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The Maranao people are shown in chocolate brown in this map. Maranaos number 1,800,000 in 2020, representing 1.65% of the population. [15] Along with the Iranun and Maguindanao, the Maranao are one of three, related, indigenous groups native to Mindanao.
The Maranao people (Maranao:; Filipino: Maranaw), also spelled Meranao, Maranaw, and Mëranaw, is the term used by the Philippine government to refer to the southern tribe who are the "people of the lake", a predominantly Muslim Lanao province region of the Philippine island of Mindanao.
Pages in category "Maranao people" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Tarhata Alonto-Lucman; D.
The "Iranun" (archaic "Iranaoan") may have been the original endonym of the ancestral group which later split into the Iranun, Maranao, and Maguindanao people. The Iranun and Maranao still speak the language closest to the ancient Proto-Danaw among all of the Danao languages spoken by these groups.
A 1629 map of São Luís Old São Luís. The etymology of Maranhão is uncertain; the name probably originates from Portuguese settlers from Maranhão in Avis in the province of Alentejo. The word was first used to refer to the Amazon River , which is today used to refer to the Peruvian part of the river ( Marañón ).
Several settlers married with the descendants of the land lords, until the majority of the population in Lanao del Norte and Misamis Oriental has Maranao Tribe blood (Muslim Blood). Executive Order No. 37, s. 1936, signed on June 4, 1936, prompted the organization of the municipal districts of Kolambugan and Buruun into an independent municipality.
Muslim (Maranao Tribe) and Non-Muslim (Christian) they live together as one Community. Most of the Muslim Male married with Christian Female, and their children are peacefully live together. There is Traders Market where Muslims from interior areas and Christians from urvan areas particular in Kolambugan exchange their goods and traditional items.
Initially and before Spain Invasion and later American invasion, most people living in Kauswagan are Maranao Tribe. A folk story from the elders said that during Spain's occupation, some of the leaders from the interior areas of Lanao del Norte usually crossed the beaches of now the Municipality of Kolambogan to the beaches of now Ozamis City.