M'lang, officially the Municipality of M'lang ( Hiligaynon: ''Banwa sang M'lang;'' Maguindanaon: ''Inged nu Melang'', Jawi: ايڠايد نو ملڠ), is a 1st class

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 ...

Cotabato Cotabato or North Cotabato ( hil, Aminhan Cotabato; ceb, Amihanang Cotabato; Maguindanaon: ''Pangutaran Kutawatu'', Jawi: ڤڠوترن كوتاواتو; fil, Hilagang Cotabato), officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked province in ...

Philippines 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 ...

. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 98,195 people.

Etymology

The name M'lang was derived from a Maguindanaon word ''Tamlang/Tamelang'' which means "bamboo".

History

In 1930s, migrants mostly from the islands of Panay and Negros in Western Visayas and some parts of Luzon settled in M'lang. Jacinto Paclibar, who was in search for more fertile lands and vast settlement was the first Christian who settled in M'lang. In the Second World War, he was appointed Chairman of the Civil Emergency Administration under the 118th Infantry Regiment of

Wendell Fertig Wendell Fertig (December 16, 1900 – March 24, 1975)Brooks 2003, p. 37. was an American civil engineer, in the American-administered Commonwealth of the Philippines, who organized and commanded an American-Filipino guerrilla force on the Jap ...

's 10th Military Division, assuming his position in M'lang. After the war ended, he was appointed as Deputy Governor of the undivided

until 1949. He had in mind a government assisted subdivision project so that landless settlers may have their share to utilize fertile lands for farming and settlement. M'lang became a regular municipality on August 3, 1951, by virtue of Executive Order No. 462 of the President of the Philippines by the then President

Elpidio Quirino Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera; ; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. A lawyer by profession, Quirino enter ...

, with territories taken from the adjacent towns of Kidapawan (its mother municipality) and Buluan (now part of

Maguindanao Maguindanao (, Maguindanao language, Maguindanaon: ''Prubinsya nu Magindanaw''; Iranun language, Iranun'': Perobinsia a Magindanao''; tl, Lalawigan ng Maguindanao) was a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the ...

Geography

Barangays

M'lang is politically subdivided into 37

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 ...

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of M'lang was 98,195 people, with a density of .

Transportation

The

Central Mindanao Airport Central Mindanao Airport ( hil, Hulugpaan sang Katunganan Mindanao), formerly North Cotabato Rural Airport and also known as the M'lang Airport, is an airport serving the general area of M'lang, located in the province of Cotabato in the Philippin ...

, in Barangay Tawan-tawan, is intended to serve as the primary air transport hub for agricultural produce of Cotabato and those coming from central Mindanao. It has a 1.2 kilometer runway with a capability for commercial flights, but there are no scheduled flights. Central Mindanao project is designed to provide capacity of 3.5 million passengers p/a.

Notable personalities

* Emmanuel Piñol – Chairman of

Mindanao Development Authority The Mindanao Development Authority (Filipino: ''Pangasiwaang Pangkaunlaran ng Mindanao'', abbreviated MinDA) is a government agency of the Philippines created through Republic Act 9996 or the Mindanao Development Authority Act of 2010. The office ...

, 2019-2021; Secretary of

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

, 2016-2019; Governor of Cotabato, 1998-2007

Education

*Notre Dame of M'lang *Bialong Elementary School *Mlang Pilot Elementary School *Mlang National High School *Southern Baptist College *Mariano Untal Memorial High School (Bagontapay National High School) *Bagontapay Central Elementary School *Buayan Elementary School *New Barbaza Elementary School *Magallon Elementary School *Lepaga Elementary School *Lika National High School *La Fortuna Elementary School *Dugong Elementary School *Sangat Elementary School *Dalipe Elementary School *New Rizal National High School *Nueva Vida National High School *Katipunan Elementary High School *Katipunan National High School *Don Tomas Buenaflor Elementary School

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Code
M'lang Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive IndexOfficial Website of the Municipality of M'langKidapawan of the pastWINNERS: M’lang, Cotabato Local Elections 2016 ResultsCentral Mindanao Airport New Airport Profile , CAPA
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