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Labangan
Labangan
Municipality
	Map of Zamboanga del Sur with Labangan highlighted
	Labangan Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 07°52′N 123°31′E / 7.867°N 123.517°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX)
Province	Zamboanga del Sur
District	2nd district of Zamboanga del Sur
Founded	July 20, 1949
Barangays	30
Government
• Mayor	Eduardo D. Relacion
• Vice Mayor	Marlon Valenzuela
Area
• Total	157.90 km2 (60.97 sq mi)
Population (2020 census)
• Total	44,262
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	7017
IDD : area code	+63 (0)62
Income class	3rd municipal income class
PSGC	097312000
Electorate	28,876 voters as of 2022

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Labangan is a third class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,262 people.^[3]

Labangan is politically subdivided into 25 barangays.^[2]

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Population census of Labangan
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	29,229	—
1995	32,264	+1.87%
2000	34,530	+1.47%
2007	37,598	+1.18%
2010	39,168	+1.50%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^[4]^[5]^[6]

Pulacan Falls - 12 km. from Pagadian City, and covering an area of 400 square meters. It is the source of water for the Labangan irrigation system. Two kilometers from the area is the 134-hectare Home Defense Center. The falls can be reached easily by any motor vehicle. With the opening of the PADAP road, Pulacan Falls became a beautiful camping and picnic site. It now has a permanent Boy and Girl Scout site with facilities and has been the location of regional and provincial jamborees.
Army Site - The new division site of 1st Infantry (TABAK) Division, Philippine Army, is located on the top of the Hill of Kuta Major Cesar L Sang-an.

^ "Official City/Municipal 2013 Election Results". Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Province: ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b Census of Population (2020). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ Census of Population (2015). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120413163013/http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
-* [http://www.census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131004104825/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information]
 {{Geographic location

v t e Province of Zamboanga del Sur
Pagadian (capital) Zamboanga City (largest city)
Municipalities	Aurora Bayog Dimataling Dinas Dumalinao Dumingag Guipos Josefina Kumalarang Labangan Lakewood Lapuyan Mahayag Margosatubig Midsalip Molave Pitogo Ramon Magsaysay San Miguel San Pablo Sominot Tabina Tambulig Tigbao Tukuran Vincenzo A. Sagun
Component city	Pagadian
Highly urbanized city	Zamboanga City (Administratively independent and geographically separate from the province but grouped under Zamboanga del Sur by the Philippine Statistics Authority.)