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The Municipality of Kolambugan is accessibly located along the Panguil Bay area facing Ozamiz City in the Province of Misamis Occidental. The Municipality of Kolambugan is 47 kilometers West of the capital town of Tubod. It is centrally located Northwest of the Province. The Municipality of Kolambugan is bounded by the Panguil Bay on the North Municipality of Tangkal and Magsaysay on the South; the Municipality of Maigo on the East the Municipality of Tubod on the West.
The Municipality of Kolambugan has a geographic location of 8-06-59-678 latitude,123-54-01-466 longitude and has a grid coordinates of 897609.334 N. 378809.416 E and the point of origin is in the intersection of the equator and central meridean of zone v.

Legendary, Kolambugan got its unique name from the specie of trees which are prominent in the area. The “Kolambugan Tree”, the abundance of its kind triggered the naming of the place Kolambugan.

As early as 19th century, couple of American migrants settled and established a timber processing plant named Kolambugan Lumber Development and later changed to Findlay Millar Timber Company.

From a small barrio which was inhabited by native maranaos and Christians settlers from the neighboring places of the island, Kolambugan gained a tremendous growth in its economy which marked a great changed in its development figure from a small barrio to municipal district that stretches from Buru-un now part of the City of Iligan to Karomatan area now the municipality of Sultan Naga Dimaporo.

Natural Resources

The municipality has vast agricultural lands which are mainly planted to coconut. It supplies copra to the coconut oil mills of Iligan City. As it is strategically located within the Panguil Bay area, it serves as a major fishing ground for the fishermen of the municipality. Its major bodies of water such as the Kulasihan, Kolambugan and Titunod Rivers also serve the population’s domestic water needs and as drainage for the municipality’s wastes.

It has high mountains such as Mt. Carmon, Mt. Javier and Mt. Bucao. There are also mangrove areas and forests which help in the prevention of siltation.

Kolambugan serves as a natural gateway of services and goods through a ferry transport from Kolambugan to Ozamiz City of Misamis Oriental with 2 barangays, Mukas and Poblacion as ports of entry and exit.

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