Pantar, officially the Municipality of Pantar (
Maranao
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: ''Inged a Pantar''; ; ), is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province
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of
Lanao del Norte
Lanao del Norte ( Cebuano: ''Amihanang 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.
The province border ...
,
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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s. Each barangay consists of purok
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s while some have sitios
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.
* Bangcal
* Bubong Madaya
* Bowi
* Cabasaran
* Cadayonan
* Campong
* Dibarosan
* Kalanganan East
* Kalanganan Lower
* Kalilangan
* Lumba-Punod
* Pantao-Marug
* Pantao-Ranao
* Pantar East
* Pitubo
* Poblacion
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* Poona-Punod
* Punod
* Sundiga-Punod
* Tawanan
* West Pantar
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
Establishments by Philippine presidential decree