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Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte
Municipality in Lanao del Norte, Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kapatagan, officially the Municipality of Kapatagan (Maranao: Inged a Kapatagan; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Kapatagan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Kapatagan), is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 62,571 people.[5]
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Etymology
Kapatagan is derived from the Visayan word "patag" meaning plain or valley.[6]
Geography
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Kapatagan has a total land area of 25,048.41 hectares, including the area now being contested by the municipality of Lala with an approximate area of 759 hectares.
Topography
On the southern and eastern sides of the locality are mountains. Offsetting the mountain is the presence of flat coastal lands and valley.
It has five major rivers that flow to Panguil Bay, namely: Maranding, Panoloon, Butadon, Kidalos, and Balili.
The Cathedral Falls and Santa Cruz waterfalls are located at Barangays Cathedral Falls, Santa Cruz, and Waterfalls respectively. At present, the spring supplies water into Poblacion and some neighboring barangays.
Barangays
Kapatagan is politically subdivided into 33 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
- Bagong Badian
- Bagong Silang
- Balili
- Bansarvil
- Belis
- Buenavista
- Butadon
- Cathedral Falls
- Concepcion
- Curvada
- De Asis
- Donggoan
- Durano
- Kahayagan
- Kidalos
- La Libertad
- Lapinig
- Mahayahay
- Malinas
- Maranding
- Margos
- Poblacion
- Pulang Yuta
- San Isidro
- San Vicente
- Santa Cruz
- Santo Tomas
- Suso
- Taguitic
- Tiacongan
- Tipolo
- Tulatulahan
- Waterfalls
Climate
The Municipality has a tropical climate. The dry season starts in October and ends in June. Wet season begins in July and ends in December.
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Demographics
Economy
Poverty incidence of Kapatagan
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2000
65.55 2003
62.42 2006
42.50 2009
47.64 2012
43.54 2015
47.13 2018
17.83 2021
29.70 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] |
Notable personalities
- Marlon Tapales - Professional Boxer
- Bonel Balingit - Professional Basketball player, Actor
References
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