| Maguindanao مَڬِنْدَنَوْ | |||||||||||
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| Province of the Philippines | |||||||||||
| 1973–2022 | |||||||||||
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 Location in the Philippines | |||||||||||
| Capital | Shariff Aguak (first) Buluan (last) | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| • Coordinates | 07°08′N 124°18′E / 7.133°N 124.300°E | ||||||||||
• 2016[1] | 4,871.6 km2 (1,880.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 2020[2] | 1,667,258 | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||
• 1973–1975 | Simeon Datumanong (first) | ||||||||||
• 2019–2022 | Bai Mariam Mangudadatu (last) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 22 November 1973 | ||||||||||
| 17 September 2022 | |||||||||||
• End of transition period | January 9, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Contained within | |||||||||||
| • Region | Central Mindanao (1973–1989) Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (1989–2019) Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (2019–2022) | ||||||||||
| Subdivisions | |||||||||||
| • Type | LGUs | ||||||||||
| • Units | 37 Municipalities and City (including Cotabato City) 508 barangays | ||||||||||
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Maguindanao (locally [maˈɡindɐnaʊ, -ginˈdanaʊ]; Maguindanaon: Dairat nu Magindanaw; Iranun: Perobinsia a Magindanao; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Maguindanao) was a province of the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). From 2014 to 2022, its provincial capital was Buluan,[3] but the legislative branch of government, the Maguindanao Provincial Board, convened at the old provincial capitol in Sultan Kudarat.[4] It bordered Lanao del Sur to the north, Cotabato to the east, Sultan Kudarat to the south, and Illana Bay to the west.
It is now used collectively to refer to the provinces of Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte, with which it was replaced with since September 18, 2022 after a division of the province was approved in a plebiscite.
- ^ "ARMM Regional Profile". Regional Board of Investments (RBOI) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Retrieved June 22, 2016. (There seems to be major discrepancies among authoritative sources: 972,904 ha (NSCB); 6,565 km² (Historical Dictionary of the Philippines); 5,176.1 km² (NAMRIA))
- ^ Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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