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Sapang Dalaga is a fifth class municipality in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines, 96km from Ozamiz City and 50km from Dipolog City airport. According to the, it has a population of people.The town is rich in mineral resources such as gold, copper and manganese, and has mountains, rivers, waterfalls and beaches. Baga (waterfalls in the native language) with its scenic beauty is a kilometer from the town center, can be reached by foot or motor vehicles. Panoramic mountains such as Mount Dasa and Mount Pedoluan reside. Casul Bay which connects to Murcielagos Bay can be navigated.EtymologyIts name is derived from the phrase sapa ng dalaga, meaning "maiden in a creek".The names of some barangays were derived from rivers and trees, for example, Guinabot came from a river, Locus was derived from the native locus tree.BarangaysSapang Dalaga is politically subdivided into 28 barangays.DemographicsIn the, the population of Sapang Dalaga was people, with a density of {{sigfig{{PH wikidata.EconomyIts economy is based on agriculture, with root crops such as gabi, palaw, sweet potato, ube and apale. It has plantation of coconuts, lanzones, mangosteen, rambotan, marang, hibi (June plume), guyabano, santol, durian and native bananas. Herbal plants such as Salingkapao (tawa-tawa), buyo, dalapot (sambong) grows in each household plot. Vegetables such as string beans, squash, malunggay, likway, bago and sikwa can be found. Sea foods such as bongcawel, saang, bacase, king crabs, nukos (squid), lato (seaweeds), kitong, dangget, lapu-lapu, pasayan (prawn) can be bought every Friday (market day).