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Cultural and Historical Background

Before Maramag gained its name, there were two tribes who were always fighting for supremacy over the locality, the Manobos and the Maranaos would usually take their breakfast on the top of flat stones abound the Pulangi River bank, where they would invite everyone to partake with them their meal with the enticing waters saying “Ag Ramag”, a contracted Manobo term for “Ag Ramag ki dini”, which means “Let’s eat our breakfast here”, a verbal invitation that is always extended to the passers-by.

Before or after a fight, the natives would refresh themselves by the waters which offer a very soothing feeling making the place a breathing space from a travel, trekking, hunting and trapping.

As years go by, the ‘Dumagats’ or Christians started to arrive and settle near the place. Occasionally, after going hunting, they stop on the same flat stones in order to take a break. As more and more Christian settlers occupied the place, it became commonly called as Maramag a homonym to the contracted Manobo phrase ‘Ag Ramag’. It was then that Maramag got its name.

AREA: 52,198.98 has. ; LAND USE: 44% Alienable and Disposable, 56% Timberland; POPULATION (CY 2012): 93,957; HOUSEHOLD: 17,818; LABOR FORCE (Age 15-64): 56%; ANNUAL INCOME (FY 2010): Php 150 Million; HEALTHCARE: Government and Private Hospitals: 6; Lying- In Clinics: 2; Dental Clinics: 3; Pharmacies: 15; BANKS: 9; LENDING INSTITUTIONS: 14; ELECTRICITY: First Bukidnon Electric Cooperative Inc.; WATER SUPPLY: Maramag Water District (Spring Source); COMMUNICATIONS: Postal Communication, 4 Globe Cell Sites, 3 Smart Cell Sites, Southern Communications Company, Maramag Telephone Exchange & Message Center, TelecPhil. , Bukidnon Z5 Cable TV, Community e-Center, 33 Internet Café; EDUCATION: 63 Daycare Center, 29 Public Elementary Schools, 6 Private Elementary Schools, 8 Public Secondary Schools, 4 Private Secondary Schools, 3 Colleges, 1 University.

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