Lutayan, officially the Municipality of Lutayan (; , Jawi: ايڠد نو لتاين; ), 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 65,644 people. This lakeside town shares

Lake Buluan Lake Buluan is a lake located on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. With an estimated surface area of , it is the third largest lake in Mindanao, after Lake Lanao and Lake Mainit. It has an average elevation of . The lake is sandwiched ...

with its neighboring municipality,

Buluan, Maguindanao Buluan, officially the Municipality of Buluan ( Maguindanaon: ''Inged nu Buluan''; ), is a municipality and capital of the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 57,406 people. The tow ...

. Lutayan was carved out from Buluan in 1966. The first appointed mayor was the wife of the then-mayor of Buluan, a royalty from the Buayan Sultanate, Bai Linilang Mangelen. She was also the first ever elected Mayor of the town and served for two decades.

Geography

Barangays

Lutayan is politically subdivided into 12

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s. Each barangay consists of

purok A ''purok'' () is an informal division within a barangay in the Philippines. While not officially considered a local government unit (LGU), a ''purok'' often serves as a unit for delivering services and administration within a barangay. ''Pur ...

s while some have

sitios A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...

. * Antong * Bayasong * Blingkong * Lutayan Proper * Maindang * Mamali * Manili * Mangudadatu * Palavilla * Sampao * Sisiman * Tamnag (

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 ...

)

Climate

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

Lutayan Profile at PhilAtlas.comLutayan Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
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