Pangutaran

Pangutaran, officially the Municipality of Pangutaran, is a municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,374 people.

Geography

Barangays

Pangutaran is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

Economy

Poverty Incidence of

Etymology

The name PANGUTARAN is originally after the "Shariff Pangutaran" name, the first Filipino people who discover and inhabited the island together with the family members. But before what we know today as PANGUTARAN it is also called "Pulau Bangkuruan" by Malay speakers means The island with the Bangkudo tree. The word phrase "Siyama" stands un impossible originated from the Hindi language meaning "Forbearance" or "kshama:क्षमा" because sheikh Karim Al-Makhdum arrived in the Philippines contemporary with Hindi traders from India.