Datu Anggal Midtimbang, officially the Municipality of Datu Anggal Midtimbang (

Maguindanaon Maguindanaon (, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ), or Magindanawn is an Austronesian language spoken by Maguindanao people, Maguindanaon people who form majority of the population of eponymous provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur in t ...

: ''Ingud nu Datu Anggal Midtimbang'';

Iranun The Iranun are an Austronesian ethnic group native to southwestern Mindanao, Philippines. They are ethnically and culturally closely related to the Maranao, and Maguindanaon, all three groups being denoted as speaking Danao languages and giv ...

: ''Inged a Datu Anggal Midtimbang''; ), is a

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in the

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Maguindanao del Sur Maguindanao del Sur, officially the Province of Maguindanao del Sur (, Jawi Alphabet, Jawi:دايرت نو سلاتان مڬیندانو, ), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro reg ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,224 people.

Etymology

The name originated from the complete name of the most respected man of Talayan, Datu Anggal Midtimbang. He is the father of Datu Udzag Midtimbang, the first mayor and the founder of Talayan, Maguindanao del Sur; Datu Midpantao Sr., the former mayor of the municipality of Guindulungan; and Datu Ali Midtimbang Sr., the former mayor of Talayan.

History

During the second regular session of the fifth legislative assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the regional legislature created Datu Anggal Midtimbang out of three

barangays The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the precolonial polities of the same name, modern barangays are political subdivisio ...

of Talayan and four from Talitay, by virtue of ''Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 207'', which was subsequently ratified in a

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held on December 30, 2006. The ARMM law creating the municipality provides that its administrative center shall be established in

barangay The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...

Brar.

Geography

Barangays

Datu Anggal Midtimbang is politically subdivided into 7

s. Each barangay consists of

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s while some have

sitios A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...

. *Adaon *Brar *Mapayag *Midtimbang (''

Poblacion ''Poblacion'' (from Spanish '' población'', meaning "population"), sometimes abbreviated as Pob., is a term used in the Philippines to refer to the administrative center, downtown, old town, or commercial area of a city or municipality. It ...

'') *Nunangan (''Nunangen'') *Tugal *Tulunan

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Poverty Incidence of

References

External links

Datu Anggal Midtimbang Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive IndexMMA Act No. 206 : An Act Creating the Municipality of Datu Anggal Midtimbang in the Province of Maguindanao
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