Pantar, officially the Municipality of Pantar (
Maranao
The Maranao people (Maranao: mәranaw Filipino: ''Maranaw''), also spelled Meranao, Maranaw, and Mëranaw, is the term used by the Philippine government to refer to the southern indigenous people who are the "people of the lake", a predomi ...
: ''Inged a Pantar''; ceb, Lungsod sa Pantar; tl, Bayan ng Pantar), 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 Norte
Lanao del Norte ( Cebuano: ''Amihanang Lanao''; tl, Hilagang Lanao; Maranao: ''Pangotaraan Ranao''), officially the Province of Lanao del Norte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital is Tubod.
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Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,599 people.
History
The town was created and detached from the municipality of
Balo-i on June 11, 1978, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1551.
Its first appointed mayor and first elected mayor was Judge Cosain D. Campong, a primer.
Presidential Decree No. 1551, 11 June 1978, Section 1:
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Geography
Barangays
Pantar is politically subdivided into 21 barangay
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Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
Pantar Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
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Municipalities of Lanao del Norte