Butig, Lanao del Sur
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| Coordinates: 07°43′N 124°18′E / 7.717°N 124.300°ECoordinates: 07°43′N 124°18′E / 7.717°N 124.300°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) |
| Province | Lanao del Sur |
| District | 2nd District of Lanao del Sur |
| Founded | June 25, 1963 |
| Barangays | 16 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Atty. Dimnatang Labay Pansar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 331.49 km2 (127.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 19,302 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 9305 |
| Dialing code | +63 (0)63 |
| Income class | 6th municipal income class |
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| Electorate | 11,237 voters as of 2016 |
| Website | www |
Butig is a sixth-class municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 19,302 people.
It became a municipality under Executive Order No. 21 issued on June 25, 1963 during the term of President Diosdado Macapagal.
Butig is politically subdivided into 16 barangays.
Butig had forty four (44) barangays during the time of Mayor Sultan Macabayao M. Macadato until 1979, but reduced to only sixteen (16) barangays when Sangcad S. Bao took over as OIC-Mayor during the time of President Corazon C. Aquino.
Dama is one of the old towns of Butig. It is considered as the oldest settlement in the center of Mindanao. A sultanate located in the Pangampong (Principality) of Unayan, Lanao, Mindanao, Butig belongs to the confederation of the Sultans of Lanao (Ranao in Maranao language). This historic town is the "cradle" of Maranao civilization.
While Islamic political institutions were being implemented in Sulu, Muslim traders and possibly itinerant teachers visited the eastern and northern parts of Mindanao Island. The advent of Muhammad Kabungsuwan and his lieutenants developed a system of multiple marriage alliances with various ruling families which served as a means of extending both political control and Islamization. The coming of this intrepid Arab-Malay, to whom the pervasive spread of Islam in Mindanao is attributed, and from whom all the leading sultans of that island have claimed descent, can be calculated to have taken place around the second decade of the sixteenth century. (Majul, 1973)
From the above-mentioned marriage alliances came the Moro dynasties of Maguindanao, Buayan, and Butig. From the Maranaos of Butig, Islam was then introduced to the Maranaos of Lake Lanao. Whereas the base and strength of the Buayan sultanate was in the upper valley of the Pulangi in the interior of eastern Mindanao, that of the sultanate of Maguindanao was at the lower valley and the nearby coastal areas. Actually, for many years it was Iranun support that strengthened the Maguindanaon rulers against their antagonists. (Majul, 1973)
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