Talitay, officially the Municipality of Talitay ( Maguindanaon: ''Ingud nu Talitay'';

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 Talitay''; tl, Bayan ng Talitay), is a

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 ...

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 ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,463 people.

History

On July 1, 1996, during the fourth regular session of the second regional assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the regional legislature created the municipality of Talitay under ''Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 52'' which was approved in a plebescite on August 30, 1996. The town was carved out of the municipality of Talayan. The ARMM law creating the municipality provides that its administrative center shall be established in

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 ...

Talitay. On April 15, 2008, during the third regular session of the fifth assembly of the regional legislature, it was then renamed into Sultan Sumagka through the enactment of ''Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 228''. However no record of a plebiscite was held to affirm the renaming. On March 22, 2021, the town was placed under a state of calamity due to family feud (rido) between the former mayor Montasir Sabal and Watamama-Amiril families, belonging to the

MILF MILF (, as if read as "milf") is an acronym that stands for "Mother I'd Like to Fuck". This abbreviation is used in colloquial English, instead of the whole phrase. It connotes an older woman considered sexually attractive, typically one who has ...

. The former mayor offered his resignation as a result of prolonged fight between the two sides. Currently, the Maguindanao provincial government installed a care-taker for the municipality, resulting in a controversy with the MILG, considering that by law of succession of the Local Government Code, Moner Sabal should be the successor. On June 17, 2021, the former mayor Montasir Sabal was killed while under police custody after his arrest on Port of Batangas. When Maguindanao province was divided into Maguindanao del Sur and

after the September 2022 division plebiscite, Talitay became part of the latter province.

Geography

Barangays

Talitay is politically subdivided into 9

s. *Bintan (''Bentan'') *Gadungan *Kiladap *Kilalan *Kuden *Makadayon *Manggay *Pageda *Talitay Proper

Climate

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

MMA Act No. 52 : An Act creating the Municipality of Talitay in the Province of MaguindanaoMMA Act No. 228 : An Act changing the Name of Municipality of Talitay in the Province of Maguindanao to Municipality of Talitay

Sultan Sumagka Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>2000 Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
{{Authority control Municipalities of Maguindanao del Norte Populated places in Maguindanao del Norte