Shariff Kabunsuan

Province of Shariff Kabunsuan
Former province of Philippines
← 2006–2008 →
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Capital		Datu Odin Sinsuat 07°01′N 124°19′E / 7.017°N 124.317°E / 7.017; 124.317Coordinates: 07°01′N 124°19′E / 7.017°N 124.317°E / 7.017; 124.317
Officers-in-Charge
•	16 Nov. 2006–14 May 2007	Bimbo Sinsuat
•	14 May 2007–8 Oct. 2007	Noraya Sinsuat-Pasandalan
Governor (acting)
•	8 Oct. 2007–17 July 2008	Ibrahim P. Ibay
History
•	Established	28 October 2006
•	Disestablished	17 July 2008
Area
•	2007	4,028.57 km2(1,555 sq mi)
Population
•	2007	562,886
	Density	139.7 /km2  (361.9 /sq mi)
Today part of		Maguindanao

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Shariff Kabunsuan was a short-lived province of the Philippines within the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that existed from 2006 to 2008. Its designated seat of government was Datu Odin Sinsuat. Initially omprising ten municipalities carved out of Maguindanao, Shariff Kabunsuan was created by virtue of Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 201; this law was nullified by the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 2008, thus disestablishing the province.

Shariff Kabunsuan was established under Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 201 which provided for the creation of the new province comprising the nine municipalities of Barira, Buldon, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Kabuntalan, Matanog, Parang, Sultan Kudarat, Sultan Mastura, and Upi, all of the first legislative district of the mother province of Maguindanao. A tenth municipality, Datu Blah T. Sinsuat, was created within the proposed province on September 16, 2006, weeks prior to the actual plebiscite for the creation of the province.

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