Lurugan is one of the 31
barangays
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...
of
Valencia City, Bukidnon
Valencia, officially the City of Valencia ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Valencia; fil, Lungsod ng Valencia), is a 2nd class component city in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 216,546 people.
Vale ...
.
It is bounded by
Mount Nebo
Mount Nebo ( ar, جَبَل نِيبُو, Jabal Nībū; he, , Har Nəḇō) is an elevated ridge located in Jordan, approximately above sea level. Part of the Abarim mountain range, Mount Nebo is mentioned in the Bible as the place where Moses ...
in the west,
San Carlos in the
east, the municipality of
Lantapan
Lantapan, officially the Municipality of Lantapan ( Bukid and Higaonon
Higaonon is a Manobo language spoken on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is partially (80%) intelligible with Binukid.
Higaonon is spoken in the Butuan River ...
in the north,
and
Tugaya
Tugaya, officially the Municipality of Tugaya (Maranao: ''Inged a Tugaya''; tl, Bayan ng Tugaya), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,778 people.
The ...
and Barobo in the south.
During the American Occupation of the Philippines, this area was part of Lurugan Valley, where the first Secretary of the Interior,
Dean C. Worcester, established his own ranch in 1921. This was aside from the 10,000 hectares he acquired near Diklum for AMPHILCO (American Philippine Company). After his death, his son Frederick managed the ranch. Based on the topography of the place, Lurugan Valley also included Kisalom, which is now part of
Mountain View College.
It was described in 1922 by the Bureau of Agriculture as having a "billowy plain" to its east towards Mailag, "more pronounced hills covered with heavy cogon and secondary forests" to its southwest up to Guinoyuran, and a "wide belt of virgin forest" to its northwest.
References
Barangays of Valencia, Bukidnon
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