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Marogong, Lanao del Sur

Marogong
Municipality
Official seal of Marogong
Seal
Map of Lanao del Sur with Marogong highlighted
Map of Lanao del Sur with Marogong highlighted
Marogong is located in Philippines
Marogong
Marogong
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 07°40′N 124°09′E / 7.667°N 124.150°E / 7.667; 124.150Coordinates: 07°40′N 124°09′E / 7.667°N 124.150°E / 7.667; 124.150
Country Philippines
Region Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Province Lanao del Sur
Founded May 4, 1977
Barangays 24
Government
 • Mayor Haroun T.A. Maruhom
Area
 • Total 365.00 km2 (140.93 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)
 • Total 21,319
 • Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 9303
IDD:area code +63 (0)63
Income class 4th municipal income class
153631000
Electorate 9,808 voters as of 2016
Website www.marogong-lds.gov.ph

Marogong is a now third class municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 21,319 people.

Marogong is politically subdivided into 24 barangays.

The Municipality of Marogong was first created as a barangay on July 5, 1965, as part of the Municipality of Tubaran. 13 years after, this barangay was changed into a municipality by virtue of the signing of Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 1131 dated May 4, 1977, signed into law by President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, officially creating Barangay Marogong into a regular Municipality by separating it from the Municipality of Tubaran.

Marogong Municipality was first ran by the appointment of Abdulmadid P. Maruhom, who was succeeded by his children Monara Bae, Amron (Arumpac) and Haroun (Actor), now the incumbent Municipal Mayor.

Marogong was founded by a Sultan Abdulmadid P. Maruhom in 1954 when he explored the forest and settled in what would later become a small town and finally a regular municipality of Lanao del sur. Maruhom was the first appointed mayor and first elected mayor on January 30, 1980.


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