Marantao

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.^[5]

Marantao مارانتاو
Municipality
Municipality of Marantao
Flag Seal
Map of Lanao del Sur with Marantao highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Marantao Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 7°57′00″N 124°13′59″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Province	Lanao del Sur
District	1st district
Barangays	34 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Akira I. Alonto
• Vice Mayor	Nashriph B. Cornell
• Representative	Ziaur-Rahman A. Adiong
• Municipal Council	Members Alieskandar U. Alonto III Bolkiah S. Umpar Jamael L. Baraocor Amron D. Cornell Omar-Naseef P. Yusoph Abdulbashet P. Abdullah Nur Hanieffe B. Datumolok Elias S. Disomala
• Electorate	36,147 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• 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  (2024 census)[3]
• Total	46,233
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Households	5,909
Economy
• Income class	2nd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	26.27 % (2021)[4]
• 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	1903616000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)63
Native languages	Maranao Tagalog
Website	www.marantao-lds.gov.ph

Marantao (Merantau) is a Malay word that means "to go on adventure, travel or hunting or even on a war expedition".

Geography

Barangays

Marantao is politically subdivided into 34 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

• Bacayawan
• Bacong
• Banga-Pantar
• Batal-Punud
• Bubong Madanding (Bubong)
• Camalig Bandara Ingud
• Camalig Bubong
• Camalig (Poblacion)
• Cawayan
• Cawayan Bacolod
• Cawayan Kalaw
• Cawayan Linuk
• Daanaingud
• Ilian
• Inudaran Campong
• Inudaran Loway
• Inudaran Lumbac
• Kialdan Proper
• Lubo Kialdan
• Lumbac Kialdan
• Mantapoli Kialdan
• Matampay Kialdan
• Maul
• Maul Ilian
• Maul Lumbaca Ingud
• Nataron
• Pagalongan Bacayawan
• Palao
• Pataimas Kialdan
• Poblacion
• Poona Marantao
• Punud Proper
• Tacub
• Tuca Kialdan

Climate

Climate data for Marantao, Lanao de Sur
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)[6]

Demographics

Population census of Marantao

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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	+2.90%
2024	46,233	+4.98%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[7][8][9][10]

Economy

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[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

Culture

Kawayan Torogan

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.