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

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; L ...

: ''Inged a Mangudadatu''; tl, Bayan ng Mangudadatu), 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 ...

of Maguindanao del Sur,

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,203 people. It was created out of 8

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 of Buluan, by virtue of ''Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 204'', which was subsequently ratified in a

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held on December 30, 2006.

Geography

Barangays

Mangudadatu is politically subdivided into 8

s. *Daladagan *Kalian *Luayan *Paitan *Panapan *Tenok *Tinambulan *Tumbao

Climate

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

MMA Act No. 204 : An Act Creating the Municipality of Mangudadatu in the Province of Maguindanao

Mangudadatu Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index

Newly created provinces, municipalities, barangays, converted city
Accessed on March 9, 2006. * Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Philippine Census Information

Local Governance Performance Management System
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