Marantao مارانتاو | |
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Municipality of Marantao | |
![]() Map of Lanao del Sur with Marantao highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 7°57′00″N124°13′59″E / 7.95°N 124.233°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao |
Province | Lanao del Sur |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 34 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Akira I. Alonto |
• Vice Mayor | Nashriph B. Cornell |
• Representative | Ziaur-Rahman A. Adiong |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 36,147 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 660.00 km2 (254.83 sq mi) |
Elevation | 795 m (2,608 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,171 m (3,842 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 696 m (2,283 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 37,763 |
• Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
• Households | 5,909 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 2nd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 26.27 |
• Revenue | ₱ 342.6 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 92.32 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 322.9 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 1.565 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Lanao del Sur Electric Cooperative (LASURECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 9711 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)63 |
Native languages | Maranao Tagalog |
Website | www |
Marantao, officially the Municipality of Marantao (Maranao: Inged a Marantao; Tagalog : Bayan ng Marantao), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,763 people. [3]
Marantao (Merantau) is a Malay word that means "to go on adventure, travel or hunting or even on a war expedition".
Marantao is politically subdivided into 34 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Marantao, Lanao de Sur | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 159 (6.3) | 143 (5.6) | 166 (6.5) | 183 (7.2) | 357 (14.1) | 414 (16.3) | 333 (13.1) | 309 (12.2) | 289 (11.4) | 285 (11.2) | 253 (10.0) | 166 (6.5) | 3,057 (120.4) |
Average rainy days | 18.4 | 17.2 | 20.6 | 23.4 | 29.3 | 29.2 | 29.9 | 29.4 | 27.7 | 28.7 | 25.5 | 19.9 | 299.2 |
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) [5] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1918 | 3,640 | — |
1939 | 6,783 | +3.01% |
1948 | 2,494 | −10.52% |
1960 | 13,720 | +15.26% |
1970 | 15,861 | +1.46% |
1975 | 16,496 | +0.79% |
1980 | 11,777 | −6.52% |
1990 | 18,404 | +4.57% |
1995 | 20,942 | +2.45% |
2000 | 24,647 | +3.55% |
2007 | 32,075 | +3.70% |
2010 | 28,550 | −4.15% |
2015 | 32,974 | +2.78% |
2020 | 37,763 | +2.70% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8] |
Poverty Incidence of Marantao
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 52.84 2003 38.39 2006 33.00 2009 29.22 2012 60.20 2015 61.11 2018 67.27 2021 26.27 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] |
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.