Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay

Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay

Malangas (Cebuano: Lungsud sa Malangas; Filipino (Tagalog): Bayan ng Malangas; Zamboangueño/Chavacano: Municipio de Malangas) is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. The town is generally rolling near the shorelines and mountainous in the hinterland with some patches of flat land located within the mangroves near the shorelines. It borders Buug to the northwest, Diplahan to the northeast, Imelda to the west, Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur to the east and Alicia to the south.

Malangas is the site of coalmining in Western Mindanao area accompanied by the Philippine National Oil Company - Exploration Corporation. The coalmine is one of the largest in the country. It's town center nests in a harbor in Dumanguillas Bay, boosts of its twin ports, one for coal, the other for passengers.