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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, but the legislative branch of government, the Maguindanao Provincial Board, convened at the old provincial capitol in Sultan Kudarat. It bordered Lanao del Sur to the north, Cotabato to the east, