Sacred Mountain National Park is a

national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

Marawi Marawi, officially the Islamic City of Marawi (Maranao: ''Inged a Marawi''; fil, Islamikong Lungsod ng Marawi), is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a po ...

Lanao del Sur Lanao del Sur ( tl, Timog Lanao; Maranao and ilp, Pagabagatan Ranao), officially the Province of Lanao del Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The capital is the city of ...

in the Southern

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. The national park and protected area, located in Brgys. Guimba and Papandayan, was established on August 5, 1965, by Republic Act no. 4190. The main geographic feature of the park is Mount Mupo which has the height of . Activities in the park include

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and

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to the mountaintop where a pond is located."Marawi, Islamic City of"
Biyahero, Philippine Travel Portal. Retrieved on 2012-01-27. Non-native flora in the park include African Tulip trees and ''Buyo Buyo'' plants.

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National parks of the Philippines Marawi Geography of Lanao del Sur Protected areas established in 1965 1965 establishments in the Philippines Tourist attractions in Lanao del Sur {{Philippines-stub

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