Mount Kitanglad is an inactive volcano located in the

Kitanglad Mountain Range Kitanglad Mountain Range is a mountain range that dominates the northern central portion of the province of Bukidnon. It occupies portions of eight of the municipalities and cities in the province such as Talakag, Baungon, Libona, Manolo Fortic ...

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

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...

island. It is the fourth highest mountain in the

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and has an approximate height of . It is located between

Malaybalay City Malaybalay, officially the City of Malaybalay ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Malaybalay; Bukid and Higaonon: ''Bánuwa ta Malaybaláy''; fil, Lungsod ng Malaybalay), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. Accordi ...

and the municipalities of Lantapan,

Impasugong Impasugong, officially the Municipality of Impasugong ( Binukid and Higaonon: ''Bánuwa ta Impasug-ung''; ceb, Lungsod sa Impasugong; tl, Bayan ng Impasugong), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. According to th ...

, Sumilao, and Libona. It is home to one of the Philippines' few remaining rainforests. The name ''"Kitanglad"'' was derived from a legend that there was once a great flood that submerged the native lands of Bukidnon and only the tip of the mountain, the size of a ''"tanglad"'' (lemon grass), remained visible (''"kita"'' in

Visayan Visayans ( Visayan: ''mga Bisaya''; ) or Visayan people are a Philippine ethnolinguistic group or metaethnicity native to the Visayas, the southernmost islands of Luzon and a significant portion of Mindanao. When taken as a single ethnic group ...

). It is considered as an ancestral domain of several old cultural communities like the Bukidnons, Higaonons and Talaandigs. Mount Kitanglad was proclaimed a protected area under the natural park category through ''Presidential Proclamation 896'' dated October 24, 1996. On November 9, 2000, Mount Kitanglad finally became a full-fledged protected area when Congress approved ''Republic Act 8978'' also known as the "Mt. Kitanglad Range Protected Area Act of 2000." In 2009, Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park (MKRNP) was declared as an

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Heritage Park. Mount Kitanglad is recognized for its cultural and biological diversity. It is part of the

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of three major indigenous groups: the Talaandig, Higaonon, and Bukidnon peoples. Mount Kitanglad hosts over 600 rare and endemic species, including the

Philippine tarsier The Philippine tarsier (''Carlito syrichta''), known locally as ''mawumag'' in Cebuano and other Visayan languages, and ''magô'' in Waray, is a species of tarsier endemic to the Philippines. It is found in the southeastern part of the archi ...

and the Rafflesia schadenbergiana, the world's second largest flower. It is a nesting place for the critically endangered

Philippine eagle The Philippine eagle (''Pithecophaga jefferyi''), also known as the monkey-eating eagle or great Philippine eagle, is a critically endangered species of eagle of the family Accipitridae which is endemic to forests in the Philippines. It has br ...

. Other endemic species that are found here are the pygmy fruit bat Alionycteris paucidentata and two native mice, Crunomys suncoides and Limonmys bryophilus. Indigenous communities are working to have Mount Kitanglad recognized as indigenous peoples' and community conserved territories and areas to enforce indigenous customary rules on the mountain range.

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{{Ten Highest Mountains in the Philippines Kitanglad Kitanglad Landforms of Bukidnon Inactive volcanoes of the Philippines

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