Lanao del Sur
Lanao del Sur is a province in the central part of Mindanao Island in the Philippines . Lanao del Sur is part of the ARMM District , the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao .
The capital of the province is located on Lake Lanao and is called Marawi City . The province's governor is Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr.
geography
Lanao del Sur is surrounded by the provinces of Lanao del Norte in the north, Bukidnon in the east, Shariff Kabunsuan and Cotabato in the south. The province has a total area of 3,872.9 km².
To the southeast is Illana Bay , part of the Gulf of Moro . The landscape is dominated by hills, plateaus, volcanoes and mountain ranges, which are cut by numerous valleys. The water-covered area of the province occupies 340.39 km² and consists mainly of lakes and swamps. The active volcanoes Latukan and Ragang rise on the border with the province of Cotabato . Another active volcano is the 1,940 meter high Makaturing , it rises above the Bay of Illana.
In the center of the province you will find the Lanao Lake , whose outflow is the Agus River . The lake is the largest inland lake on the island of Mindanao , as is the María Cristina waterfall , one of the largest in the country. Southwest of Lake Lanao is the smaller Dapao Lake, 120 meters deep . The province is traversed by a number of rivers on their way to Lake Lanao or Illana Bay or the Iligan Bay to the north .
Demographics and language
According to the 2007 census, Lanao del Sur has a total of 1,138,544 people. This puts the province in the 29th position in the population statistics of the Philippines. On average there are 294 inhabitants per km². This means 43rd place in this category.
The most common dialect spoken in the province is Maranao. In addition, the Filipino languages Tagalog and Cebuano are as common as English and Arabic .
The original inhabitants, the Maranos, are characterized by a unique culture, which is mainly expressed in a special music, the gong music. This style of music can be found in both Muslim and non-Islamic groups in the southern Philippines.
economy
The inhabitants of the province of Lanao del Sur are known for their unusual weaving mills and for their skills in working with metal and wood. The textiles from this province are famous for their artistic design and their splendor of colors.
In addition to the sale of handicraft products, one of the main industries of the province is the breeding of freshwater fish in fish ponds due to the numerous bodies of water in the area. In addition, various fruits are grown in the region, but tourism is also one of the decisive economic factors of Lanao del Sur due to the varied landscape with its mountains, lakes and numerous waterfalls.
Administrative division
Lanao del Sur is divided into 39 independently administered municipalities and a city. The communities in turn are subdivided into a total of 1,155 barangays (districts).
The province is also divided into two congressional districts.
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climate
The province is characterized by a pleasant climate, interspersed with constant rainfall throughout the year, without a pronounced dry period. The rainiest month is February, the driest June.
It should be noted that the province is located outside the typhoon belt that grazes the northern Philippines.
history
The area around Lake Lanao and the coast of Iligan Bay was originally settled by the Maranos. The name "Lanao" is derived from the word "Ranao" from the dialect Maranao, which means something like "lake inhabitants" or "people from the lake".
Islam was brought into the country from the northern coast and quickly caught on in the area. In the 17th century, the Maranos entered into an alliance with the strong Maguindanao Sultan Kudarat when it was a matter of keeping the Spanish colonial power struggling to control the region in check.
When the Spaniards explored the area around Lanao from 1636, they found a populated settlement called Dansalan at the northern end of the lake. The place was in Spanish hands for two years, but due to the constant hostility of the inhabitants it was finally given up again. For many years, Lanao del Sur was an important starting point for raids on settlements in the Visayas and Luzon .
When the power of Maguindanao gradually weakened in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Maranos set up a chain of sultanates around the lake, which developed free from control by the Spaniards or their neighbors from Maguindanao.
Until the end of the Spanish supremacy in the Philippines, they tried to subjugate the Maranos people. In 1891 Spanish troops occupied Malabang on the southern coast of Illana Bay . In 1894 the Spaniards conquered the town of Marahui and brought gunboats into Lake Lanao to assert their interests. However, the Spanish presence quickly declined with the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution and by 1900 American troops reached the province.
However, the Maranos also refused to accept this great power and in March 1902 there was a first series of fighting between locals and American occupiers, which was followed by more.
Lanao became a district of Mindanao in 1895. In 1903 it was integrated into the province of Moro by the American administration. The province of Lanao was established in 1914 with the organization of the "Department of Mindanao and Sulu".
Dansalan was named an independently administered municipality around 1907 and even a town in 1940, but was not recognized as such until 1950. In 1956 the city of Dansalan was renamed Marawi City by Republic Act No. 1352 . The name comes from the word raw , a type of lily that occurs near the Agus River.
When the former province of Lanao was divided into the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur on July 4, 1959 with Republic Act No. 2228 , Marawi City was named the capital of the new province of Lanao del Sur.
In 1980 the name of the city was expanded into Islamic City of Marawi . It is now the only recorded city in the Philippines whose residents are predominantly Muslim.
In a referendum in 1989, the residents of Lanao del Sur finally voted for membership of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), but the city of Marawi City itself voted against such membership.
Lanao del Sur gained international attention during the Muslim-Christian disputes in the 1970s. In October 1972, the city of Marawi City was attacked and occupied by rebels from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). In 1979 peace talks between the MNLF and the Philippine government followed, during which the province became part of the autonomous regional administration of Central Mindanao.
The province of Lanao del Sur remained under constant control of the MNLF until the final peace treaty of 1996.
Attractions
- The Mindanao State University (Main Campus)
- The Lanao lake
- Aga Khan Museum
- Torogan (of Tuka)
- The tall minarets of Marawi
- Abu Bakar Mosque (The largest mosque in Lanao del Sur)
- Dansalan Market
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ National Statistical Coordination Board: 2006 Factsheet . April 27, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 24, 2006.
Coordinates: 7 ° 49 ' N , 124 ° 19' E