[3] Calamba is previously a barrio of Plaridel known as Solinog.

It was renamed after Calamba in Laguna, the birthplace of Dr. José Rizal, the country's de facto national hero.

It became a municipality along with 6 other barrios and 13 sitios of Plaridel through Executive Order No.

85 on September 3, 1947, with the establishment taking effect on February 14, 1948.

In the 2020 census, the population of Calamba, Misamis Occidental, was 23,227 people,[3] with a density of 220 inhabitants per square kilometer or 570 inhabitants per square mile.