Talisayan

Talisayan, officially the Municipality of Talisayan, is a local government municipality in Misamis Oriental province on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The municipality is also known in Cebuano as Lungsod sa Talisayan and in Tagalog as Bayan ng Talisayan. It functions as a local administrative community rather than as a commercial brand, and its civic identity is organized around the municipal government, its barangays, residents, and local public services. Talisayan's administrative history was affected by changes during the American occupation of the Philippines. Under Act No. 951, territory associated with the municipality of Gingoog was incorporated into Talisayan for a period. That arrangement was later altered through Act No. 1618 of 1907, which separated and reorganized the municipalities. These measures form part of the early twentieth-century restructuring of local government in Misamis Oriental. The municipality is politically divided into 18 barangays: Bugdang, Calamcam, Casibole, Macopa, Magkarila, Mahayag, Mandahilag, Mintabon, Pangpangon, Poblacion, Pook, Punta Santiago, Puting Balas, San Jose, Santa Ines, Sibantang, Sindangan, and Tagbocboc. Barangays are further organized into puroks, with some containing smaller sitios. Poblacion serves as the principal urban and administrative settlement identified in the municipality's barangay structure. According to the 2024 Philippine census, Talisayan had a population of 26,801 people. Its reported population density was approximately 190 inhabitants per square kilometre, or 490 inhabitants per square mile. The municipality's geography, settlement pattern, and public administration are therefore shaped by a relatively small population distributed across multiple barangay communities. Talisayan's economy and development conditions are tracked through Philippine public-sector statistical and governance systems, including poverty-incidence reporting by the Philippine Statistics Authority. Available reference material identifies the municipality's economic profile primarily through these local-development indicators rather than through a nationally prominent private-sector industry or consumer-facing product portfolio. Its principal institutional role is local governance, including administration of the municipality and coordination of services across its barangays. As an active municipality, Talisayan's present identity is defined by its local government status, historical boundaries, barangay communities, population, and place within Misamis Oriental. There is no reliable source material indicating that it is a listed company, commercial brand, subsidiary, or member of a corporate brand group.

Talisayan is a municipality of Misamis Oriental in the Philippines. Its historical record in the available reference material is closely connected to the administrative reorganization of local government during the American occupation. At that time, the municipality temporarily gained territory when Gingoog was incorporated into Talisayan under Act No. 951. The arrangement did not remain permanent. Act No. 1618 of 1907 subsequently separated and reorganized the municipalities, returning the area to a different administrative structure. The source material does not provide a definitive founding date, founder, or detailed account of the settlement's precolonial, Spanish-period, or nineteenth-century development. Accordingly, no specific founding year or founding figure is assigned here. The available historical evidence instead supports describing Talisayan through the documented changes to its municipal territory and status in the early twentieth century. In its contemporary form, Talisayan is politically subdivided into 18 barangays: Bugdang, Calamcam, Casibole, Macopa, Magkarila, Mahayag, Mandahilag, Mintabon, Pangpangon, Poblacion, Pook, Punta Santiago, Puting Balas, San Jose, Santa Ines, Sibantang, Sindangan, and Tagbocboc. Each barangay is composed of puroks, and some also include sitios. This structure reflects the municipality's role as a local administrative unit whose government works across a number of distinct communities. Demographically, the 2024 census recorded 26,801 residents in Talisayan, with a population density of approximately 190 people per square kilometre. The municipality's population and barangay organization provide the basic framework for local planning, public administration, and service delivery. Reference material also identifies poverty incidence as an economic indicator reported through the Philippine Statistics Authority. No detailed sector-by-sector economic history is established by the supplied sources. Today, Talisayan remains an active municipality in Misamis Oriental. Its institutional identity is civic and geographic rather than commercial: it is a place-based local government, not a conventional consumer brand, corporation, or product line. Its municipal website and Philippine government information systems serve as relevant channels for official information, while national census and statistical records provide population and development context.

• 2024

  Population recorded in the national census

  [1]Talisayanen.wikipedia.org

  The 2024 census recorded 26,801 residents in Talisayan, with a reported density of about 190 inhabitants per square kilometre.

• 1907

  Municipal separation and reorganization

  [1]Talisayanen.wikipedia.org

  Act No. 1618 separated and reorganized the municipalities, changing the territorial arrangement that had temporarily expanded Talisayan.

• Temporary incorporation of Gingoog territory

  [1]Talisayanen.wikipedia.org

  During the American occupation, Act No. 951 placed the municipality of Gingoog within Talisayan's territory for a period.

A local government municipality and community in Misamis Oriental, providing municipal administration and public services to its barangays.

1. 1Talisayanen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Official website of the Municipality of Talisayantalisayanmisor.gov.ph