The name "Kitanglad" was derived from a legend that there was once a great flood that submerged the native lands of Bukidnon and only the tip of the mountain, the size of a "tanglad" (lemon grass), remained visible ("kita"inVisayan). It is considered as an ancestral domain of several old cultural communities like the Bukidnons, Higaonons and Talaandigs. However, according to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Lands Geological Survey Division, it was previously known as Mount Alanguilan, from an 1850 sketch of a Moro encampment in the summit overlooking the "Rio de Cumaycay", which is the Kumaykay River in Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich.[11]
Mount Kitanglad was proclaimed a protected area under the natural park category through Presidential Proclamation 896 dated October 24, 1996.[12] On November 9, 2000, Mount Kitanglad finally became a full-fledged protected area when Congress approved Republic Act 8978 also known as the "Mt. Kitanglad Range Protected Area Act of 2000."[13]
In 2009, Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park (MKRNP) was declared as an ASEAN Heritage Park.[14]
^ abElevation information varies between sources. Several sources evaluated as very reliable for this information give the elevation of Mount Kitanglad as 2,899 m.[1][2][3] Several sources evaluated as less reliable for this information list a mountain named "Mount Katanglad" (spelled with "Ka" instead of "Ki") with an elevation of 2,938 m.[4][5][6] Information gathered from the more reliable sources mentioned previously suggests that the elevation information in these sources is in error for Mount Kitanglad, and may refer to the nearby peak of Mount Dulang-dulang. Since the discovery of this error, Peakbagger (a site previously in error over the confusion between the two peaks) now has a verified page for "Mount Dulang-dulang",[7] confirming the above information for that peak. Additionally, Peakbagger now also has a page for "Mt. Kitanglad" (with the correct spelling with an "i" and the corrected elevation data)[8] explaining the mistake, though the Kitanglad page does contain a disclaimer stating its information is currently unverified.
^A. Townsend Peterson; Thomas Brooks; Anita Gamauf; Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez; Neil Aldrin D. Mallari; Guy Dutson; Sarah E. Bush; Dale H. Clayton & Renato Fernandez (2008). "The Avifauna of Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Philippines"(PDF). Fieldiana Zoology (114). Field Museum of Natural History: 1–43 [2]. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 2, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
