Political History Bukidnon, as an area was already long inhabited by the Bukidnons – called Montesses (mountain people) by the Spaniards. These people accordingly remained traditional until the 1860s even for the fact that Spain had been in the Philippines since 1565 (Lao, 1985). (Opeña, 1982) also contends that settlers from the Visayas Island have continue reading : Brief History

Citizenship Of the total 1,060,253 household population in Bukidnon 95,22 percent were Filipinos. This was lower by 4.48 percentage points from the 1990 figure. The British, with a total household population of 2,739 or 0.26 % are the second most numerous. Other foreigner residents are the Indonesian 0.05 percent, Americans 0.03 percent, Chinese 0.02 percent continue reading : Citizenship

Religious Affiliation Religion is a highly important social element in the lives of the people of Bukidnon. More than three fourth (3/4) of 77.42 percent of the population were Roman Catholics.  However, it does appear that other Christian groups have gained some ground in the province.  The second dominant religious group is the Seventh-Day Adventist.  continue reading : Religious Affiliation

Language and Dialects Based on the 2010 NSO survey on household by language, there are approximately 77 dialects spoken in Bukidnon. The top 10 most common dialects are, Bisaya/binisaya which accounted 48%, Cebuano (30.43%), Hiligaynon/Ilonggo (6.53%), Higaonon (2.82%), Bukidnon (1.90%), Boholano (1.79%), Talaandig (1.50%), Matigsalug (1.17%) and Ilocano (1.10%), Tigwahanon (0.39%), and Maranao (0.39%).

Climate Observations from PAG-ASA showed that Bukidnon has two prevailing types of climatic variations in the rainfall pattern existing between the northern and southern sections. The northern part falls under the third or intermediate A type. It means that no very pronounced maximum rain period with a short dry season lasting only for one to continue reading : Climate

Political Subdivision The Province is composed of 20 municipalities and two component cities. It has a total of 464 barangays. Among the municipalities, Kitaotao, with 35 barangays, has the most number of barangays, followed by Quezon with 31 barangays. Sumilao has the least with only 10 barangays.  The component cities of Malaybalay and Valencia have continue reading : Political Subdivision

Physical Feature and Composition The province lies between the parallels 7° 25′ and 8° 38′ north latitude, and the meridians 124° 03′ and 125° 16′ east longitude, and has an area of 1,049,859 hectares representing 3.06 percent of the country’s total land area. Malaybalay, the capital, is about 850 kilometers by air from Manila and continue reading : Physical Feature and Composition