Datu Mampaalong (city) (21st Century Crisis)

Datu Mampaalong, officially the City of Datu Mampaalong (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Datu Mampaalong, Filipino: Lungsod ng Datu Mampaalong, Malay: Kota Dato Mampaalong), formerly Malaybalay, is a first income class component city and the capital and administrative center of the province of Bukidnon, Philippines. The city, dubbed as the "South Summer Capital of the Philippines", is bordered north by Impasugong; west by Lantapan; south by Valencia City and San Fernando; and east by Cabanglasan and South Agusan. According to the 2015 census, the city is inhabited by 174,625 residents.

It was formerly part of the province of East Misamis as a municipal district in the late 19th century. When the special province of Agusan (now North Agusan and South Agusan) and its sub-province (Bukidnon) were created in 1907, Datu Mampaalong (as Malaybalay) was designated as the capital of Bukidnon. It was then formally established as a municipality on October 19, 1907 and was created into a city on February 11, 1998.

In 2015, during amid the waning days of Gilbert Teodoro's presidency, the city's name was changed from Malaybalay - a name given to it by Spanish colonists, to Datu Mampaalong, the name of an ancient datu in the city that fought the Spanish colonists to avenge for the Rajahnate of Bukidnon's loss, now considered the city's national hero.

Currently, Christianity, particularily Roman Catholicism accounts for the majority of the city's population at 57%, Islam accounts for a large minority at 40%. The others follow Animism, Paganism, Buddhism and Hinduism. Visayans, particularily Cebuanos and Hiligaynons constitute 51%, 6% belong to the indigenous Manobo Lumad tribe, and the rest are Moro Muslims.