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Liguasan Marsh

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Liguasan Marsh (lĭgwəsän`, lĭgwä`sän), extensive swamp region, c.25 mi (40 km) long and 20 mi (30 km) wide, along the Pulangi River, S central Mindanao, the Philippines. There are fertile rice-growing areas and mangrove forests in the marsh. A game refuge and bird sanctuary (c.170 sq mi/440 sq km) was established there in 1941.


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They have been hiding inside Liguasan Marsh in Camp Cararaw Complex and in other parts of nearby hinterlands," Ponce said.
Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Ponce said that soldiers killed about 20 fighters and that dozens more were wounded during an eight-hour battle on Friday near the Liguasan marsh area.
The rocket attacks at the Liguasan marsh on Mindanao island Monday were "justified" because the aircraft were fired at from the ground by Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, Lieutenant-General Pedrito Cadungog told reporters.
 
 
 
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