| Lanao Del Sur Province |
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Information AboutLanao Del Sur Province |
PEOPLE AND CULTURE Points of interest in the province include:
ECONOMY GEOGRAPHY Political Lanao del Sur is subdivided into 39 Municipalities and 1 City . City Municipalities
Physical HISTORY Lanao comes from the word ranao, meaning "lake." Lanao centers on the basin of Lake Lanao ; thus, it is the land of the Maranaos, the "people of the lake." When the Spaniards first explored Lanao in 1689, they found a well-settled community named Dansalan at the lake's northern end. Dansalan became a municipality in 1907 and a city in 1940, although it was inaugurated as such only in 1950. In 1956, Republic Act NO. 1352 changed the name Dansalan to Marawi, from the word rawi, referring to the reclining lilies in the Agus River. When Lanao was divided into two provinces under Republic Act No. 2228 in 1959, Marawi was made the capital of Lanao del Sur. In 1980, the city was renamed the Islamic City of Marawi. It is now the only chartered city in the country with a predominantly Muslim population. In a 1989 plebiscite, Lanao del Sur voted to join the Autonomous Region Of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), but Marawi City elected to remain outside ARMM. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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