The Municipality of Villanueva is among the active players in regional development. Projects undertaken include water supply, education, road and various industrial projects.The Municipality of Villanueva comprises eleven (11) barangays. Ten (10) or ninety-one percent (91%) of which have become urbanized.

It is a second class municipality east of Cagayan de Oro City, bounded on the north by the Municipality of Jasaan, south by the Municipality of Tagoloan, east by the Municipality of Claveria and on the west by Macajalar Bay. The municipal occupies a total land area of 5,222.5 hectares. Approximately 1,790 hectares or 34.27% off the total land area is within the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate but still under the political jurisdiction of the municipality. Villanueva’s Economic opportunities are also engaged in fishing, and with terrain gently rising from its plains, Villanueva is also rich on prime agriculture products.