Sumisip, officially the Municipality of Sumisip ( Yakan: ''Bulak Sumisip'';

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: ''Municipalidad de Sumisip''; ), is a

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in the

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 47,345 people. 12 barangays that were not on

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seceded to form the municipality of

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through ''Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 187'', which was subsequently ratified in a

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held on March 29, 2008.

History

On August 2, 1993, vice mayor Sattaman Hataman was seriously injured in an ambush by Muslim rebels whilst riding a jeep home with his family and bodyguards; his wife Nora and daughter Hasma were killed during the attack, while a bodyguard was held hostage. On December 4, 1995, former mayor Abdulgafor Abubakar was about to ride his motorcycle parked near the Isabela Central Elementary Pilot School in

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when he was assassinated by two gunmen. Though he was rushed to a nearby hospital, Abubakar died from his wounds an hour after the shooting. In the early morning of October 14, 1996, a bomb exploded under the house of mayor Abdulati Tahajid in Barangay Guiong, who had been sleeping in a different house nearby with his family and thus managed to avoid the explosion.

Geography

Barangays

Sumisip is politically subdivided into 29

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s while some have

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Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, Sumisip had a population of 47,345.

Economy

Poverty Incidence of

Notable people

* Haber Amin Asarul, politician

References

External links

Sumisip Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
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