Kibalabag is a rural

barangay The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...

in the North Highway District of

Malaybalay Malaybalay City, officially the City of Malaybalay (Bukid language, Binukid: ''Bánuwa ta Malaybaláy''), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Bukidnon, ...

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. As of 2015, it has a population of 1,158 people. It is bounded to the north and west by

Manalog Manalog (Binukid: ''Báriyu Manalug'') is a rural barangay of the North Highway District of Malaybalay, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, in the Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 969 people. It is the northernmost villa ...

, to the northeast by Busdi, to the east by Kulaman and Caburacanan, to the south by

Can-ayan Can-ayan ( Binukid: ''Kan-ayán'') is a rural barangay in the North Highway District of Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, Can-ayan has a population of 5,870 people. Location The village is situated east of t ...

, and to the southwest by

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. It is characterized by densely forested and mountainous terrain, with a deep

gorge A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tend ...

carved by the Kibalabag River running lengthwise through the barangay. The Kibalabag River is the major source of potable water for the entire Malaybalay. It eventually empties into the

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which forms its southwestern boundary with Sumpong. Kibalabag can be roughly divided into four

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 popu ...

s. Kibalabag Proper to the north is the most populous and the seat of the barangay government. Sitio Baganao is a village on a small plateau in the central portion of the barangay. To the east lies the hinterland sitio of Lamana and Larapan. The southern portion is Sitio Kalib on the boundary with Can-ayan. Mount Kiamû is a prominent mountain shared by Kibalabag and Manalog. The mountain hosts endemic species of pitcher plants, metallophytes, and other wildlife. The majority of the population are Higaunen (Higaonon); Kibalabag is entirely within the Bukidnon-Higaonon Tribal Association (BUHITA) ancestral domain claim. The barangay is primarily agricultural, with corn, root crops, abaca, banana, and onions being the major products. It was founded in 1910 as barangay Bangkal but was renamed in 1965 into Kibalabag.

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{{Reflist Barangays of Malaybalay Barangays of Bukidnon