Datu Piang, Maguindanao

Datu Piang

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Map of Maguindanao showing the location of Datu Piang
Coordinates:
Country Philippines
Region Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Province Maguindanao
Districts Lone district of Maguindanao
Barangays 16
Established November 25, 1936
Government
 • Mayor Hadji Samer K. Uy
Elevation 7 m (23 ft)
Population (2007)
 • Total 18,995 (at least)
  excludes barangays partially included in two other municipalities
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 9607
Area code(s) 64
Website www.datupiang.gov.ph

Datu Piang (formerly Dulawan) is a municipality in the province of Maguindanao, Philippines.

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Barangays

Datu Piang is politically subdivided into 16 barangays.[1]

  • Alonganan (portion only)
  • Ambadao
  • Balanakan (portion only)
  • Balong
  • Buayan (portion only)
  • Dado (portion only)
  • Damabalas (portion only)
  • Duaminanga (portion only)
  • Kalipapa (portion only)
  • Kanguan[fn 1]
  • Liong (portion only)
  • Magaslong (portion only)
  • Masigay (portion only)
  • Montay
  • Poblacion (Dulawan)
  • Reina Regente

History

Created as Dulawan on November 25, 1936 by Executive Order No. 66[3] of Pres. Manuel L. Quezon, the municipality covered a large area of what is now mostly central Maguindanao and northern Sultan Kudarat. It is among the first municipalities of the old Cotabato province. Republic Act No. 1035, enacted on June 12, 1954 renamed the town to Datu Piang,[4] after an influential Muslim leader from the region during the American colonial period.[5]

In 1959, a large southern territory was made into the municipality of Ampatuan. Four years later the municipality of Maganoy was carved out its territory, which later on became the capital of Maguindanao, of which it was made part of on November 22, 1973.[6] Its remaining southwestern barangays were merged with other barangays of Dinaig to form the municipality of Talayan in 1976.[7] Its area was reduced again on July 1, 2003, when 14 of its southeastern barangays were separated to form the municipality of Datu Saudi-Ampatuan.[8]

Population Census
Census Pop. Rate
1995 31,464
—
2000 39,794 5.17%
2007 49,971 3.19%
1995 and 2000 figures exclude population
of areas now part of Datu Saudi-Ampatuan.
2007 figures still include population
of areas now part of Datu Salibo
and Shariff Saydona Mustapha.

On July 30, 2009, upon the ratification of Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Acts No. 225 (as amended by MMAA 252) and MMAA 222 (as amended by MMAA 253), the municipalities of Shariff Saydona Mustapha and Datu Salibo, respectively, were created from a total of 5 entire barangays and portions of 10 barangays from Datu Piang, in addition to other barangays from Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Datu Unsay, Mamasapano and Shariff Aguak.

Notes

  1. ^ Created by MMA ACT. NO. 232 on December 6, 2008[2]

References

  1. ^ National Statistical Coordination Board. "PSGC Interactive: Municipality/City: DATU PIANG". http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/municipality.asp?muncode=153806000&regcode=15&provcode=38. Retrieved 2009-02-25. 
  2. ^ "PSGC Updates (October - December 2008)". National Statistical Coordination Board. http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/PSGC_updates/oct-dec08.asp. Retrieved 2009-02-25. 
  3. ^ Municipality of Datu Piang (2002-05-07). "Municipal Basic Date". http://www.datupiang.gov.ph/index.php?cat1=2. Retrieved 2008-05-19. 
  4. ^ Chan Robles Virtual Law Library (1998-07-19). "Republic Act No. 1035". http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno1035.html. Retrieved 2008-05-19. 
  5. ^ University of California Press. "Muslim Rulers and Rebels: Chapter 5 - America's Moros". http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft0199n64c&chunk.id=d0e1381&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e1343&brand=eschol. Retrieved 2008-05-19. 
  6. ^ Chan Robles Virtual Law Library (1998-07-19). "Presidential Decree No. 341". http://www.chanrobles.com/presidentialdecrees/presidentialdecreeno341.html. Retrieved 2008-05-18. 
  7. ^ Chan Robles Virtual Law Library (1998-07-19). "Presidential Decree No. 1009". http://www.chanrobles.com/presidentialdecrees/presidentialdecreeno1009.html. Retrieved 2008-05-18. 
  8. ^ National Statistics Office (2008-04-16). "2007 Census of Population - ARMM". http://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/2007/armm.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-19. 
Municipalities
Independent component city
(Administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Maguindanao by the National Statistics Office)