Geography

Location

The Municipality of Libona, a first class municipality, is geographically located at 124 deg. and 39 minutes to 124 deg., 51 minutes and 30 sec. east longitude and 8 deg. & 7 minutes to 8 deg. & 25 minutes north latitude. Bounded on the north along Agusan River by the city of Cagayan de Oro; on the south by the municipalities of Sumilao and Lantapan; on the west along the Bobonawan River by the Municipality of Baungon and on the eastern side by the Municipality of Manolo Fortich.

Libona is one of the 20 municipalities of the province of Bukidnon. It is situated in the northern part of the province and is approximately 92 kilometers from Malaybalay, the capital city of Bukidnon. The municipality can also be reached from Cagayan de Oro City through a 52 kilometer-route composed of first class and secondary class National Highway that passes through Barangay Alae, Damilag and Agusan Canyon of Manolo Fortich and the second alternative route is by passing Libona National Highway via Indahag road which has a distance of 32 kilometers.

Land Area

The Municipality of Libona has a total land area of 37,437.3175 hectares which is 11th largest among the 20 municipalities of the province. Of the 14 barangays, Sil-ipon has the largest area of 7,399.574 hectares and Barangay Crossing has the smallest area of only 710.4734 hectares. The total Alienable and Disposable Area of Libona is 19,778.7449 hectares based on DENR records. Barangay Sil-ipon has the smallest A & D area because a bigger portion of the entire barangay is forestland and mountainous. It is where the famous Mt. Kitanglad range lies.

Almost 53% or 19,778.7449 hectares of the municipality’s 37,437.3175 hectares land area has been classified as alienable & disposable. This is mostly found in the central part of the municipality that has been predominantly devoted for agricultural and commercial crops like pineapple, corn, rice, and etc.

A total of 17,658.5726 hectares are forest/timberland area scattered in the central and northern part of the municipality, production forest that includes pasture and covering some 11,914.07 hectares while protection forest is pegged at 5,744.50 hectares and found in the southern part.

Of the 14 barangays, Sil-ipon has the largest area of 7,399.8574 hectares because a bigger portion of the entire area is forestland where the famous Mt. Kitanglad lies while Crossing has the smallest area of only 708.6440 hectares.