Manukan is a municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Norte in the Zamboanga Peninsula in the island of Mindanao, Philippines. It is located 38 kilometers west of Dipolog City, the provincial capital, and 282 kilometers westward to Zamboanga City, the regional capital. It is composed of a total of 22 barangays (smallest political subdivision) including the Central Poblacion where the municipal seat of power is located. Nine of the barangays are along the national highway and the rest are mountain barangays, being three or more kilometers away from the national highway that runs mostly along the coast of the municipality. Population as of 2009 census 38,481. Manukan became a separate municipality when it separated from the mother town of Katipunan in 1952.
Highway Barangays: east to west: San Antonio, Villa Ramos, Don Jose Aguirre, Linay, East Poblacion, Central Poblacion, Punta Blanca, Bogatong, Upper Disakan.
Mountain Barangays: Saluyong, Lupasang, Dipane, Gupot, Lingatongan, Meses, Mate, Libuton, Serongan, Pangandaw, Patagan, Palaranan, Suisayan.
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