Balingoan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines

Philippines

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. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 9,021 people in 1,600 households.

Accessibility

• Port of Balingoan is the main port for travellers going to the provincial island of Camiguin
  Camiguin
  Camiguin is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about off the northern coast of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao. It is the second-smallest province both in population and land area after Batanes...
  
  . From Cagayan de Oro to Balingoan is around 86 kilometers and would take around 1.5 hours bus ride.

Barangays

Balingoan is politically subdivided into 9 barangay

Barangay

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• Dahilig
• Baukbauk Pob. (G.E. Antonino)
• Kabangasan
• Kabulakan
• Kauswagan
• Lapinig (Pob.)
• Mantangale
• Mapua
• San Alonzo

History

Formerly part of Talisayan,it gained independence on March 1,1952. According to the local legend,it derived its name from the word "baling ni juan" (John's Fishing Net), which later on became simply as "Balingoan".

Education

There are 7 Public Elementary Schools situated in barangay of San Alonzo, Bauk-bauk, Lapinig, Mantangale, Mapua, Kauswagan and Kabangasan.

Currently, there is a National High School located at Mantangale, and is called Mantangale National High School.

External links

• Municipality of Balingoan
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for Balingoan - National Statistical Coordination Board