Maligaya is a rural

barangay 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 ...

in the Basakan 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 The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 2,113 people. It is bordered to the north and east by

Miglamin Miglamin is a rural barangay in the Basakan District of Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 3,188 people. Geography Miglamin is a long strip of territory in the southeastern portion of the ...

, to the south by

Managok Managok is an urbanizing barangay in the Basakan District of Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 7,200 people. It is bounded to the north by Linabo and Maligaya, to the east by Miglamin, ...

, and to the west by

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 ...

. The village was a

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 ...

of Managok named Abuhan until it was separated to become a regular barangay named Maligaya.

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Barangays of Bukidnon Barangays of Malaybalay {{NMindanao-geo-stub