[3] The town got its name from Medina-Sidonia, Spain, after the Spaniards noticed the similarities of the features of the place with the ones in Medina-Sidonia.Medina is politically subdivided into 19 barangays.In the 2020 census, the population of Medina, Misamis Oriental, was 35,612 people,[3] with a density of 240 inhabitants per square kilometre or 620 inhabitants per square mile.Poverty incidence of Medina Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]This article about a location in Northern Mindanao region is a stub.