67, issued by Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison on September 30, 1916, four barrios in Oroquieta were separated and organized into an independent municipality named Aloran, with one of them having the same name as its seat of government.

[5] Aloran is politically subdivided into 38 barangays.

Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

In the 2020 census, the population of Aloran, Misamis Occidental, was 27,934 people,[3] with a density of 240 inhabitants per square kilometre or 620 inhabitants per square mile.

Poverty incidence of Aloran Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] "Bunga Dag Tabinal Festival" is held every September 21.