Guindulungan, officially the Municipality of Guindulungan ( Maguindanaon: ''Ingud nu Guindulungan'';

Iranun The Iranun are a Moro ethnic group native to Mindanao, Philippines (in Maguindanao del Norte: Barira, Buldon, Parang, Matanog, Sultan Mastura, and Sultan Kudarat; North Cotabato: Alamada, Banisilan, Carmen, Libungan, and Pigcawayan; Lanao d ...

: ''Inged a Guindulungan''; tl, Bayan ng Guindulungan), is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

Maguindanao del Sur Maguindanao del Sur, officially the Province of Maguindanao del Sur ( mdh, Dairat nu Pagabagatan Magindanaw, Jawi:دايرت نو ڤاڬابڬتنن ماڬينداناو ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,933 people. It was created under ''Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 139'' on March 31, 2003, carved out of the municipality of

Talayan Talayan, officially the Municipality of Talayan ( Maguindanaon: ''Ingud nu Talayan''; Iranun: ''Inged a Talayan''; tl, Bayan ng Talayan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 cens ...

. The first appointed mayor during its creation as a new municipality was Hadji Datu Antao Midtimbang, Sr., a well known religious leader who also served as mayor of

and as vice governor of Maguindanao Province. The municipality is inhabited by 99% Maguindanaons.

Geography

Barangays

Guindulungan is politically subdivided into 11

barangay A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...

s. *Ahan *Bagan *Datalpandan *Kalumamis *Kateman *Lambayao *Macasampen *barrio Muslim *Muti *Sampao *Tambunan II

Climate

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

Guindulungan Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index

MMA Act No. 139 : An Act Creating the Municipality of Guindulungan in the Province of Maguindanao
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2000 Philippine Census Information

Local Governance Performance Management System
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