Amai Manabilang

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Amai Manabilang أماي مانابيلانج
Municipality
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Map of Lanao del Sur with Amai Manabilang highlighted
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Amai Manabilang Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 7°47′07″N 124°40′56″E / 7.785219°N 124.682339°E / 7.785219; 124.682339
Country	Philippines
Region	Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Province	Lanao del Sur
District	1st district
Founded	November 17, 1977
Renamed	January 22, 2015 April 7, 2018
Barangays	17 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Saidamen Leo E. Manabilang
• Vice Mayor	Jamal E. Manabilang
• Representative	Ziaur-Rahman A. Adiong
• Municipal Council	Members Hedjarah Lydia E. Manabilang Noel C. Baldonasa Jaime S. Mabitazan Nabilah T. Dimaocor Sowaib P. Pado Maimay P. Amino Jasmine S. Macabantog Abel B. Pacasum
• Electorate	5,975 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	544.10 km2 (210.08 sq mi)
Elevation	988 m (3,241 ft)
Highest elevation	1,711 m (5,614 ft)
Lowest elevation	523 m (1,716 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	12,124
• Density	22/km2 (58/sq mi)
• Households	2,118
Economy
• Income class	3rd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	31.97 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 156.9 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 122.8 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 172.6 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 61.41 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	First Bukidnon Electric Cooperative (FIBECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	9320
PSGC	153637000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)63
Native languages	Maranao Tagalog
Website	www.bumbaran-lds.gov.ph

Amai Manabilang, officially the Municipality of Amai Manabilang (Maranao: Inged a Amai Manabilang; Tagalog: Bayan ng Amai Manabilang), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,124 people.^[3]

The municipality, formerly Bumbaran, was changed to Amai Manabilang under Muslim Mindanao Act No. 316 on January 22, 2015.^[5]

Bumbaran is named after the legendary city of Magalinday Bembaran in the Darangen, a Meranau (Maranao) epic. The scenic beauty of the town resembles the beauty of Magalinday Bembaran.

After the political efforts of Mayor James Manabilang, Bumbaran was renamed into Amai Manabilang, in honor of his own personal ancestor.

Bumbaran was commonly known before as “Aparport” its seat of government. Its existence came into being when President Ferdinand Marcos signed into law on November 17, 1977, Presidential Decree No. 1243 creating Aparport a separate and independent municipality and naming it the Municipality of Bumbaran, separate from the Municipality of Wao, its mother municipality. This was necessary in order to maximize the enforcement of law and order and expedite optimum and sustainable development.^[6]

At that time, the municipality consisted of 21 barangays namely: Sumogot, Francfort, Lambanogan, Punud, Comara, Aparport, Paglamatan, Natangcopan, Mansilano, Salam, Bandara-Ingud, Ranao-Ibaning, Bagumbayan, Pagonayan, Piagma, Lico, Siuan, Lama, Borntacan, Miorod, and Someorang.^[6] It was reduced to seventeen barangays when President Corazon Aquino signed an Executive Order in December 1986 abolishing thousands of barangays in the country which affected barangays Lama, Miorod, Borontacan, and Someorang.^{[citation needed]}

On January 22, 2015, Bumbaran was renamed to Amai Manabilang by virtue of Muslim Mindanao Act No. 316. It was later confirmed through a plebiscite held on April 7, 2018.^[5]

The municipal boundaries are defined as follows: on the east by the municipality of Wao, separated by a straight line 13.65 kilometers (8.48 mi) long, drawn northward from Point 1 to Point 2 on the bank of the Maladugao river 1.5 kilometers (0.93 mi). East Sumogot on the Lanao–Bukidnon boundary as point 3; then by straight line following the Lumba - a Bayabao–Wao boundary line. Southward of the intersection of the Lana–Cotabato boundary as point 4; then finally 1.72 kilometers (1.07 mi). Eastward following the Lanao–Cotabato boundary to the starting point.^[6]

Amai Manabilang is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

The town's climate is similar to that of Baguio.

Amai Manabilang is composed of two major groups – 99% Muslim Bangsamoro and 1% Catholic. Catholics inhabited barangays Sumogot and Francfort. The Muslim Bangsamoros occupied the rest of the 17 barangays.^[12]

Amai Manabilang is inhabited by settlers of different origins, like Ilonggos, Ivatans, Ilocano, Bisaya and other smaller ethnic groups that dominated barangays Francfort and Sumugot. This is due to the Settlement Program and Land Tenure Laws^[12] of the Republic of the Philippines. The Moro Maranaws who came from the different municipalities of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte inhabited the rest of the seventeen barangays of this municipality. Their source of livelihood is farming, mainly crop production. Having rich soil, the municipality is one of the largest corn producers in the province, only second to its mother municipality of Wao for having vast agricultural land capable of producing variable crops which could give sufficient food and income to the population.

Poverty Incidence of Amai Manabilang

• Amai Manabilang Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System