Lambayong, officially the Municipality of Lambayong (; Ilocano: ''Ili ti Lambayong''; , Jawi: ايڠد نولمبايوڠ; ), is a

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in the

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Sultan Kudarat Sultan Kudarat, officially the Province of Sultan Kudarat (; Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Dairat nu Sultan Kudarat'', Jawi Alphabet, Jawi: دايرت نو سولتان كودرت; ; Ilocano language, Ilocano: ''Probinsia ti Sultan Ku ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 79,739 people.

Etymology

Lambayong is named after the ''lambayong'' (''

Ipomoea pes-caprae ''Ipomoea pes-caprae'', also known as bayhops, bay-hops, beach morning glory, railroad vine, or goat's foot, is a common pantropical creeping vine belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. It grows on the upper parts of beaches and endures salted a ...

''), the flower-bearing creeper that grows in profusion on wet lands with which the town has plenty. The purplish cup-like petals are a sight to behold from a distance as they undulate with the dark waxy-textured green leaves when blown by the wind. The word Lambayong/Lambayung in Maguindanaon means purple.

History

Area presently under the jurisdiction of Lambayong was transferred from the Province of

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to the Province of

on November 22, 1973, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 341 of President

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. It was established as a new municipality named Mariano Marcos in honor of the President's father. On October 12, 1988, President

Corazon Aquino María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines and the first woman president in the country, from Presidency of Corazon ...

signed Republic Act No. 6676, renaming the municipality to its current name.

Geography

Barangays

Lambayong is politically subdivided into 26

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s while some have

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. * Caridad (Cuyapon) * Didtaras * Gansing (Bilumen) * Kabulakan * Kapingkong * Katitisan * Lagao * Lilit * Madanding * Maligaya * Mamali * Matiompong * Midtapok * New Cebu * Palumbi * Pidtiguian * Pimbalayan * Pinguiaman *

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(Lambayong) * Sadsalan * Seneben * Sigayan * Tambak * Tinumigues * Tumiao (Tinaga) * Udtong

Climate

Demographics

Unlike the rest of Sultan Kudarat, Ilocano-speaking residents form the majority of Lambayong, with majority of them can speak and understand fluent Hiligaynon, Tagalog and to the some extent, Cebuano and Maguindanaon, in addition to their own native language. They descended from

Ilocanos The Ilocano people (), also referred to as Ilokáno, Iloko, Iloco, Iluku, or Samtoy, are an Austronesian ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. Originally from the Ilocos Region, located on the northwestern coast of Luzon, they hav ...

from northern

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who settled in the area since the early 1900s, with the additional influx of these migrants who also settled after World War II. Hiligaynon-speakers are also residents in the municipality, with many of them can also speak and understand Ilocano, Karay-a, Cebuano and Maguindanaon, since Lambayong—like the rest of Sultan Kudarat as well as

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and the rest of

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as a whole—is a melting pot of languages, culture and tradition. Other ethnolinguistic groups in the municipality are Maguindanaons,

Cebuanos The Cebuano people () are the largest subgroup of the larger ethnolinguistic group Visayans, who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group in the country. They originated in the province of Cebu in the region of Central Visayas, bu ...

, Blaans and

Manobos The Lumad are a group of Austronesian indigenous peoples in the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous". The term is short for Katawhang Lumad (Literally: "indigenous people"), the autonym officially adopt ...

Economy

References

External links

Lambayong Profile at PhilAtlas.comLambayong Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
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