[3] The municipality of Gitagum stretches along the shoreline of Mindanao Sea having an approximate length of 6.2 km.

There are eleven barangays of which four are urban areas due to their strategic location along the national highway and along the Iligan Bay.

Cultural development and etymology During the Spanish era, the inhabitants of the area were all non-Christians natives, possibly Higaonon people.

The barrio lieutenant called a meeting of all the Christian settlers from Luzon, Visayas and other neighboring areas.

Lino Maagad, Teotimo Magdale, Bernardo Yamaro, Antonio Palasol, Leon Nob and Carlos Micutuan were appointed municipal councilors.

List of town executives 1961–present Gitagum is located on the island of Mindanao, in Region X, and it falls under the second district of Misamis Oriental.

Gitagum has a total land area of 4,340 hectares or 43.4 square kilometers apportioned in its eleven barangays.

Ultra basic high relief hills at the southwestern most part of the municipality serves as the fan’s handle.

Ultra-basic high relief hills at the southwestern most part of the municipality serves as the fan’s handle.

The slope of 18- 30% comprises about 1,394.31 hectares is rolling to moderately steep is another potential for seasonal or permanent agricultural activities.

Elevation Basing on the presented table below, a considerable area of 3,588.45 hectares (0-200 masl) is still feasible for cultivation of agriculture crops and establishment of forest plantations which shall be subject for future utilization.

Under this classification seasons are not very pronounced with relatively dry climate from November to April and wet the rest of the year.

), the municipality of Gitagum falls under Type III which means the seasons are not very pronounced, dry from November to April and wet during the rest of the year.

Gitagum is not within the typhoon route; hence it has always been spared from destructionSoil characteristics The Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Soil and Water Management (DA-BSWM) has identified only two types of soils in the Municipality: the Bolinao clay and the Lourdes clay loam.

These types of soil provide good anchorage and root penetration for a variety of crops.

The organic matter of the phosphorus level and the potassium content together with the medium texture was not specifically measured.

The soils of Gitagum are generally suitable for the cultivation of annual crops and perennial trees and vines.

Only a minor portion, six percent are suitable for plantation forest and are scattered in the sloping and high relief areas of barangay Quezon, Kilangit and Burnay.

The most dominant which covers more or less 60% is the Pliocene-Pleistocene scale with a parent material of Coraline limestone and mineral composition of calcite.

Iron oxide and clay minerals are set up in the upper portions of the municipality within the barangays of Cogon, Ulab, G. Pelaez and parts of Talao, C.P.

A negligible portion, 5% along the southwestern boundary, is rocks belonging to the upper Cretaceous- Paleocene scale, Mineral compositions in these areas are talc, chloride, olivine, amphibole, pyroxene and biocide.

Sub-watersheds and drainage Watershed represents a unique ecosystem that can provide various goods and services.

In 2010, the requirement per capita of cereals, fruits, vegetables and root crops was 1,757.90, 1,233.91, 881.37 and 975.38 metric tons, respectively.

It indicates that a deficit on all commodities have been experience due to irreversible effect of climate change, lack of support in terms of farm inputs and infertility of agricultural lands.

It is expected that based on the prescribed standard the food requirement per capita will generate an average increase of less than one (1%) percent annually.

Backyard and egg production are common projects where residents usually invest as alternative livelihood.

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