Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao
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Sultan Kudarat Nuling |
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| Municipality of Sultan Kudarat Bayan ng Sultan Kudarat (Tagalog) |
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 Map of Maguindanao showing the location of Sultan Kudarat |
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 Sultan Kudarat
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| Coordinates: 07°14′N 124°15′E / 7.233°N 124.250°ECoordinates: 07°14′N 124°15′E / 7.233°N 124.250°E | |
| Country |
 Philippines
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| Region | Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) |
| Province | Maguindanao |
| Barangays | 39 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Shameem B. Mastura |
| Area | |
| • Total | 712.91 km2 (275.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 95,201 |
| • Rank | 82 out of 1,489 Municipalities |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 9605 |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)64 |
| Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| 153812000 | |
| Electorate | 44,719 voters as of 2016 |
| Website | www |
Sultan Kudarat (formerly Nuling) is a 1st class municipality in the province of Maguindanao, Philippines.According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 95,201 people.
It currently serves as a de facto legislative capital of Maguindanao as it plays host to the Maguindanao Provincial Board, previously housed in the former capitol at Shariff Aguak. This restores its previous status as provincial capital, now shared with Buluan.
Sultan Kudarat is politically subdivided into 39 barangays.
Sultan Kudarat town was founded as a municipality by the name Nuling in August 18, 1947, by Executive Orver No. 82 signed by President Manuel Roxas. The town had its present name after it became the capital of the newly carved province of Maguindanao in 1975.
The town was part of the province of Shariff Kabunsuan from October 2006 until its nullification by the Supreme Court in July 2008.
The original seat of the Sultanate of Maguindanao was located at the mouth of the Maguindanao river (now Matampay) but later transferred to the nearby sitio at the bank of the Nuling Creek of Barangay Salimbao of this Municipality.
Sultan Mastura Kudarat, a royal lineage of the hero soldier Sultan Dipatuan Kudaratullah was appointed by American Governor Carpenter as President of the Municipal District of Nuling. The former, however, tactfully declined said and after and instead, designated his son, Datu Mamadra Mastura for the position, who served from 1922 to 1923. He was succeeded by the following executives:
Almost ten (10) years later, after the creation of the regular Municipality of Nuling on August 18, 1947, then President Carlos P. Garcia, aware on the development of the town, issued Executive Order No. 267 fixing the seat of the Municipal Government of Sultan Kudarat to Barangay Dalumangcob of the town.
In a plebiscite conducted on March 15, 2003, the electorates of this Municipality unanimously voted in favor of the creation of a new Municipality in the name of Sultan Mastura, being a son of Sultan Dipatuan Kudaratullah, better known as Sultan Kudarat. The New Municipality of Sultan Mastura has absorbed 13 barangays from the former leaving on 39 for its mother Municipality.
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