Kolambugan

Kolambugan
Municipality
Port of Mukas in Kolambugan.
Seal
Map of Lanao del Norte with Kolambugan highlighted
Kolambugan Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 08°07′N 123°54′E / 8.117°N 123.900°E / 8.117; 123.900Coordinates: 08°07′N 123°54′E / 8.117°N 123.900°E / 8.117; 123.900
Country	Philippines
Region	Northern Mindanao (Region X)
Province	Lanao del Norte
District	1st district of Lanao del Norte
Founded	July 1, 1936
Barangays	26
Government
• Mayor	Lorenzo V. Manigos
• Vice Mayor	Bertrand M. Lumaque
Population (2015 census)
• Total	27,005
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	9207
IDD : area code	+63 (0)63
Income class	4th municipal income class
	103508000
Electorate	15,951 voters as of 2016
Website	www.kolambugan.gov.ph

Kolambugan is a fourth class municipality in the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 27,005 people.

The name “Kolambugan” was taken from a word “kolambog”, a kind of tree which grew abundantly in the area. Some present day barangays were also before called Migcamiguing and Maribojoc named also from trees abundantly found in the area.

The Municipality of Kolambugan is located along the Panguil Bay area facing Ozamiz City in the Province of Misamis Occidental, 47 kilometres (29 mi) west of the capital town of Tubod. It is centrally located north-west in the province. The Municipality of Kolambugan is bounded by the Panguil Bay on the north, Municipality of Magsaysay on the south; the Municipality of Maigo on the east; the Municipality of Tubod on the west.

Kolambugan is politically subdivided into 26 barangays.

Originally and before Spain Invasion and later American Invasion, majority people living in Kolambugan are Maranao Tribe. In folk story from the old leaders said, during Spain occupation, some of the leaders from the interior areas of lanao del norte they usually cross the beach of municipality of kolambogan to beach of Ozamis City by boat to catch people living in other side and make them as worker (personal helper) or other said BISAYA in maranaw term. There was also a story that Mutia Family in Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis Occidental is originally came from Interior area in Lanao del Norte and even now still existing the story because of the great-great-great grandfather of their great-great grandfather of Mutia Families in Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis Occidental lifted a small one piece of book hanging in the center of the house and said to the children the forbidden and do not even touch of even open the book, and according to the claimed soon for many years when somebody open they saw writing but not familiar (Spanish language, English language), and some say that near to Arabic letters.