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Marawi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Islamic City of Marawi, Marawi City, CIty of Marawi, Marawi, Lanao del Sur
Marawi, officially the Islamic City of Marawi (Maranao: Bandar a Marawi; ; Jawi (Batang Arab): ), is a component city and capital of the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 207,010 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Component city
- Settlement.other_name
- Dansalan
- Settlement.nickname
- "Summer Capital of the South"
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Marawi,_Lanao_del_Sur.png
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Seal of Marawi.png
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Philippines
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within the
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.established_title
- Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 1639
- Settlement.established_title1
- Chartered
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- Islamic City of Marawi
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Lanao del Sur
- Population
- 259993
- Area
- 87.55
- Elevation
- 710
- Time zone
- Philippine Standard Time
- Capital of
- Lanao del Sur
- Shares border with
- Ditsaan-Ramain
- Image
- Marawi City II.jpg
- Households
- 30839
- Dialing code
- 63
Show 12 more facts
- language used
- Tagalog
- Commons category
- Marawi
- topic's main category
- Category:Marawi
- postal code
- 9700
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical climate
- inception
- 1639-00-00
- poverty incidence
- 20.42
- electorate
- 79288
- total assets
- 6109908863.95
- total expenditure
- 949723401.06
- total liabilities
- 4561702787.86
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 1071486102.23
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- As Dansalan
- Cityhood and renaming into Marawi
- Siege of Marawi
- Post-battle period
- Creation of additional barangays
- Geography
- Topography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Language
- Religion
- Economy
- Culture
- Architecture
- Government
- Education
- Healthcare
- Sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Marawi, officially the Islamic City of Marawi (Maranao: Bandar a Marawi; ; Jawi (Batang Arab): ), is a component city and capital of the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 207,010 people.
Marawi is located upon the shores of Lake Lanao. It is primarily inhabited by the Maranao people. The city is also called the "Summer Capital of the South" due to its higher elevation and cooler climate, a nickname it shares with Malaybalay.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marawi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.