Datu Blah T. Sinsuat, officially the Municipality of Datu Blah T. Sinsuat (
Maguindanaon
Maguindanao (, Jawi: ), Maguindanaon or Magindanao is an Austronesian language spoken by a majority of the population of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur in the Philippines. It is also spoken by sizable minorities in different par ...
: ''Inged nu Datu Blah T. Sinsuat'';
Iranun: ''Inged a Datu Blah T. Sinsuat''; tl, Bayan ng Datu Blah T. Sinsuat), is a
municipality in the
province of
Maguindanao del Norte,
Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,243 people.
Formerly a part of the town of
Upi, Datu Blah T. Sinsuat became another municipality after a
plebiscite on September 16, 2006, and pursuant to the ''Muslim Mindanao Act No. 198'' of the
ARMM
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ( tl, Rehiyong Awtonomo ng Muslim Mindanao; ar, الحكم الذاتي الاقليمي لمسلمي مندناو ''Al-ḥukm adh-dhātī al-'iqlīmī li-muslimī Mindanāu''; abbreviated as ARMM) was ...
.
On October 28, it became a new municipality of the newly created
Shariff Kabunsuan
Shariff Kabunsuan was a short-lived province of the Philippines within the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that existed from 2006 to 2008. Its designated seat of government was Datu Odin Sinsuat. Initially comprising ten municipalit ...
province until its nullification by the Supreme Court in July 2008. The orphaned municipality was absorbed by the province of Maguindanao.
This municipality is named after Datu Blah T. Sinsuat, Maguindanao's delegate to the 1935 Constitutional Convention and
Cotabato's Lone District Representative to the
2nd Congress of the Philippines
The 2nd Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: ''Ikalawang Kongreso ng Pilipinas''), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from December 30, 1949, until December 8, 1953, during the second term of President Elpidio ...
.
Geography
Barangays
Datu Blah T. Sinsuat is politically subdivided into 12
barangays.
* Kinimi
* Laguitan
* Lapaken
* Matuber
* Meti
* Nalkan
* Penansaran
* Pura
* Resa
* Sedem
* Sinipak
* Tambak
* Tubuan
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
Datu Blah T. Sinsuat Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index*
Philippine Standard Geographic Code
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
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Municipalities of Maguindanao del Norte