Pangutaran, officially the Municipality of Pangutaran (Tausà «g: Kawman sin Pangutaran; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 41,575 people.
Pangutaran is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
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The name PANGUTARAN is originally after the "Shariff Pangutaran" name, the first Filipino people who discover and inhabited the island together with the family members (Belong to Salip Descendants). But before what we know today as PANGUTARAN it is also called "Pulau Bangkuruan" by Malay speakers means The island with the Bangkudo tree(s) (Morinda citrifolia). The word phrase "Siyama" stands un impossible originated from the Hindi language meaning "Forbearance" or "kshama:à ¤Âà ¥Âà ¤·à ¤®à ¤¾" because sheikh Karim Al-Makhdum arrived (in Bohe' Indangan, Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines in 1380 and propagated Islam) in the Philippines contemporary with Hindi traders from India.