of a new municipality. These barangays now form part of the municipalities of San Fernando (1959), Valencia (1961), Lantapan (1968), and Cabanglasan (1979). The chart below lists the barrios formerly part of Malaybalay but are now part of other local government units. +List of Former Barangays of MalaybalayBarrioToday part ofLegal BasisCommentsAbihidSan FernandoExecutive Order no. 347 (1959)Part of the present-day Barangay MalayananHalapitanDesignated municipal center (Poblacion) of San FernandoKalagutayPart of present-day Barangay MabuhayLittle BaguioMalambagoPart of present-day Barangay MagkalungaySan Alfonso (Tugop)Present-day Barangay Tugop (RA 6489 listed Tugop as part of Cabanglasan; currently, Tugop is under the jurisdiction of San Fernando)SinalangananTagaalas-asBagontaasValenciaExecutive Order no. 360 (1959)CawayanonRenamed Vintar as per RA 5289GuinoyuranLaliganLilingayonLumbayaoLuruganMaapagMailagSan IsidroSugodTalisayanNo barangay of Valencia is currently named TalisayanTongantonganValenciaRedesignated as Barangay Poblacion of ValenciaAlanibLantapanExecutive Order no. 119 (1964), RA 4787 (1966)BaclayonBalilaBantuanonBasacBugcaonKaatuanKibangayKibogtongNo barangay of Lantapan is currently named KibogtongKulasihanLantapanDesignated town proper (Poblacion) of LantapanSongcoVictoryBobonawanCabanglasanRA 6489May refer to Sitio Valderrama (Valsons) of Barangay Imbatug, CabanglasanCabanglasanDesignated town proper (Poblacion) of CabanglasanCabulohanCapinonanDalacutanFreedomIbaImbatugLambaganMandahicanMandaingMauswagonOmalaoCurrently a sitio of Barangay FreedomParadiseTugopPresent-day Barangay Tugop (RA 6489 listed Tugop as part of Cabanglasan; currently, Tugop is under the jurisdiction of San Fernando)
Sitios Sitios are territorial enclaves in a barangay that may be organized and incorporated and functions in similar capacity as a purok. However, they are not local government units. With its large number of barangays and a large area, Malaybalay has numerous sitios—some of which are highly organized and have functional quasi-governmental bodies. Most sitios sprung in the 1980s as a result of logging activities and the subsequent migration of natives from the barangay centers to the hinterlands. In the 1990s and well into the 21st century, some sitios experienced depopulation, including some becoming uninhabited (as in the case of Sitios Talahidan and Sambukan of Barangay Caburacanan). + List of Sitios of MalaybalaySitioBarangayCommentsLower Kapayawan (Aglayan Proper)AglayanMahayahayUpper Aglayan (Lukdo)Upper KapayawanBiyoApo MacoteCalawagDapulanLagaanMahinogPanganduanPangianBendumBusdiDanawMaasamMahawanNabag-oNabawangNahigitTagaytayTubigonSambukanCaburacananTalahidanCandiisanCan-ayanGantulanIncalbogKabayuganKiitoKilap-aganLanipgaRonquilloTag-ilanaoTagaloloTaguican ValleyTigbawanTintinaanGabunanCasisangKibarokKinugotanLandingSubdivided into many puroksNatid-asanSanta AnaSanta CruzUpper GabunanDamitanDalwanganGreen ValleyHill TribeInhandigNew IlocosTongantonganUlanguhonKulasihanImbayaoSinaburanBalaisanIndalasaBanderawanLupoklupokMindagulusPinangampuanSelibUmayamDigemenKalasungayPart of Purok 4KarangkarangIncorporated as Purok 5LumayaganPart of Purok 4MalinaoPart of Purok 4SagayPart of Purok 4WakatPart of Purok 4AnulingKibalabagPart of BaganaoBaganaoKalibLamanaLagaslasanKulamanIncorporated as Purok 7BalangbangLaguitasKiocabManlungayCabacunganLinaboIncorporated as Purok 3KidalagLalawanIncorporated as Purok 4PaiwaigUpper LalawanPart of LalawanBendolanMagsaysayBagongsilangMaligayaDumayasGuitaanAnduhonManagokAngelBinatunanLangasihanRelisUmbawanKugonkugonManalogKalabasahonMapayagTamugawiTuburanMapuloThe current seat of government of Mapulo.Upper MapuloIt was the former seat of government of Mapulo; it has since transferred to Tuburan.AlimpulosMiglaminDungisLunocanMaranhogMatangpatangMiguePatpatPal-ingImpalambongPoblacionThis former sitio is now composed of two regular barangays: Barangay 10 and Barangay 11.LimonIncorporated as Purok 5 of Barangay 9.BalaudoSaint PeterChartered as part of Agusan del Sur; legally incorporated into Malaybalay.MahayagMin-agdawPinuwakanSumagiboTawantawanMabuhaySan JosePanamucanSanto NiñoMacurolSan MartinSosoonSan MarcosSanto NiñoKibalabagSilaeNalumusanCrossing SilaeMinlantaoSalindungawBinalbaganSimayaPuraisMalapgapSinanglananSan RoqueSanta RitaAyahaySumpongPart of Purok 4BongbongonKisarayKimambongLumalambongMalandegBalongkotVioletaKinuawZamboanguitaLower MalilongUpper Malilong
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