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Poona Bayabao is a municipality in Lanao del Sur, Philippines, formerly known as Gata.

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Overview

Poona Bayabao is a municipality in the province of Lanao del Sur on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is an administrative and local-government entity rather than a consumer brand, product brand, or commercial company. The municipality is also known by its former name, Gata, and its official designation is the Municipality of Poona Bayabao. The name is rendered in Maranao as Inged a Poona Bayabao and in Tagalog as Bayan ng Poona Bayabao. The municipality is organized into 25 barangays, the basic local-government units used in the Philippines. These barangays are further divided into puroks, and some include smaller sitios. As a local government, Poona Bayabao's principal role is territorial administration and the delivery of public services to residents, rather than the sale of branded goods or services. Available reference material identifies the municipality's economy and poverty incidence as areas of public statistical reporting, but does not provide enough detail to characterize particular industries, employers, products, or commercial offerings. Poona Bayabao has historical significance in local political history. On November 12, 1963, during election day, independent Liberal mayoral candidate Hadji Ibrahim Ompong Batuz and his son were assassinated at Gata Elementary School, the site associated with the municipality's former name. The event is recorded as a notable historical incident, although the available material does not establish a fuller account of its perpetrators, legal consequences, or broader political aftermath. According to the 2020 Philippine census, Poona Bayabao had a population of 31,141. The municipality is represented in Philippine geographic and statistical systems, including the Philippine Standard Geographic Code and national census information. Its municipal website and government profiles serve informational and administrative purposes. Because the subject is a municipality, conventional brand fields such as product portfolio, flagship offering, brand positioning, corporate ownership, stock listing, and executives are generally not applicable or are not documented in the supplied sources.

History

Poona Bayabao is a municipality of Lanao del Sur in the Philippines. The locality was formerly known as Gata. The supplied historical reference does not state the date or legal instrument by which the municipality was created or renamed, so its founding year and institutional origin cannot be reliably specified here. The municipality's name has forms in the principal regional and national languages used in its official description. In Maranao it is called Inged a Poona Bayabao, while the Tagalog form is Bayan ng Poona Bayabao. These forms reflect the municipality's place within the multilingual political and cultural setting of Lanao del Sur and Mindanao. A major recorded event in the locality's history occurred on November 12, 1963. On election day, Hadji Ibrahim Ompong Batuz, an independent Liberal candidate for mayor, was assassinated together with his son at Gata Elementary School. The incident is associated with the municipality's former name and is the principal historical event identified in the available reference material. No further reliable details are supplied here about the investigation, suspects, court proceedings, or political consequences. Administratively, Poona Bayabao is divided into 25 barangays. Each barangay is composed of puroks, and some barangays also contain sitios. This structure places the municipality within the standard Philippine system of local government and community administration. The municipality's responsibilities are therefore associated with local public administration and services rather than commercial brand management. Public information about Poona Bayabao includes geographic, climatic, demographic, and economic topics. National statistical and government systems publish profiles and information concerning the municipality, including Philippine Standard Geographic Code records, census information, and competitiveness-related local-government profiles. The 2020 census counted 31,141 inhabitants. The available material also identifies poverty incidence as an economic indicator for the municipality, but does not provide a numerical rate or a detailed sector-by-sector account. Poona Bayabao remains an active municipality in Lanao del Sur. Its official website is presented as a local-government information channel. There is no reliable basis in the supplied sources for identifying a founder, mayoral succession, corporate owner, commercial product range, listed status, or conventional brand strategy. It is consequently best catalogued as a public-sector municipal entity rather than as a conventional brand.

  • 2020

    Population recorded in the national census

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    The Philippine census recorded a population of 31,141 for Poona Bayabao.

  • 1963

    Election-day assassination at Gata Elementary School

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    Independent Liberal mayoral candidate Hadji Ibrahim Ompong Batuz and his son were assassinated at Gata Elementary School on November 12, 1963.

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