Marantao, officially the Municipality of Marantao (
Maranao: ''Inged a Marantao''; ), is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province
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of
Lanao del Sur,
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,763 people.
Marantao (Merantau) is a Malay word that means "to go on adventure, travel or hunting or even on a war expedition".
Geography
Barangays
Marantao is politically subdivided into 34
barangay
The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...
s. Each barangay consists of
puroks while some have
sitios.
* Bacayawan
* Bacong
* Banga-Pantar
* Batal-Punud
* Bubong Madanding (Bubong)
* Camalig Bandara Ingud
* Camalig Bubong
* Camalig (
Poblacion)
* Cawayan
* Cawayan Bacolod
* Cawayan Kalaw
* Cawayan Linuk
* Daanaingud
* Ilian
* Inudaran Campong
* Inudaran Loway
* Inudaran Lumbac
* Kialdan Proper
* Lubo Kialdan
* Lumbac Kialdan
* Mantapoli Kialdan
* Matampay Kialdan
* Maul
* Maul Ilian
* Maul Lumbaca Ingud
* Nataron
* Pagalongan Bacayawan
* Palao
* Pataimas Kialdan
*
Poblacion
* Poona Marantao
* Punud Proper
* Tacub
* Tuca Kialdan
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Poverty Incidence of
Culture
Kawayan Torogan
The
Kawayan Torogan is the oldest known
torogan in the Philippines. It is a traditional Maranao house built for royal Maranao families. There was once a campaign where the people wanted the municipalities of Marantao and Tugaya to pass an ordinance where the architectural scheme of the two towns will follow only the totogan style, in effect, preserve the Maranao people's most royal architectural style and lead to the first two towns with a planned town landscape under an indigenous Maranao architecture. However, the campaign led to deaf ears due to little funding available.
References
External links
Marantao profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index*
Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>
Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
Municipalities of Lanao del Sur
Populated places on Lake Lanao
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