Datu Paglas, officially the Municipality of Datu Paglas (
Maguindanaon: ''Ingud nu Datu Paglas'';
Iranun
The Iranun are an Austronesian ethnic group native to southwestern Mindanao, Philippines. They are ethnically and culturally closely related to the Maranao, and Maguindanaon, all three groups being denoted as speaking Danao languages and giv ...
: ''Inged a Datu Paglas''; ), is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province
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of
Maguindanao del Sur
Maguindanao del Sur, officially the Province of Maguindanao del Sur (, Jawi Alphabet, Jawi:دايرت نو سلاتان مڬیندانو, ), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro reg ...
,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,682 people.
History
Datu Paglas was created out of 7 northern
barangay
The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...
s of the municipality of
Columbio on November 22, 1973, by
Presidential Decree No. 340. While
Columbio was made part of the
province
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of
Sultan Kudarat
Sultan Kudarat, officially the Province of Sultan Kudarat (; Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Dairat nu Sultan Kudarat'', Jawi Alphabet, Jawi: دايرت نو سولتان كودرت; ; Ilocano language, Ilocano: ''Probinsia ti Sultan Ku ...
, Datu Paglas was made part of the province of Maguindanao.
In 2021,
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), also known as the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement, is an Islamist jihadist militant organization based in Mindanao, in the southern Philippines. It is a smaller player in the overall Moro in ...
occupied the market.
Geography
Barangays
Datu Paglas is politically subdivided into 23
barangay
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s. Each barangay consists of
purok
A ''purok'' () is an informal division within a barangay in the Philippines. While not officially considered a local government unit (LGU), a ''purok'' often serves as a unit for delivering services and administration within a barangay. ''Pur ...
s while some have
sitios
A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...
.
*Alip (
Poblacion
''Poblacion'' (from Spanish '' población'', meaning "population"), sometimes abbreviated as Pob., is a term used in the Philippines to refer to the administrative center, downtown, old town, or commercial area of a city or municipality. It ...
)
*Bonawan
*Bulod
*Damalusay
*Damawato
*Datang
*Elbebe
*Kalumenga (Kalumanga)
*Katil
*Lipao
*Lomoyon
*Madidis
*Makat
*Malala
*Mangadeg
*Manindolo
*Mao
*Napok
*Palao sa Buto
*Poblacion
*Puya
*Salendab
*Sepaka
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Poverty Incidence of
Notable people
*
Lav Diaz
Lavrente Indico Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. He is frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, and has made several of the longest narrative films on reco ...
, filmmaker
References
External links
Datu Paglas Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index*
Philippine Standard Geographic Code The Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) is a systematic classification and coding for geographic areas in the Philippines. It classifies areas based on the country's four levels of administrative divisions: regions, provinces, municipalities ...
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Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
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Establishments by Philippine presidential decree