Mailag (formerly

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: ''Sevilla'') is an urban

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Bukidnon Bukidnon(), officially the Province of Bukidnon ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bukidnon; fil, Lalawigan ng Bukidnon; hil, Kapuroan sang Bukidnon; Binukid and Higaonon: ''Probinsya ta Bukidnon''), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the ...

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. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 6,805 people.

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Mailag is situated in the north central portion of Valencia on the western bank of the

Sawaga River The Sawaga River ( Binukid: ''Wahig Sawaga'') is a river in Central Bukidnon, Philippines on the island of Mindanao. A majority of its catchment area is located in Malaybalay City. Its source is from a watershed west of Mt. Tuminungan (part of ...

. It is bounded to the north by Colonia and Bangcud of the City 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 ...

, to the west by Santo Niño and Nabag-o, to the south by

Bagontaas Bagontaas is the fourth most populous barangay in Valencia City (as of 2015). Development of the Barangay was known gradually because of the about to be constructed Robinsons Place, Toyota Valencia, and 7-Eleven near the MVC crossing. The Official ...

, and to the west by San Carlos. The barangay center is located near the Sawaga traversed by an old section of the

Sayre Highway The Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. Highway or simply the Sayre Highway is a four-lane, , primary national highway that connects Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental to Kabacan, North Cotabato. It traverses the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and N ...

(now named the Bangcud-Mailag bypass road). The new section passes through Sitio Dabongdabong. It is primarily an agricultural community where rice, corn, and sugarcane are mainly produced. Commerce is a growing sector, particularly in Dabongdabong. A diversion road which bypasses the city centre (Poblacion) of Valencia starts in Mailag and terminates at Musuan. The name ''Mailag'' is a Binukid word which means "transparent". It was founded in the late 19th century by Jesuit missionaries as the town of Sevilla. It encompasses the villages of Bugcaon, Calasungay, Covadonga (now Alanib),

Linabo Linabo is an urban barangay in the Basakan District of Malaybalay, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 6,933 people. Geography Linabo is bounded to the north by Laguitas and San Jose, to the east by Maligaya an ...

, Monserrat, Oroquieta (now Malaybalay), Silae, and Valencia. However, administration gradually transferred to Linabo since it has a larger population. During the American occupation, the province of Bukidnon was established and the government was reorganized. Municipal government was transferred to Malaybalay and Mailag was made one of its constituent barrios. A rural agricultural school was established in 1910 as Mailag Industrial School and eventually grew prompting its relocation to Managok and then in Musuan to become the

Central Mindanao University Central Mindanao University (CMU; fil, Pamantasan ng Gitnang Mindanao) is a research state university located in the heart of Mindanao Island, province of Bukidnon, Philippines. Founded in 1910, it is one of the oldest premier universities in ...

. In 1935, its Sitio Bangcud was separated to become a full-fledged barrio. In 1961, Mailag was separated from Malaybalay to form the Municipality of Valencia to which it is still a member.{{Cite web, last=, first=, date=, title=CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF VALENCIA IN THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON, url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1959/10/11/executive-order-no-360-s-1959/, url-status=live, archive-url=, archive-date=, access-date=, website=The Official Gazette

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