Naawan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 16,173 people in 3,376 households.
This town is so beautiful, that nationally it is recognized as one of the most beautiful and once the cleanest town of the Philippines.
In 1957, the barrio of Naawan, then part of Initao, was constituted into the town of Naawan.[1]
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Naawan is politically subdivided into 10 barangays.
Naawan is home of Mindanao State University - Naawan campus. It started out as a science field laboratory of the MSU. It was later upgraded as the research arm of the Mindanao State University College of Fisheries. It then became an autonomous external campus and distinct unit of the University System. MSU-Naawan also runs the Naawan Integrated Developmental School.
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