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Lanao Del Sur
Lanao del Sur (; Meranaw and ; Jawi ''(Batang Arab)'': ), 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 Marawi (the most populous in the province), and it borders Lanao del Norte to the north, Bukidnon to the east, and Maguindanao del Norte and Cotabato to the south. To the southwest lies Illana Bay, an arm of the Moro Gulf. Situated in the interior of Lanao del Sur is Lake Lanao, the largest lake in Mindanao. Etymology "Lanao" means "lake", derived from ''ranao''. The province, situated at basin of Lake Lanao, is known as the land of the "Maranaos" (which means "the "people of the lake"). History Early history Prior to the arrival of Islam, the region already had a sophisticated culture, as embodied in various Maranao epics, chants, and recorded history. The people of Lanao used to adhere to Hinduism, polytheist animism, and Buddhism. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balabagan
Balabagan, officially the Municipality of Balabagan (Maranao language, Maranao and Iranun language, Iranun: ''Inged a Balabagan''; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,863 people. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 29,955 people. History Balabagan became a municipality during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. The territory was reduced when, through ''Batas Pambansa Blg. 168'' of 1982, 36 ''barangays'' were separated to create the municipality of Kapatagan, Lanao del Sur, Kapatagan. Geography Barangays Balabagan is politically subdivided into 27 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. * Banago * Barorao * Batuan * Budas * Calilangan * Igabay * Magulaleng Occidental * Magulaleng Oriental * Molimoc * Narra * Plasan * Purakan * Buisan (Bengabeng) * Buenavista * Lorenzo * Lower Itil * Macao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marawi
Marawi, officially the Islamic City of Marawi (Maranao language, Maranao: ''Bandar a Marawi''; ; Jawi script, Jawi ''(Batang Arab)'': ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 207,010 people. Marawi is located upon the shores of Lake Lanao. It is primarily inhabited by the Maranao people. The city is also called the "Summer Capital of the South" due to its higher elevation and cooler climate, a nickname it shares with Malaybalay. On May 23, 2017, the city suffered extensive damage during the Siege of Marawi as militants affiliated with the Islamic State invaded the city and engaged in a five-month urban warfare, until when Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced the ending of the battle in October. Etymology ''Dansalan'' (Marawi's prior name) derived from the Mëranaw word "dansal", which means rendez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumbaca-Unayan, Lanao Del Sur
Lumbaca-Unayan, officially the Municipality of Lumbaca-Unayan (Maranao: ''Inged a Lumbaca-Unayan''; ; Arabic ''(Kirim)'': لمباكا أونايان), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,131 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province. Through the Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 106, signed by Nur Misuari on November 22, 2000, the new municipality was created from Lumbatan. A positive affirmation was given in a plebiscite on November 27, 2004. Geography Barangays Lumbaca-Unayan is politically subdivided into 9 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. * Bangon * Beta Proper * Calalon (formerly ''Ka-alawan'') * Calipapa * Dilausan * Dimapaok * Lumbaca-Dilausan * Oriental Beta * Tringun Climate History In 2004, nine barangays of Pat ka Apo sa Macadar in Lumbatan were made into Lumbaca-Unayan, a separate municipality among nine Princess of Unay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumba-Bayabao, Lanao Del Sur
Lumba-Bayabao, officially the Municipality of Lumba-Bayabao (Maranao: ''Inged a Lumba-Bayabao''; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 45,909 people. Geography Barangays Lumba-bayabao is politically subdivided into 39 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. * Bacolod I * Bacolod II * Bantayao * Barit * Baugan * Buad Lumbac * Cabasaran * Calilangan * Carandangan-Mipaga * Cormatan Langban * Dialongana * Dilindongan-Cadayonan * Gadongan * Galawan * Gambai * Kasula * Lalangitun * Lama * Lindongan Dialongana * Lobo Basara * Lumbac Bacayawan * Macaguiling * Maliwanag * Mapantao * Mapoling * Pagayawan * Maribo (Poblacion ''Poblacion'' (from Spanish '' población'', meaning "population"), sometimes abbreviated as Pob., is a term used in the Philippines to refer to the administrative center, downtown, old town, or commercial area of a city or municipality. It ...) * Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapatagan, Lanao Del Sur
Kapatagan, officially the Municipality of Kapatagan (Maranao: ''Inged a Kapatagan''; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 20,498 people. History On February 8, 1982, ''Batas Pambansa Blg. 168'' was approved; 36 ''barangays'' in Balabagan were separated to create Kapatagan, with one with the same name designated the seat of government. A plebiscite for ratification, along with ten more newly-created local entities, was held on May 17, coinciding with the barangay elections. Geography Barangays Kapatagan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. * Bakikis * Barao * Bongabong * Daguan * Inudaran * Kabaniakawan * Kapatagan * Lusain * Matimos * Minimao * Pinantao( Txt message - Pinantao is an old town before kapatagan municipality) * Salaman * Sigayan * Tabuan * Upper Igabay Climate Demographics Economy Poverty Incidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapai, Lanao Del Sur
