Region X's main food basket and the emerging major Agro-Industrial Trading Center of Northern Mindanao.

Location and general physical characteristics

Impasugong is strategically located in the northeastern part of the Province of Bukidnon. It is approximately 75 kilometers from Cagayan de Oro City, a good 1 1/2-hour drive and it is half an hour away from Malaybalay City, the capital of the province.

With a total number of 13 barangays, it is characterized by mountains, deep canyons and gorges. The terrain is predominantly rugged with a significant slope of 18% and above covering 72% of the land area and distributed throughout the municipality.

Land area and land use

It had a total land area of 107, 167 hectares (13% of the total land area of the province). 83% is classified as timberlands and 17% as alienable and disposable (A&D) lands. 72% of this A&D lands is devoted to agricultural production.

Climate

Population

Total population has reached 31,173 as of February of 2002. It has an annual growth of 2.33%. It is projected to reach 35,859 by the year 2010.

major crops

Corn, pineapple, rice, coffee, sugarcane, banana, vegetables (mostly temperate types like lettuce, broccoli, cabbage), abaca, fruits and legumes.

livestock

There are 9 commercial cattle farms in the area holding 1,143 heads in all. The LGU also manages a communal ranch in a 649-hectare land that holds 300 heads of cattle. This supports the dispersal and breed improvement program of the municipality.

There are also 28 commercial poultry breeder farms in the municipality with an estimated combined population of 775,000 heads.