Political map of Malaybalay showing its barangays

Malaybalay, the capital of Bukidnon, is subdivided into 46 barangays. The Philippine Standard Geographic Code classifies 15 barangays as urban and 31 rural;[1] however, the City 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

Mount Capistrano is located in the Basakan District shared by Managok, Simaya, and San Martin

Basakan District is composed of ten barangays.

Barangay Classification Population (2015)[2]
Apo Macote Rural 4,903
Linabo Urban 6,933
Maligaya Rural 2,113
Managok Rural 7,200
Miglamin Rural 3,188
San Martin Rural 3,088
Santo Niño Rural 1,675
Simaya Rural 4,161
Sinanglanan Rural 3,262
Violeta Rural 2,199
Total 38,722
The Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park straddles the territories of Dalwangan, Capitan Angel, Imbayao, and Mapayag.

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.

Barangay Classification Population (2015)[2]
Can-ayan Rural 5,870
Capitan Angel Rural 1,160
Dalwangan Rural 7,004
Imbayao Rural 1,833
Kalasungay Urban 8,272
Kibalabag Rural 1,158
Manalog Rural 969
Patpat Rural 3,833
Sumpong Urban 9,302
Total 39,401
Malaybalay city plaza

Poblacion District

It is the city center of Malaybalay and is subdivided into eleven barangays.

Barangay Classification Population (2020)[3]
Barangay 1 Urban 6,442
Barangay 2 Urban 587
Barangay 3 Urban 438
Barangay 4 Urban 344
Barangay 5 Urban 71
Barangay 6 Urban 474
Barangay 7 Urban 1,891
Barangay 8 Urban 579
Barangay 9 Urban 9,189
Barangay 10 (Impalambong) Urban 3,447
Barangay 11 (Impalambong) Urban 3,034
Total 26,494

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.

Barangay Classification Population (2015)[2]
Aglayan Urban 7,594
Bangcud Urban 5,120
Cabangahan Rural 3,015
Casisang Urban 25,696
Laguitas Rural 3,233
Magsaysay Rural 3,009
Mapayag Rural 979
San Jose Urban 6,856
Total 55,485

Upper Pulangi District

Upper Pulangi is located on the east of the city along the Pulangi River. It is composed of eight barangays.

Barangay Classification Population (2015)[2]
Busdi Rural 2,377
Caburacanan Rural 1,150
Indalasa Rural 1,690
Kulaman Rural 1,341
Mapulo Rural 1,260
Saint Peter Rural 2,324
Silae Rural 2,629
Zamboanguita Rural 1,667
Total 14,438

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,[4] 86A,[5] and 210.[6] This created twenty new barangays from Poblacion, based on the purok system, where purok leaders were appointed as provisional Barangay Chairmen.[7] 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[8] and merged Barangay 19 and Barangay 20 to form Barangay 11.[9] In the town proper, Barangay 1 and Barangay 6 were merged to form Barangay 1;[7] Barangay 13, Barangay 14, and Barangay 17 were merged to form Barangay 7;[10] Barangay 15 was dismembered to form parts of the present-day Barangay 6 and Barangay 8.[11] 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 Malaybalay
Barrio Today part of Legal Basis Comments
Abihid San Fernando Executive Order no. 347[12] (1959) Part of the present-day Barangay Malayanan
Halapitan Designated municipal center (Poblacion) of San Fernando
Kalagutay Part of present-day Barangay Mabuhay
Little Baguio
Malambago Part of present-day Barangay Magkalungay
San Alfonso (Tugop) Present-day Barangay Tugop (RA 6489[13] listed Tugop as part of Cabanglasan; currently, Tugop is under the jurisdiction of San Fernando)
Sinalanganan
Tagaalas-as
Bagontaas Valencia Executive Order no. 360[14] (1959)
Cawayanon Renamed Vintar as per RA 5289[15]
Guinoyuran
Laligan
Lilingayon
Lumbayao
Lurugan
Maapag
Mailag
San Isidro
Sugod
Talisayan No barangay of Valencia is currently named Talisayan
Tongantongan
Valencia Redesignated as Barangay Poblacion of Valencia
Alanib Lantapan Executive Order no. 119[16] (1964), RA 4787[17] (1966)
Baclayon
Balila
Bantuanon
Basac
Bugcaon
Kaatuan
Kibangay
Kibogtong No barangay of Lantapan is currently named Kibogtong
Kulasihan
Lantapan Designated town proper (Poblacion) of Lantapan
Songco
Victory
Bobonawan Cabanglasan RA 6489[13] May refer to Sitio Valderrama (Valsons) of Barangay Imbatug, Cabanglasan
Cabanglasan Designated town proper (Poblacion) of Cabanglasan
Cabulohan
Capinonan
Dalacutan
Freedom
Iba
Imbatug
Lambagan
Mandahican
Mandaing
Mauswagon
Omalao Currently a sitio of Barangay Freedom
Paradise
Tugop Present-day Barangay Tugop (RA 6489[13] listed Tugop as part of Cabanglasan; currently, Tugop is under the jurisdiction of San Fernando)

References

  1. "Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) | Philippine Statistics Authority". psa.gov.ph. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Census of Population (2015). Highlights of the Philippine Population 2015 Census of Population. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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  6. "P.D. No. 210". The LawPhil Project. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
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  10. "BARANGAY 7 – THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF MALAYBALAY". Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  11. "BARANGAY 8 – THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF MALAYBALAY". Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  12. "CREATING THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF SAN FERNANDO IN THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
  13. 1 2 3 "Republic Act No. 6489 : REPUBLIC ACTS – PHILIPPINE LAWS STATUTES and CODES". laws.chanrobles.com. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  14. "CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF VALENCIA IN THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
  15. Juris, The Corpus (June 15, 1968). "R.A. No. 5289: An Act Changing the Name of Barrio Cawayanon in the Municipality of Valencia, Province of Bukidnon, to Vintar". The Corpus Juris. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  16. "CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF LANTAPAN IN THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
  17. Juris, The Corpus (June 18, 1966). "R.A. No. 4787: An Act Creating the Municipality of Lantapan in the Province of Bukidnon". The Corpus Juris. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
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