Cabangahan

{{Short description|Settlement in the Philippines}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Use Philippine English|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Cabangahan

| subdivision_name2 = Malaybalay

| population_total = 3015

| elevation_m = 365

| area_total_km2 = 9.26

| leader_name = Basiledes Cahucom

| leader_title = Chairman

| governing_body = Sangguniang Barangay

| government_type = Barangay Council

| established_date = 1950

| established_title = Barangayhood

| subdivision_name3 = South Highway District

| subdivision_type3 = District

| official_name =

| subdivision_type2 = City

| subdivision_name1 = Bukidnon

| settlement_type = Barangay

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name = Philippines

| subdivision_type = Country

| coordinates = {{coord|8|1|46|N|125|8|23.7|E|region:PH}}

| pushpin_label = Cabangahan

| pushpin_map_caption = Map showing the location of Cabangahan

| pushpin_map = Mindanao mainland#Philippines

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_as_of = 2015

| blank_info_sec1 = 101312004{{cite web |url=https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/?q=psgc/brgydetail/101312002 |title=Philippine Standard Geographic Code for Cabangahan |website=Philippine Statistics Authority}}

| blank_name_sec1 = PSGC

| blank_name_sec2 = IRA (2020)

| blank_info_sec2 = Php 3,562,874{{cite web

|url=https://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php/programs-projects/internal-revenue-allotment-ira

|title=CY 2020 Monthly internal revenue allotment for barangays, Region X, Bukidnon

|website=Department of Budget and Management}}

}}

Cabangahan is an urbanizing barangay in the South Highway District of Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Philippines. Located 15 kilometres south of the city proper, it is bounded to the north by Aglayan, to the east by Violeta and Simaya, to the south by Bangcud, and to the west by Bugcaon of the Municipality of Lantapan. According to the 2015 census, Cabangahan has a population of 3,015 people.{{Cite web|title=Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay|url=https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Northern%20Mindanao.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=Philippine Statistics Authority|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022132535/https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Northern%20Mindanao.pdf |archive-date=October 22, 2015 |access-date=}}{{Cite web|title=Cabangahan, Malaybalay, Bukidnon Profile – PhilAtlas|url=https://www.philatlas.com/mindanao/r10/bukidnon/malaybalay/cabangahan.html|website=www.philatlas.com|access-date=May 12, 2020}} Cabangahan is generally flat with minor undulations near the bank of the Sawaga River. Agriculture is the most common economic activity, with corn, rice, rubber, and sugarcane being the primary crops. There is only one public elementary school which is administered by the Division of Malaybalay City, Schools District VI.{{Cite web|title=Division of Malaybalay City Map|url=https://www.depedmalaybalay.net/about-us/masterlist-of-schools|date=October 20, 2012|website=DepED, Division of Malaybalay City|language=en-US|access-date=May 12, 2020}}

Cabangahan is a hispanicization of the Binukid term kabangahan, which means "a place of many oil palm" [Binukid: banga].{{Cite web|title=CABANGAHAN – THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF MALAYBALAY|url=http://malaybalaycity.gov.ph/malaybalay-dev/cabangahan/|language=en-US|access-date=May 12, 2020}} It was first settled by the Higaonons and upon the migration of other ethnic groups into Mindanao, the settlement eventually became a sitio of Barangay Bugcaon, which was then a part of Malaybalay. In 1950, Cabangahan was separated from Bugcaon and became a regular barangay. By 1964, the Municipality of Lantapan was created which included Bugcaon;{{Cite web|title=CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF LANTAPAN IN THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1964/10/01/executive-order-no-119-s-1964/|last=|first=|date=|website=Official Gazette|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514042322/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1964/10/01/executive-order-no-119-s-1964/ |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |access-date=}} in 1966, RA 4787 further stipulated that Cabangahan remain as part of Malaybalay.{{Cite web|title=R.A. No. 4787: An Act Creating the Municipality of Lantapan in the Province of Bukidnon|url=http://thecorpusjuris.com/legislative/republic-acts/ra-no-4787.php|last=Juris|first=The Corpus|date=June 18, 1966|website=The Corpus Juris|language=en|access-date=May 12, 2020}}