Balingoan
Sign in to saveBalingoan, officially the Municipality of Balingoan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 11,896 people.
Key facts
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- Balingoan pier with Camiguin in the background
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- Flag_of_Balingoan,_Misamis_Oriental.png
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- 120x80px
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- 100x80px
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- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Country
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- Philippines
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- Province
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- District
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- Founded
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- March 1, 1952
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- para
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Philippines
- Official name
- Municipality of Balingoan
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Q13860
- Population
- 11896
- Area
- 57.80
- Elevation
- 84
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Talisayan
- Official website
- www.balingoanmisor.gov.ph
- Image
- Balingoan pier galleryfull.jpg
- Households
- 2585
- Dialing code
- 88
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- postal code
- 9011
- electorate
- 9241
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- Commons category
- Balingoan
- poverty incidence
- 26.25
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 108920522.80
- total expenditure
- 85848697.69
- total assets
- 228218006.91
- total liabilities
- 53419719.23
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Culture
- Transportation
- Education
- References
- External links
Balingoan, officially the Municipality of Balingoan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 11,896 people.
==History== Formerly part of Talisayan, it gained independence on March 1, 1952. According to the local legend, it derived its name from the word "baling ni juan" (John's Fishing Net), which later on became simply as "Balingoan".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balingoan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.