Damulog History, Physical Features & Climate

HISTORY

The first settlers of Damulog were the Manobos. They are the indigenous people of the place. Testimonies of the old folks disclosed that the name of the place was “Ramulog”, meaning a place to take a bath. A river at the town proper is a place where the Manobos take a bath. It also became a place of gathering where the men do the fishing and nearby, their wives washed clothes and the children are either swimming or gathering shells. Overtime, “Ramulog” changed to “Damulog” due to assimilation of the Manobos and the new settlers. The river is now called Damulog River.

The opening of the Sayre Highway in 1953 opened Damulog into external trade. Manobos and Muslims from nearby Cotabato gathered abaca from the forests. The new immigrants who sell fiber to Cagayan de Oro City process these into fibers. More immigrants from the Visayas came and started to acquire farm lots. Slowly, the new settlers soon dominated trade and business.
Damulog was once a barrio of Kibawe. It was created a municipality on January 1972 pursuant to Republic Act No. 6369.

Damulog has seventeen (17) barangays, namely: Aludas, Angga-an, Kinapat, Kiraon, Kitingting, Lagandang, Macapari, Maican, Migcawayan, New Compostela, Old Damulog, Omonay, Poblacion, Pocopoco, Sampagar, San Isidro, and Tangkulan.

PHYSICAL FEATURES

Damulog is within the grid coordinates of 7 00’ 24” to 7 00’ 25” north latitude and 124 00’ and 53 to 125 00’ 00” east longitude. Going south from Cagayan de Oro City, the regional capital, Damulog is the last town of Bukidnon going to the south.

CLIMATE

Damulog belongs to the Type IV climate having a pronounced dry and wet season. Based on rainfall patterns, the dry season usually commences in November and would last until April. Wet season, on the other hand, generally occurs from May to October.