Tangcal is a 5th class municipality in the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 9,351 people.
In 1956, the barrios of Tangcal, Berowar, Pangao, Tawinian, Lumbac, Lawigadato, Somyorang, Bayabao, Pilingkingan, Ramain, Bagigicon, Lamaosa, Meladoc Big and Meladoc Small and Rarab, then part of Kolambugan was constituted into the municipal district of Tangal.[1]
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It is located about 51 kilometers in the southwest of Iligan City, the progressive industrial center of Region X. Geographically, Tangcal is bounded by the municipalities of Tubod, Magsaysay and Maigo on the North, Munai on the East, Nunungan on the South and Magsaysay on the West.
Tangcal is politically subdivided into 18 barangays.
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