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
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Philippine Census Information

Local Governance Performance Management System
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