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Maguindanao is a province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Its capital is Shariff Aguak. It borders Lanao del Sur to the north, Cotabato to the east, and Sultan Kudarat to the south.
Geography

Maguindanao is composed of 36 municipalities, which are further subdivided into 492 barangays. Cotabato City is often grouped with Maguindanao, but it actually independent from the province.

The province is divided into two congressional districts. In October 2006, the first congressional district was split off into a new province, Shariff Kabunsuan. However, the ARMM's Act creating the province was nullified by the Supreme Court in July 2008, on the basis that creation of a province is a function of the Philippine legislature. The area has since reverted to the province of Maguindanao.
Municipality No. of
Barangays Population
(2007) Area
(km²) Pop. density
(per km²)
Ampatuan
11

33,702

Barira
14

27,607

380.0

73
Buldon
15

36,937

357.20

103
Buluan
  7

32,310

Datu Abdullah Sangki
10

33,259

Datu Anggal Midtimbang
  7

23,713

Datu Blah T. Sinsuat
12

22,656

Datu Hoffer Ampatuan
11[n 1]

22,471[n 1]

Datu Odin Sinsuat (Dinaig)
34

103,765

503.20

206
Datu Paglas
23

29,979

Datu Piang
16[n 2]

18,995[n 2]

Datu Salibo
17[n 3]

13,876[n 3]

Datu Saudi-Ampatuan
9[n 4]

25,249[n 4]

Datu Unsay
7[n 5]

22,622[n 5]

Gen. S. K. Pendatun
19

36,038

Guindulungan
11

23,777

Kabuntalan (Tumbao)
17

22,363

219.34

102
Mamasapano
14[n 6]

23,830[n 6]

Mangudadatu
  8

24,300

Matanog
  8

36,319

53.39

680
Northern Kabuntalan
11

22,170

Pagagawan
11

32,995

Pagalungan
12

31,052

Paglat
  8

23,432

Pandag
  8

20,557

Parang
23

102,247

234.59

436
Rajah Buayan
11

24,973

Shariff Aguak (Maganoy)
14

41,725[n 7]

Shariff Saydona Mustapha
16[n 8]

20,463[n 8]

South Upi
11

32,014

Sultan Kudarat (Nuling)
39

121,324

611.51

198
Sultan Mastura
13

25,741

114.36

225
Sultan sa Barongis (Lambayong)
12

25,767

Talayan
15

25,753

Talitay
  9

21,964

Upi
23

41,757

896.10

47
[edit] Government

Maguindanao is divided into two congressional districts, which elect members to the House of Representatives. For the brief period that the province of Shariff Kabunsuan existed, Maguindanao became a lone-district province. Since the appointment of a new set of provincial officials for the reunified province of Maguindanao by the ARMM Governor in January 2009, the provincial government has reverted to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan setup (coterminous with the restored 1st and 2nd Congressional districts of Maguindanao) from before Shariff Kabunsuan was created.

Having elected to join the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Maguindanao also sends six representatives (three per district) to the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly that convenes in Cotabato City.
[edit] History
Battle of Maguindanao
Part of World War II
Date 1945
Location Maguindanao
Result Filipino Victory
Belligerents
Philippines Philippines

    * Philippines Commonwealth Army of the Philippines
    * Philippines Philippine Constabulary
    * Philippines Recognized Maguindanaoan Guerrilla Units

Japan Empire of Japan

    * War flag of the Imperial Japanese Army.svg Imperial Japanese Army

Strength
56,200 Filipino Troops
5,170 Maguindanaoan Guerrillas
740 Maguindanaoan Civilian Swordmen 27,000 Japanese Troops
Casualties and losses
260 killed
1,244 wounded 6,000 killed
10,200 wounded
1,000 captured

Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan of Johore introduced Islam in the area at the end of the 15th century. He subsequently married a local princess from the Iranun Tribe of Malabang and Maguindanao Province, and established the Sultanate of Maguindanao. The Cotabato Valley formed the sultanate's heartland but its influence extended from the Zamboanga Peninsula to Sarangani Bay and Davao.

The Spaniards launched expeditions to subdue the area throughout the colonial era but they never gained control of the region until the middle of the 19th century.

During the American period, Cotabato became a district of the Moro Province created in 1903 and a province of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu in 1914.

In 1942, the Japanese Imperial forces entered what is now Maguindanao.

In 1945, Maguindanao was liberated by allied Philippine Commonwealth troops and Maguindanaoan guerrilla units after defeating the Japanese Imperial forces in the Battle of Maguindanao during the Second World War.

The old province of Cotabato was divided in 1966 into Cotabato and South Cotabato. In 1973, the successor province of Cotabato was split into the provinces of Maguindanao, (North) Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat.

Maguindanao is the only Muslim-majority province of the four created out of the original Cotabato Province. In 1989, majority of its voters opted to join the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao but Cotabato City did not, which, ironically, has since served as the provisional capital of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

On October 31, 2006, Maguindanao voters approved the creation of a new province to be composed of 10 towns from the province. Of more than 500,000 voters registered, 285,372 favored the creation of the province, and 8,802 voted against it. The new province, Shariff Kabunsuan, became the country's 80th province and the 6th in the ARMM. It was composed of the towns of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Kabuntalan, Upi, Sultan Kudarat, Datu Blah T. Sinsuat, Sultan Mastura, Parang, Buldon, Matanog and Barira. However, in July 2008, the Supreme Court nullified the province's creation, restoring its municipalities to Maguindanao.
[edit] 2009 election violence
Further information: Maguindanao massacre

On November 23, 2009, a 2010 gubernatorial election caravan supporting Esmael Mangudadatu, vice mayor of Buluan, was attacked.[1] Fifty-seven people were killed, including Mangudadatu's wife and sisters, supporters, local journalists, and bystanders.[2] On December 4, 2009 a number of homes belonging to the Ampatuan political family were raided in connection with the massacre.[3]

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo officially declared martial law in the province of Maguindanao on December 5, 2009, Saturday morning.[4]

In a press conference past 7 am, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita announced Proclamation No. 1959 declaring a state of martial law and suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the province of Maguindanao, except for certain areas identified as bailiwicks of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) separatists.

The declaration of martial law will lead to the "arrests without warrants" of other members of the Ampatuan family who have been linked to the November 23 massacre of 58 civilians.[5]
[edit] Musical heritage
Main articles: Music of the Philippines and Kulintang

The native Maguindanaon culture revolves around kulintang music, a specific type of gong music, found among both Muslim and non-Muslim groups of the Southern Philippines.

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