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HISTORY
Malaga is one of the barangays in the municipality of Bindoy. It is the first barangay in the southern part of Bindoy. It is situated four (4) kilometers away from Manjuyod and sixty-four (64) kilometers from the Provincial Capital. It lies on the west ofTaňon Lake. It is bounded on the north by barangay Pangalaycayan, on the south by the municipality of Manjuyod on the west by barangays Nagcasunog and Batangan, and on the east by the Taňon Strait. It has a total land area of 297.7008 hectares, 25% of which is coastal, 25% is plain, and 50% is hilly and/or mountainous. Of these terrain characteristics, though 50% of which is hilly/mountainous, 293.5525 hectares or 90.6% is used for agriculture and 4.1483 hectares of 1.4% is residential.
This barangay was created by virtue of RA 3590 of 1950 otherwise known as the Barrio Charter. But accordingly, it was already an existing barangay of the municipality of Manjuyod long before Bindoy was still a barangay called Payabon.
Barangay Malaga was popularly known as “Lacagang” due to the abundance of small crabs present in the place which is called “Cagang”. Later on, “Lacagang” was changed into Malaga which means “good people” by a Spanish inhabitant who used to reside in Malaga. He renamed it after the name of a certain place in Spain called Malaga.
The barangay is divided into three (3) puroks namely, Purok Maabi-abihon, Purok Matinagdanon and Purok Makugihon. Most of the community dwellers are engaged in fishing, farming and mango production.
Malaga is one of the barangays in the municipality of Bindoy. It is the first barangay in the southern part of Bindoy. It is situated four (4) kilometers away from Manjuyod and sixty-four (64) kilometers from the Provincial Capital. It lies on the west ofTaňon Lake. It is bounded on the north by barangay Pangalaycayan, on the south by the municipality of Manjuyod on the west by barangays Nagcasunog and Batangan, and on the east by the Taňon Strait. It has a total land area of 297.7008 hectares, 25% of which is coastal, 25% is plain, and 50% is hilly and/or mountainous. Of these terrain characteristics, though 50% of which is hilly/mountainous, 293.5525 hectares or 90.6% is used for agriculture and 4.1483 hectares of 1.4% is residential.
This barangay was created by virtue of RA 3590 of 1950 otherwise known as the Barrio Charter. But accordingly, it was already an existing barangay of the municipality of Manjuyod long before Bindoy was still a barangay called Payabon.
Barangay Malaga was popularly known as “Lacagang” due to the abundance of small crabs present in the place which is called “Cagang”. Later on, “Lacagang” was changed into Malaga which means “good people” by a Spanish inhabitant who used to reside in Malaga. He renamed it after the name of a certain place in Spain called Malaga.
The barangay is divided into three (3) puroks namely, Purok Maabi-abihon, Purok Matinagdanon and Purok Makugihon. Most of the community dwellers are engaged in fishing, farming and mango production.