Labangan

Municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines


title: "Labangan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-zamboanga-del-sur"] description: "Municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines" topic_path: "general/municipalities-of-zamboanga-del-sur" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labangan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Municipality in Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines ::

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Labangan, officially the Municipality of Labangan (; Subanen: Benwa Labangan; , Jawi: ايڠد نو لباڠن; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Labangan; ), is a municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,262 people.[4]

Geography

Barangays

Labangan is politically subdivided into 25 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

  • Bagalupa
  • Balimbingan (West Luya)
  • Binayan
  • Bokong
  • Bulanit
  • Cogonan
  • Combo
  • Dalapang
  • Dimasangca
  • Dipaya
  • Lagalipan
  • Langapod
  • Lantian
  • Lower Campo Islam (Poblacion)
  • Lower Pulacan
  • Lower Sang-an
  • New Labangan
  • Noboran
  • Old Labangan
  • San Isidro
  • Santa Cruz
  • Tapodoc
  • Tawagan Norte
  • Upper Campo Islam (Poblacion)
  • Upper Pulacan
  • Upper Sang-an

Climate

| location = Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 30 | Jan low C = 23 | Feb high C = 31 | Feb low C = 23 | Mar high C = 31 | Mar low C = 23 | Apr high C = 32 | Apr low C = 24 | May high C = 30 | May low C = 24 | Jun high C = 30 | Jun low C = 24 | Jul high C = 29 | Jul low C = 24 | Aug high C = 29 | Aug low C = 24 | Sep high C = 30 | Sep low C = 24 | Oct high C = 29 | Oct low C = 24 | Nov high C = 30 | Nov low C = 24 | Dec high C = 30 | Dec low C = 23 | Jan precipitation mm = 48 | Feb precipitation mm = 44 | Mar precipitation mm = 56 | Apr precipitation mm = 56 | May precipitation mm = 112 | Jun precipitation mm = 135 | Jul precipitation mm = 124 | Aug precipitation mm = 124 | Sep precipitation mm = 115 | Oct precipitation mm = 134 | Nov precipitation mm = 90 | Dec precipitation mm = 56 | Jan rain days = 13.0 | Feb rain days = 11.7 | Mar rain days = 15.6 | Apr rain days = 18.1 | May rain days = 25.6 | Jun rain days = 25.7 | Jul rain days = 25.2 | Aug rain days = 24.1 | Sep rain days = 23.8 | Oct rain days = 26.1 | Nov rain days = 22.3 | Dec rain days = 16.5 | source 1 = Meteoblue | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/labangan_philippines_1708368 | title = Labangan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | accessdate = 1 May 2020 }} | date = 1 May 2020

Demographics

| align= none | title= Population census of | 1903 = | 1918 = | 1939 = | 1948 = | 1960 = | 1970 = | 1975 = | 1980 = | 1990 = | 1995 = | 2000 = | 2007 = | 2010 = | 2015 = | 2020 = | 2024 = | 2030 = | footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

Economy

Tourism

  • Pulacan Falls - 12 km. from Pagadian City, and covering an area of 400 square meters. It is the source of water for the Labangan irrigation system. Two kilometers from the area is the 134-hectare Home Defense Center. The falls can be reached easily by any motor vehicle. With the opening of the PADAP road, Pulacan Falls became a beautiful camping and picnic site. It now has a permanent Boy and Girl Scout site with facilities and has been the location of regional and provincial jamborees.
  • Army Site - The new division site of 1st Infantry (TABAK) Division, Philippine Army, is located on the top of the Hill of Kuta Major Cesar L Sang-an.

References

References

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