Banguingui, officially the Municipality of Banguingui (
Tausūg: ''Kawman sin Banguingui''; tl, Bayan ng Banguingui), is a 4th class
municipality
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in the
province
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of
Sulu
Sulu (), officially the Province of Sulu (Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Wilāya sin Lupa' Sūg''; tl, Lalawigan ng Sulu), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago and part of the Bangsamoro, Bangsamor ...
,
Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 35,616 people.
From its original name Tongkil, it was renamed ''Banguingui'' on January 29, 1999, by virtue of ''Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 71'' of the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
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 ...
in honor of the dominant
Banguingui
Banguingui, also known as Sama Banguingui or Samal Banguingui (alternative spellings include Bangingi’, Bangingi, Banguingui, Balanguingui, and Balangingi) is a distinct ethnolinguistic group native to Balanguingui Island but also dispersed ...
tribe of the municipality.
It was inaugurated only on January 29, 2006.
Banguingui municipality celebrates 10th anniversary
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Geography
Barangays
Tongkil is politically subdivided into 14 barangay
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s.
*Bakkaan
*Bangalaw
*Danao
*Dungon
*Kahikukuk
*Luuk (''Poblacion
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'')
*North Paarol
*Sigumbal
*South Paarol
*Tabialan
*Tainga-Bakkao
*Tambun-bun
*Tattalan
*Tinutungan
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
Banguingui Profile at PhilAtlas.com
* Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Banguingui Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
Local Governance Performance Management System
Municipalities of Sulu
Island municipalities in the Philippines
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