Kapai, officially the Municipality of Kapai ( Maranao: ''Inged a Kapai''; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 20,581 people. Geography Barangays Kapai is politically subdivided into 20 barangay The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...s. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. * Babayog * Cormatan * Dilabayan * Dilimbayan * Dimagaling (Dimagalin Proper) * Dimunda * Doronan * Gadongan * Kasayanan Proper * Kasayanan West * Kibolos * Kining * Lidasan * Macadar * Malna Proper * Pagalongan * Pantaon * Parao * Pindolonan * Poblacion (Kapai Proper) Climate Demographics Economy Poverty Incidence of References External links Kapai Profile at the DTI Cities and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganassi, Lanao Del Sur
Ganassi, officially the Municipality of Ganassi (Maranao: ''Inged a Ganassi''; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,802 people. The municipality used to host the 'finest example of a traditional torogan' according to Jesus T. Peralta of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. In January 2016, a media team found that the Laguindab torogan still stands in Ganassi, though it is badly damaged. A conservation effort is needed to rehabilitate the Laguindab torogan, one of the most outstanding royal houses built in the entire Philippines. History Ganassi among to the Nine Princess of Unayan (e.g. in Meranau term Imoda sa ganassi Ayour so Linindingan, Andong so Macadar, etc.) On the evening of November 11, 1963, a day before the election, police chief Empi Marohon was killed by an assailant while a laborer was injured. Representative Rashid Lucman proposed postponing the election in Ganassi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ditsaan-Ramain, Lanao Del Sur
Ditsaan-Ramain, officially the Municipality of Ditsaan-Ramain ( Maranao: ''Inged a Ditsaan-Ramain''; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,406 people. History Ditsaan-Ramain is part of the SHAKBA (Bubong, Buadi-Puso, Ditsa-an Ramain and Kapai). SHAKBA is a Maranao word which means links or interconnection. Shakba has many rivers and links to each other and this is where the name derives. Ditsa-an Ramain (shakba) is considered as peaceful among the municipalities of the province. Geography Barangays Ditsaan-Ramain is politically subdivided into 35 barangay The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...s. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. * Bago a Ingud * Bayabao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butig, Lanao Del Sur
Butig, officially the Municipality of Butig ( Maranao: ''Dalm a Butig''; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,768 people. This ancient and royal town of the Maranaos became a municipality under Executive Order No. 21 issued on June 25, 1963, during the term of President Diosdado Macapagal. History Butig is considered one of the oldest settlements in the center of Mindanao. A sultanate located in the Pangampong (Principality) of Unayan, Lanao, Mindanao, Butig belongs to the confederation of the Sultans of Lanao (Ranao in Maranao language). This historic town is the "cradle" of Maranao civilization. Role in Islamization of Mindanao While Islamic political institutions were being implemented in Sulu, Muslim traders and possibly itinerant teachers visited the eastern and northern parts of Mindanao Island. The advent of Muhammad Kabungsuwan and his lieutenants developed a system of multiple ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubong, Lanao Del Sur
Bubong, officially the Municipality of Bubong ( Maranao and Iranun: ''Inged a Bubong''; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,514 people. Geography Barangays Bubong is politically subdivided into 36 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. * Bagoaingud * Bansayan * Basingan * Batangan * Bualan * Poblacion ''Poblacion'' (from Spanish '' población'', meaning "population"), sometimes abbreviated as Pob., is a term used in the Philippines to refer to the administrative center, downtown, old town, or commercial area of a city or municipality. It ... (Bubong) * Bubonga Didagun * Carigongan * Bacolod * Dilabayan * Dimapatoy * Dimayon Proper * Diolangan * Guiguikun * Dibarosan * Madanding * Malungun * Masorot * Matampay Dimarao * Miabalawag * Montiaan * Pagayawan * Palao * Panalawan * Pantar * Pindoguan * Polayagan * Ramain Bubong * Rogero * Salipongan * Sunggod * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buadiposo-Buntong, Lanao Del Sur
Buadiposo-Buntong, officially the Municipality of Buadiposo-Buntong ( Maranao and Iranun: ''Inged a Buadiposo-Buntong''; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,046 people. Geography Barangays Buadiposo-Buntong is politically subdivided into 33 barangay The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...s. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. * Bacolod * Bangon * Buadiposo Lilod * Buadiposo Proper * Bubong * Buntong Proper * Cadayonan * Dansalan * Gata * Kalakala * Katogonan * Lumbac * Lumbatan Manacab * Lumbatan Pataingud * Manacab ( Poblacion) * Minanga (Buntong) * Paling * Pindolonan * Pualas * Buadiposo Raya * Sapot * Tangcal * Tarik * Tuka * Bangon Proper * Raya Bunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binidayan, Lanao Del Sur
Binidayan, officially the Municipality of Binidayan (Maranao and Iranun: ''Inged a Binidayan''; ), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,965 people. Etymology The name "Binidayan" derives from the term Bindayan, which means "ready to cultivate". History The municipality of Binidayan was created by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 482 series of 1954. Its first local election was held on the 1957 Philippine General Election, hence numerous individuals were appointed as its local officials prior to the 1957 Philippine General Election. Sultan Raraco Pundag Macaorao was the municipality's first mayor by virtue of appointment. Datu Omar Basman Olama was its first elected municipal mayor, while Sultan Muliloda Dimaporo was the municipality's longest serving chief executive. After the 1986 People Power Revolution which resulted to the ascension of President Cory Aquino, all incumbent local officials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
