Malabang
| Malabang | |
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| Municipality | |
| Nickname(s): Big Bang | |
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| Coordinates: 07°35′N 124°04′E / 7.583°N 124.067°ECoordinates: 07°35′N 124°04′E / 7.583°N 124.067°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) |
| Province | Lanao del Sur |
| Founded | 1520 |
| Incorporated | May 19, 1893 |
| Barangays | 37 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Omensalam Balindong |
| Area | |
| • Total | 198.10 km2 (76.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 43,957 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 9300 |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)63 |
| Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
| 153615000 | |
| Electorate | 14,618 voters as of 2016 |
| Website | www |
Malabang is a third-class municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 43,957 people.
Malabang is one of thirty-nine municipalities comprising the province of Lanao del Sur in northern Mindanao. It lies on the south-west part of the province and belongs to the second district. It has 37 barangays with a total land area of 37,789.28 km2. The distance from Marawi City to Malabang is 71 kilometers. Malabang is bounded on the north by the municipality of Calanogas; on the north-west by the municipality of Picong (Sultan Gumander); on the east by the municipality of Marogong; and on the south by the municipality of Balabagan. To the west of Malabang is Illana Bay.
It is under the administrative supervision of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) since November 1989, pursuant to R.A. No. 6734 dated June 8, 1989, known as the "Organic Act of ARMM".
The municipality is a level plain in its central to southern portion. A slope in the north is bounded by the Municipality of Calanogas. There is also a slope in eastern Malabang.
Malabang is politically subdivided into 37 barangays.
Malabang comes from the Maranao word "mala", which means big, and "bang" or "adhan" in Arabic, which is a call to prayer. An Arab missionary named Sharif Kabunsuan arrived at the Sultanate of Tubok around the 14th century CE to Islamize the people in mainland Mindanao. Upon docking in the shore of Tubok, which is known today as barangay Tambara, the Arab missionary cried out the call to prayer with his loud voice: the first adhan, or "bang", in Lanao. The villagers heard this and called it a "big adhan", or in the local language, "mala a bang", referring to the coming of Islam to the island. Islam spread through mainland Mindanao soon thereafter. Being marked as the historical foundation of the religion of Islam by inhabitants of central and northern Mindanao, the town was given the name Malabang.
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