Barangays of Malaybalay


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.

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.

Poblacion District

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

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.

Upper Pulangi District

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

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 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, Valencia, Lantapan, and Cabanglasan. The chart below lists the barrios formerly part of Malaybalay but are now part of other local government units.
BarrioToday part ofLegal BasisComments
AbihidSan FernandoExecutive Order no. 347 Part of the present-day Barangay Malayanan
HalapitanSan FernandoExecutive Order no. 347 Designated municipal center of San Fernando
KalagutaySan FernandoExecutive Order no. 347 Part of present-day Barangay Mabuhay
Little BaguioSan FernandoExecutive Order no. 347
MalambagoSan FernandoExecutive Order no. 347 Part of present-day Barangay Magkalungay
San Alfonso San FernandoExecutive Order no. 347 Present-day Barangay Tugop
SinalangananSan FernandoExecutive Order no. 347
Tagaalas-asSan FernandoExecutive Order no. 347
BagontaasValenciaExecutive Order no. 360
CawayanonValenciaExecutive Order no. 360 Renamed Vintar as per RA 5289
GuinoyuranValenciaExecutive Order no. 360
LaliganValenciaExecutive Order no. 360
LilingayonValenciaExecutive Order no. 360
LumbayaoValenciaExecutive Order no. 360
LuruganValenciaExecutive Order no. 360
MaapagValenciaExecutive Order no. 360
MailagValenciaExecutive Order no. 360
San IsidroValenciaExecutive Order no. 360
SugodValenciaExecutive Order no. 360
TalisayanValenciaExecutive Order no. 360 No barangay of Valencia is currently named Talisayan
TongantonganValenciaExecutive Order no. 360
ValenciaValenciaExecutive Order no. 360 Redesignated as Barangay Poblacion of Valencia
AlanibLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787
BaclayonLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787
BalilaLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787
BantuanonLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787
BasacLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787
BugcaonLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787
KaatuanLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787
KibangayLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787
KibogtongLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787 No barangay of Lantapan is currently named Kibogtong
KulasihanLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787
LantapanLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787 Designated town proper of Lantapan
SongcoLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787
VictoryLantapanExecutive Order no. 119, RA 4787
BobonawanCabanglasanRA 6489May refer to Sitio Valderrama of Barangay Imbatug, Cabanglasan
CabanglasanCabanglasanRA 6489Designated town proper of Cabanglasan
CabulohanCabanglasanRA 6489
CapinonanCabanglasanRA 6489
DalacutanCabanglasanRA 6489
FreedomCabanglasanRA 6489
IbaCabanglasanRA 6489
ImbatugCabanglasanRA 6489
LambaganCabanglasanRA 6489
MandahicanCabanglasanRA 6489
MandaingCabanglasanRA 6489
MauswagonCabanglasanRA 6489
OmalaoCabanglasanRA 6489Currently a sitio of Barangay Freedom
ParadiseCabanglasanRA 6489
TugopCabanglasanRA 6489Present-day Barangay Tugop

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.
SitioBarangayComments
Lower Kapayawan Aglayan
MahayahayAglayan
Upper Aglayan Aglayan
Upper KapayawanAglayan
BiyoApo Macote
CalawagApo Macote
DapulanApo Macote
LagaanApo Macote
MahinogApo Macote
PanganduanApo Macote
PangianApo Macote
BendumBusdi
DanawBusdi
MaasamBusdi
MahawanBusdi
Nabag-oBusdi
NabawangBusdi
NahigitBusdi
TagaytayBusdi
TubigonBusdi
SambukanCaburacanan
TalahidanCaburacanan
CandiisanCan-ayan
GantulanCan-ayan
IncalbogCan-ayan
KabayuganCan-ayan
KiitoCan-ayan
Kilap-aganCan-ayan
LanipgaCan-ayan
RonquilloCan-ayan
Tag-ilanaoCan-ayan
TagaloloCan-ayan
Taguican ValleyCan-ayan
TigbawanCan-ayan
TintinaanCan-ayan
GabunanCasisang
KibarokCasisang
KinugotanCasisang
LandingCasisangSubdivided into many puroks
Natid-asanCasisang
Santa AnaCasisang
Santa CruzCasisang
Upper GabunanCasisang
DamitanDalwangan
Green ValleyDalwangan
Hill TribeDalwangan
InhandigDalwangan
New IlocosDalwangan
TongantonganDalwangan
UlanguhonDalwangan
KulasihanImbayao
SinaburanImbayao
BalaisanIndalasa
BanderawanIndalasa
LupoklupokIndalasa
MindagulusIndalasa
PinangampuanIndalasa
SelibIndalasa
UmayamIndalasa
DigemenKalasungayPart of Purok 4
KarangkarangKalasungayIncorporated as Purok 5
LumayaganKalasungayPart of Purok 4
MalinaoKalasungayPart of Purok 4
SagayKalasungayPart of Purok 4
WakatKalasungayPart of Purok 4
AnulingKibalabagPart of Baganao
BaganaoKibalabag
KalibKibalabag
LamanaKibalabag
LagaslasanKulamanIncorporated as Purok 7
BalangbangLaguitas
KiocabLaguitas
ManlungayLaguitas
CabacunganLinaboIncorporated as Purok 3
KidalagLinabo
LalawanLinaboIncorporated as Purok 4
PaiwaigLinabo
Upper LalawanLinaboPart of Lalawan
BendolanMagsaysay
BagongsilangMaligaya
DumayasMaligaya
GuitaanMaligaya
AnduhonManagok
AngelManagok
BinatunanManagok
LangasihanManagok
RelisManagok
UmbawanManagok
KugonkugonManalog
KalabasahonMapayag
TamugawiMapayag
TuburanMapuloThe current seat of government of Mapulo.
Upper MapuloMapuloIt was the former seat of government of Mapulo; it has since transferred to Tuburan.
AlimpulosMiglamin
DungisMiglamin
LunocanMiglamin
MaranhogMiglamin
MatangpatangMiglamin
MiguePatpat
Pal-ingPatpat
ImpalambongPoblacionThis former sitio is now composed of two regular barangays: Barangay 10 and Barangay 11.
LimonPoblacionIncorporated as Purok 5 of Barangay 9.
BalaudoSaint PeterChartered as part of Agusan del Sur; legally incorporated into Malaybalay.
MahayagSaint Peter
Min-agdawSaint Peter
PinuwakanSaint Peter
SumagiboSaint Peter
TawantawanSaint Peter
MabuhaySan Jose
PanamucanSan Jose
Santo NiñoSan Jose
MacurolSan Martin
SosoonSan Martin
San MarcosSanto Niño
KibalabagSilae
NalumusanSilae
Crossing SilaeSilae
MinlantaoSilae
SalindungawSilae
BinalbaganSimaya
PuraisSimaya
MalapgapSinanglanan
San RoqueSinanglanan
Santa RitaSinanglanan
AyahaySumpongPart of Purok 4
BongbongonSumpong
KisaraySumpong
KimambongSumpong
LumalambongSumpong
MalandegSumpong
BalongkotVioleta
KinuawZamboanguita
Lower MalilongZamboanguita
Upper MalilongZamboanguita