Lurugan is one of the 31
barangays
The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the precolonial polities of the same name, modern barangays are political subdivisio ...
of
Valencia City, Bukidnon
Valencia, officially the City of Valencia, is a component city in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 216,546 people. The city is applying for a Highly Urbanized City (HUC).
Valencia a ...
.
It is bounded by
Mount Nebo
Mount Nebo (; ) is an elevated ridge located in Jordan, approximately Height above sea level, above sea level. Part of the Abarim mountain range, Mount Nebo is mentioned in the Bible as the place where Moses was granted a view of the Promised L ...
in the west,
San Carlos in the
east, the municipality of
Lantapan
Lantapan, officially the Municipality of Lantapan (Bukid language, Bukid and Higaonon language, Higaonon: Banuwa ta Lantapan; ; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Bukidnon, Philippine ...
in the north,
and
Tugaya 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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