Lamut, Ifugao

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Lamut

Municipality

Lamut Town Hall

Seal

Map of Ifugao showing the location of Lamut

Lamut

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates:

163900N 1211330ECoordinates:

163900N 1211330E

Country

Philippines

Region

Cordillera Administrative Region(CAR)

Province

Ifugao

Established

1959

Barangays

18

Government[1]
Mayor

Mariano B. Buyagawan Jr.

Area[2]
Total

159.65 km2 (61.64 sq mi)

Population (2010)[3]
Total

23,088

Density

140/km2 (370/sq mi)

Time zone

PST (UTC+8)

ZIP code

3605

Dialing code

74

Income class

4th class

Website

lamut.gov.ph

Lamut is a fourth class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2010
census, it has a population of 23,088 people.
[3]

Lamut has the following schools: Lamut Central School, San Francisco High School, and Ifugao
State University (formerly Ifugao State College of Agriculture and Forestry or ISCAF).
Contents
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1Barangays

2History

3Demographics

4References

5External links

Barangays[edit]
Lamut is politically subdivided into 18 barangays.

[2]

Ambasa

Bimpal

Hapid

Holowon

Lawig

Lucban

Mabatobato

Magulon

Nayon

Panopdopan

Payawan

Pieza

Poblacion East (Lamut)

Poblacion West (Lamut)

Pugol (Ifugao Reservation)

Salamague

Sanafe

Umilag

History[edit]
In 1959, the barrios of Lamut, Mabatobato, Lawig, Panopdopan, Magulon, Peiza, Payawan, Nayon,
Halog, Pulaan, Dilan, Pangka, Hapid, Bulao, Allupapan, Pugol and Salamagui of the municipal
district of Kiangan were separated from the said municipal district and constituted into the municipal
district of Lamut. It was then composed of 4 barangays, namely: Mabatobato, Payawan, Nayon and
Panopdopan.
[4]

The first appointed municipal mayor was Guinid Tuguinay who was later replaced by Alberto Puguon
through a formal election held in November 1967, to December 1963. From January 1964 to
December 1967, the municipal mayor was Alberto Bunoan, Sr. He was succeeded by Angelito
Guinid from January 1968 to November 24, 1976 who was in turn succeeded by Gregorio Kitong
who was appointed as municipal mayor. Kitong served until January 1986. When Corazon C. Aquino
became the president, she appointed lady lawyer Lynda Bongyo-Chaguile as the O.I.C. mayor of
Lamut and continued to serve until 1998. Lynda Chaguile was the first woman to serve and be
elected as mayor in the municipality of Lamut and in the province.

Demographics[edit]
Population census of Lamut

Source: National Statistics Office[3]