Caburacanan ( Binukid: ''Kaburakanan'') is a rural

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of the Upper Pulangi District in

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City,

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. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 1,150 people, making it the least populated village in Upper Pulangi. It is bounded to the north by Kulaman, to the east by

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and

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, to the south by

Mapulo Mapulo is an urbanizing barangay in the Upper Pulangi District of Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 1,260 people. It is bordered to the north by Caburacanan, to the east by Zamboanguita, Ma ...

, and to the west by Can-ayan and Kibalabag. The western part of the village is mountainous with vast

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s and the east is a valley along the

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, where the village proper is found. The population is mostly Higaunen (Higaonon in Cebuano orthography). It had two sitios under its jurisdiction which are now abandoned: Sambukan, a hamlet to the north; and Talahidan, on the west. Caburacanan has one elementary school administered by the Department of Education, Division of Malaybalay City The name ''Caburacanan'' is a

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of the Binukid word ''kaburakanan'' which roughly translates to a place of ''burakan'' (''

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''), a vine of the morning glory family.

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