Maguindanao province

Maguindanao
Province
Province of Maguindanao
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Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 7°08′N 124°18′E / 7.13°N 124.3°E / 7.13; 124.3Coordinates: 7°08′N 124°18′E / 7.13°N 124.3°E / 7.13; 124.3
Country	Philippines
Region	Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Founded	November 22, 1973
Capital	Buluan (executive) Sultan Kudarat (legislative)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor	Esmael Mangudadatu (Liberal Party)
• Vice Governor	Lester Sinsuat (Liberal Party)
Area
• Total	4,871.60 km2 (1,880.94 sq mi)
Area rank	22nd out of 81
	(excluding Cotabato City)
Population (2015 census)
• Total	1,173,933
• Rank	23rd out of 81
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
• Density rank	39th out of 81
	(excluding Cotabato City)
Divisions
• Independent cities	1 Cotabato City
• Component cities	0
• Municipalities	36 Ampatuan Barira Buldon Buluan Datu Abdullah Sangki Datu Anggal Midtimbang Datu Blah T. Sinsuat Datu Hoffer Ampatuan Datu Montawal Datu Odin Sinsuat Datu Paglas Datu Piang Datu Salibo Datu Saudi-Ampatuan Datu Unsay General Salipada K. Pendatun Guindulungan Kabuntalan Mamasapano Mangudadatu Matanog Northern Kabuntalan Pagalungan Paglat Pandag Parang Rajah Buayan Shariff Aguak Shariff Saydona Mustapha South Upi Sultan Kudarat Sultan Mastura Sultan sa Barongis Sultan Sumagka Talayan Upi
• Barangays	508 including independent cities: 545
• Districts	1st and 2nd districts of Maguindanao (shared with Cotabato City)
Time zone	PHT (UTC+8)
IDD : area code	+63 (0)64
ISO 3166 code	PH-MAG
Spoken languages	Maguindanao Cebuano Hiligaynon Chavacano Tagalog English
Website	www.maguindanao.gov.ph

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Maguindanao (Maguindanaoan: Dalapa sa Maguindanao; Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Maguindanao; Hiligaynon: Kapuoran sang Maguindanao; Chavacano: Provincia de Maguindanao; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Maguindanao) is a province in the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Since 2014 the provincial capital is Buluan but the legislative branch of the provincial government, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, convenes in the old provincial capitol in the town of Sultan Kudarat. It borders Lanao del Sur to the north, Cotabato to the east, Sultan Kudarat to the south, and the Illana Bay to the west.

Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan of Johore introduced Islam in the area at the end of the 15th century. He subsequently married a local princess from the Maranao Tribe of Malabang and Maguindanao Province, and established the Sultanate of Maguindanao. The Cotabato Valley formed the sultanate's heartland but its influence extended from the Zamboanga Peninsula to Sarangani Bay and Davao.

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