Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, officially the Municipality of Datu Hoffer Ampatuan (
Maguindanaon: ''Ingud nu Datu Hoffer 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 Datu Hoffer Ampatuan''; tl, Bayan ng Datu Hoffer Ampatuan), is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
province
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of
Maguindanao del Sur,
Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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* hil, Republ ...
. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,660 people.
It was created out of 9 barangays from the municipality of
Shariff Aguak
Shariff Aguak, officially the Municipality of Shariff Aguak ( Maguindanaoan: ''Kuta Shariff Aguak''), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,982 peop ...
, and portions of 2 barangays from
Datu Unsay, by virtue of ''Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 220'',
which was subsequently ratified in a
plebiscite
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held on July 30, 2009.
Geography
Barangays
Datu Hoffer Ampatuan is politically subdivided into 11
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.
*Kubentong
*Labu-labu I
*Labu-labu II
*Limpongo
*Macalag
*Sayap
*Taib
*Talibadok
*Tuayan
*Tuayan I
*Tuntungan
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
Datu Hoffer Ampatuan Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive IndexMMA Act No. 220 : An Act Creating the Municipality of Datu Hoffer Ampatuan in the Province of Maguindanao
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>2007 Census Population Figures for MaguindanaoCOMELEC Resolution No. 8169
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