| Departamento de Mindanao y Joló | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Provinces administered highlighted in red. | |
| Administrative Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | July 23, 1914 |
| Dissolved | May 5, 1920[1] |
| Superseding Administrative Agency | |
| Type | Agency of the United States to the Philippine Islands |
| Jurisdiction | Agusan, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Davao, Lanao, Zamboanga, Sulu |
| Status | Defunct |
| Governor responsible |
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The Department of Mindanao and Sulu was an agency of the United States colonial administration in the Philippine Islands task to administer all Muslim-dominated areas in the territory. It was established on July 23, 1914, pursuant to Act No. 2408, replacing the Moro Province after the latter was divided into the then districts/provinces of Zamboanga, Lanao, Cotabato, Davao, and Sulu.[2] It was later split into provinces/regions organized under the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, along with the former provinces of Agusan, and current province of Bukidnon. [3][4]
- ^ Act No. 2878. Philippine Legislature. February 5, 1920. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
§7. This Act shall take effect ninety days after its approval.
- ^ Jose Arnaldo Dris. "Maguindanao". Archived from the original on January 1, 2006. Retrieved August 9, 2007.
- ^ "Act No. 2408".
- ^ "The Moro Lands". Archived from the original on July 29, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2019.