Ampatuan (), officially the Municipality of Ampatuan ( Maguindanaon: ''Inged nu Ampatuan'';

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 Ampatuan''; tl, Bayan ng Ampatuan), is a 4th class

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 state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

of Maguindanao del Sur,

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,941 people.

History

Ampatuan was created out of 23 barrios of

Datu Piang * * * * * 1846 births 1933 deaths Members of the Philippine Legislature Filipino datus, rajas and sultans Filipino Muslims People from Cotabato City {{philippines-bio-stub Filipino politicians of Chinese descent

on 21 June 1959 by

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. 2509. On 22 November 1973, the municipality of

Esperanza Esperanza is the Spanish word for hope, and may refer to: Places Philippines * Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, a municipality * Esperanza, Masbate, a municipality * Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat, a municipality United States * Esperanza, Mississippi, ...

was carved out of its territory and was made part of the province of

Sultan Kudarat Sultan Kudarat, officially the Province of Sultan Kudarat ( hil, Kapuoran sang Sultan Kudarat; Maguindanaon: ''Dairat nu Sultan Kudarat'', Jawi: دايرت نو سلطان كودرت; ceb, Lalawigan sa Sultan Kudarat; tl, Lalawigan ng Sul ...

, while Ampatuan itself was made part of Maguindanao, when the old Cotabato

was divided into three provinces on the same date. It further lost territory, when its electorate ratified on 3 January 2004, the separation of ten of its

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 metropolita ...

s to form the municipality of Datu Abdullah Sangki. The town was the site of the

Maguindanao Massacre The Maguindanao massacre, also known as the Ampatuan massacre, named after the town where mass graves of victims were found, occurred on the morning of November 23, 2009, in the town of Ampatuan in then-undivided Maguindanao (which is now Magu ...

on 23 November 2009. The victims were about to file a certificate of candidacy for

Esmael Mangudadatu Esmael "Toto" Gaguil Mangudadatu (; born August 15, 1968) is a Filipino politician who previously served as the representative of Maguindanao's 2nd district from 2019 to 2022. He also served as the governor of Maguindanao from 2010 to 2019. ...

, vice mayor of Buluan town for the province's gubernatorial election. Mangudadatu was challenging Andal Ampatuan Jr. (son of the incumbent Maguindanao governor Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr., the mayor of Datu Unsay, and accused of leading the massacre) in the election. Currently, the elected Municipal Officials are headed by Datu Rasul M. Sangki-Mayor and Datu Samnon M. Sangki-Vice Mayor.

Geography

Barangays

Ampatuan is politically subdivided into 11

s. * Dicalongan (

Poblacion ''Poblacion'' (literally "town" or "settlement" in Spanish; ) is the common term used for the administrative center, central, downtown, old town or central business district area of a Philippine city or municipality, which may take up the ...

) * Kakal * Kamasi * Kapinpilan * Kauran * Malatimon * Matagabong * Saniag * Tomicor * Tubak * Salman

Climate

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

Ampatuan Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
* Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Philippine Census Information

Local Governance Performance Management System
{{Authority control Municipalities of Maguindanao del Sur