This town was once a barangay of the capital town, Malaybalay. It was named after a Banglas tree, endemic tree specie that inhabit and growing abundantly and distinctively only in this portion of the upper Pulangi. Banglas is a hardwood that usually grows in the rocky portion of the Bobunawan riverbanks. Kabanglasan literally means a place that has plenty of Banglas.
Cabanglasan was created as a separate municipality from Malaybalay on August 13, 1979 by virtue of republic Act 6489.
The movement for the separation of Cabanglasan from its mother municipality in the early 1960s when the people of the Pulangi region petitioned for the secession. This prompted the passage of the House Bill No. 2789 in the Congress by the then Congressman Cesar M. Fortich. The bill was enacted into law without executive approval under Republic Act 6489 but its implementation was delayed due to the declaration of martial Law.
Due to the insistence of the residents, former President Ferdinand E. Marcos referred the matter to the mother municipality, Malaybalay. A plebiscite was then held wherein the majority voted for the implementation of RA 6489. On August 13, 1979, the first set of municipal officials headed by Mayor Saturnino P. Linsagan, took their oath and held their first session.
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