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Iligan
Northern Mindanao, Philippines · Asia
About Iligan
Iligan sits on the route: 15 minutes from Mantampay.
Iligan is in Northern Mindanao, Philippines, with about 340,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Mantampay, about 8 km away.
Iligan, officially the City of Iligan (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Iligan; Bukid: Ciudad ta Iligan; Maranao: Bandar a Iligan; Filipino: Lungsod ng Iligan), is a highly urbanized city in the region of Northern Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 368,132 people.
It is the largest city inRead more
the province of Lanao del Norte both in population and land area wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but administered independently from the province and it is also the second largest city in Northern Mindanao after Cagayan de Oro. It was once part of Central Mindanao (Region 12) until the province was moved under Northern Mindanao (Region 10) in 2001. Iligan is approximately 90 kilometers away from the capital of the province, Tubod, and approximately 800 kilometers from the capital of the Philippines.
Iligan has a total land area of 813.37 square kilometres (314.04 sq mi), making it one of the 10 largest cities in the Philippines in terms of land area. Among the 33 highly urbanized cities of the Philippines, Iligan is the third-least dense, with a population density of 421 inhabitants per square kilometer, just behind Lucena and Puerto Princesa.
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Iligan is in Northern Mindanao, Philippines, about 8 km from Mantampay.
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- Population
- 342,618
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Northern Mindanao
- Timezone
- Asia/Manila
- Coordinates
- 8.2289, 124.2434
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