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| | Central Mindanao: Key Areas-Lanao del Sur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | It is bounded on the north by Lanao del Norte, on the east by Bukidnon, on the west by Illana Bay, and on the south by Maguindanao and Cotabato. |
 | | Of Lanao del Sur's total land area, 133,135 hectares are alienable and disposable and 254,154 hectares are forested land. |
 | | Lanao comes from the word ranao, meaning "lake." Lanao centers around the basin of Lake Lanao; thus, it is the land of the Maranaos, the "people of the lake." |
| www.mindanao.org /cm/overview/ka2.htm (432 words) |
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