Bayang, officially the Municipality of Bayang (
Maranao
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and
Iranun
The Iranun are a Moro ethnic group native to Mindanao, Philippines (in Maguindanao del Norte: Barira, Buldon, Parang, Matanog, Sultan Mastura, and Sultan Kudarat; North Cotabato: Alamada, Banisilan, Carmen, Libungan, and Pigcawayan; Lanao d ...
: ''Inged a Bayang''; tl, Bayan ng Bayang), is a 5th class
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
province
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of
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 ...
,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,023 people.
History
In May 1902, during the
Moro Rebellion
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The word "Moro" – the Spanish word for "Moor" – is a term for Muslim people who li ...
(also known as the Moro–American War
), Bayang was the site of a clash between
Moro rebels and
American
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troops that became known as the Battle of Bayang. The American troops, three infantry battalions and a battery of artillery total to some 1200 men, were led to Bayang by colonel
Frank Baldwin
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to demand the extradition of the Moros responsible for the ambushing and killing of two American soldiers at the construction of a road from
Iligan
Iligan, officially the City of Iligan ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Iligan; fil, Lungsod ng Iligan; Maranao: ''Inged a Iligan''), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Northern Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has ...
to
Lake Lanao
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, two months earlier.
When the sultan of Bayang refused, Baldwin's troops attacked and captured the nearby ''cotta'' (fortress; "small, castle-like structures with thick, high walls"
) of Binidayan on 2 May. They subsequently attempted to capture the ''cotta'' of Pandapatan, which resisted the artillery fire and was only subdued the next day after hand-to-hand combat between Moros and Americans. The number of Moro casualties is estimated at 300 to 400, including the sultan of Bayang and his brother. On the American side, ten soldiers were killed and some forty wounded.
The ''cotta'' of Pandapatan has been preserved as a historical monument; the fallen of the Battle of Bayang are considered
martyr
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s by Filipino Muslims.
Geography
Barangays
Bayang is politically subdivided into 49
barangay
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s.
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Tourism
* Padang Karbala Shrine located at Sultan Pandapatan Bayang
* Malaa Alad
* Dandamun Mosque
Education
Elementary Schools
Secondary Schools
* Mauyag C. Papandayan National High School, Rinabor, Bayang, Lanao del Sur
* Bayang National High School, Biabi, Bayang, Lanao del Sur
* Upper Bayang National High School,Raya Bubong, Bayang, Lanao del Sur
References
External links
Bayang Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index*
Philippine Standard Geographic Code
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Municipalities of Lanao del Sur
Populated places on Lake Lanao