Pantar, Lanao del Norte

Pantar, officially the Municipality of Pantar (Maranao: Inged a Pantar; Lungsod sa Pantar; Bayan ng Pantar), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,599 people.

History
The town was created and detached from the municipality of Balo-i on June 11, 1978, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1551. Its first appointed mayor and first elected mayor was Judge Cosain D. Campong, a primer.

Presidential Decree No. 1551, 11 June 1978, Section 1: "Barangays Pantar Poblacion, Pantaon, Talontona, West Pantar, Pindoloan, Pantar East, Campong, Bobong, Raya, Kalanganan East, Kalanganan Lower, Tambo, Cadayonan, Tawaan, Domakias, Pitubo, Bobong-Madaya, Cabasaran, Bangcal, Pantao-Marug, Punod, Bowi, Poona-Punod, Pantao-Ranao, Sundiga-Punud, Bogowan-Ingud, Cawi-Ompara, River Side, Kalilangan and Dibarosan, all in the Municipality of Baloi, Province of Lanao del Norte, are hereby detached and separated therefrom to form and constitute into a distinct and independent municipality which is created to be known as the Municipality of Pantar without affecting in any manner the legal existence of the mother municipality of Baloi. The seat of government of the newly-created municipality shall be in Barangay Pantar Poblacion."

Barangays
Pantar is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.


 * Bangcal
 * Bubong Madaya
 * Bowi
 * Cabasaran
 * Cadayonan
 * Campong
 * Dibarosan
 * Kalanganan East
 * Kalanganan Lower
 * Kalilangan
 * Lumba-Punod
 * Pantao-Marug
 * Pantao-Ranao
 * Pantar East
 * Poblacion
 * Pitubo
 * Poona-Punod
 * Punod
 * Sundiga-Punod
 * Tawanan
 * West Pantar