Pangutaran, officially the Municipality of Pangutaran ( Tausūg: ''Kawman sin Pangutaran''; ; ), is a

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in the

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Sulu Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Wilaya' sin Lupa' Sūg''; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago. It was part of the Bangsamoro, Bangsamoro Autonomous R ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,374 people.

Geography

Barangays

Pangutaran is politically subdivided into 16

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s while some have

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Climate

Demographics

Economy

Poverty Incidence of

Etymology

The name PANGUTARAN is originally after the "Shariff Pangutaran" name, the first Filipino people who discover and inhabited the island together with the family members (Belong to Salip Descendants). But before what we know today as PANGUTARAN it is also called "Pulau Bangkuruan" by Malay speakers means The island with the Bangkudo tree(s) (Morinda citrifolia). The word phrase "Siyama" stands un impossible originated from the Hindi language meaning "Forbearance" or "kshama:क्षमा" because sheikh Karim Al-Makhdum arrived (in Bohe' Indangan, Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines in 1380 and propagated Islam) in the Philippines contemporary with Hindi traders from India.

References

External links

Pangutaran Profile at PhilAtlas.com
* Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Pangutaran Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index

Philippine Census Information

Local Governance Performance Management System
Municipalities of Sulu Island municipalities in the Philippines Long stubs with short prose {{ARMM-geo-stub