Matanog, officially the Municipality of Matanog, is a 4th class

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in the

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Maguindanao del Norte Maguindanao del Norte, officially the Province of Maguindanao del Norte ( mdh, Dairat nu Pangutaran Magindanaw, Jawi: دايرت نو ڤڠوترن ماڬينداناو; ilp, Perobinsia a Pangutaran Magindanao, ڤروبنسيا ا ڤڠوترن ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,034 people. Matanog was created by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 780 signed by then President

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on August 25, 1975. It was carved from the municipality of

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. The town was part of the province of

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 municipali ...

from October 2006 until its nullification by the Supreme Court in July 2008.

Geography

Barangays

Matanog is politically subdivided into 8

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s. * Bayanga Norte * Bayanga Sur * Bugasan Norte * Bugasan Sur (

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) * Kidama * Sapad * Langco * Langkong

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