Maasim is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sarangani, Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 39,424 people in 7,727 households. Image File history File links Ph_locator_sarangani_maasim. ... A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipalidad, in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Sarangani is a province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

It is bordered on the west by the municipality of Kiamba, on the easy by Sarangani Bay, on the north by South Cotabato, and on the south by the Celebes Sea. Kiamba is a municipality located in the province of Sarangani, Philippines. ... Sarangani Bay is a bay located in the Philippines. ... South Cotabato is a province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao. ... Celebes Sea on its northern border. ...

Tarsier

Among the wilds in its rainforest and mountainous areas lives the Philippine tarsier. Tarsier in Sarangani, Philippines Original copyright holder is LDC,Inc. ... Tarsier in Sarangani, Philippines Original copyright holder is LDC,Inc. ... Binomial name Tarsius syrichta (Linnaeus, 1758) The Philippine Tarsier (Tarsius syrichta; also known as mawmag in Cebuano/Visayan) is an endangered tarsier species endemic to the Philippines. ...

People and culture

The majority of the population are of Cebuano origin. One of the indigenous peoples living in mountainous areas of Maasim is known as T'boli. Cebuano, also known as Sugbuanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 18,000,000 people and is a subgroup or member of Bisaya, Visayan and Binisayâ. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native, of a place, added... The Tbolis are one of the indigenous peoples of South Mindanao. ...

Economy

Copra yielding coconut

The economy of Maasim is largely based on agriculture with a high level production of copra (dried coconut meat). Animal husbandry is the second biggest income earner, notably cattle farming. Other agricultural products are coconuts, maize, sugarcane, bananas, pineapples, mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish. Download high resolution version (500x747, 122 KB)Manila dwarf coconut palm from http://www. ... Download high resolution version (500x747, 122 KB)Manila dwarf coconut palm from http://www. ... Copra drying in the sun Copra is the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut. ... Binomial name Cocos nucifera L. The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family). ... Corn redirects here. ... Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native to warm temperate to tropical regions... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Species About 35 species, including: Mangifera altissima Mangifera applanata Mangifera caesia Mangifera camptosperma Mangifera casturi Mangifera decandra Mangifera foetida Mangifera gedebe Mangifera griffithii Mangifera indica Mangifera kemanga Mangifera laurina Mangifera longipes Mangifera macrocarpa Mangifera mekongensis Mangifera odorata Mangifera pajang Mangifera pentandra Mangifera persiciformis Mangifera quadrifida Mangifera siamensis Mangifera similis Mangifera... Two halves of a pig being delivered Pork is the meat taken from pigs. ... An egg is an ovum produced by a female animal for reproduction, often prepared as food. ... A cut of beef. ... A giant grouper at the Georgia Aquarium Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold-blooded; covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. ...

The economy has accelerated in the past decade driven by advances in global communication technology and the finishing of a modern highway that tremendously improved trade and transport.

Barangays

Maasim is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ...

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information