Pio Duran was formerly called Panganiran (a Muslim word which means “Land of No Return” or the “Land of the Setting Sun”
It later became Sitio Malacbalac of Malidong, then a barrio of Guinobatan.
On June 22, 1963, Panganiran became a separate municipality by virtue of House Bill No. 5355.
It was renamed after late Cong. Pio Duran, husband of the late Cong. Josefina Duran, and was inaugurated as such on March 13, 1964.
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