Kibalabag is a rural barangay in the North Highway District of

Malaybalay Malaybalay, officially the City of Malaybalay ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Malaybalay; Bukid language, Bukid and Higaonon language, Higaonon: ''Bánuwa ta Malaybaláy''; fil, Lungsod ng Malaybalay), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classificat ...

, Philippines. As of 2015, it has a population of 1,158 people. It is bounded to the north and west by

Manalog Manalog (Binukid: ''Báriyu Manalug'') is a rural barangay of the North Highway District of Malaybalay, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, in the Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 969 people. It is the northernmost vill ...

, to the northeast by Busdi, to the east by Kulaman and Caburacanan, to the south by

Can-ayan Can-ayan ( Binukid: ''Kan-ayán'') is a rural barangay in the North Highway District of Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, Can-ayan has a population of 5,870 people. Location The village is situated east of ...

, and to the southwest by Sumpong. It is characterized by densely forested and mountainous terrain with a deep

gorge A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...

carved by the Kibalabag River running lengthwise through the barangay. The Kibalabag River is the major source of potable water for the entire Malaybalay. It eventually empties into the

Tagoloan River The Tagoloan River is the 13th largest river system in the Philippines in terms of watershed size, as classified by the National Water Resources Board. It has an estimated drainage area of covering the provinces of Bukidnon and Misamis Orient ...

which forms is southwestern boundary with Sumpong. Kibalabag can be roughly divided into four

sitio A ''sitio'' (Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own barangay if its popul ...

s. Kibalabag Proper to the north is the most populous and the seat of the barangay government. Sitio Baganao is a village on a small plateau in the central portion of the barangay. To the east lies the hinterland sitio of Lamana and Larapan. The southern portion is Sitio Kalib on the boundary with Can-ayan. Mount Kiamû is a prominent mountain shared by Kibalabag and Manalog. The mountain hosts endemic species of pitcher plants, metallophytes, and other wildlife. The majority of the population are Higaunen (Higaonon); Kibalabag is entirely within the Bukidnon-Higaonon Tribal Association (BUHITA) ancestral domain claim. The barangay is primarily agricultural, with corn, root crops, abaca, banana, and onions being the major products. It was founded in 1910 as barangay Bangkal but was renamed in 1965 into Kibalabag.

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{{Reflist Barangays of Malaybalay Barangays of Bukidnon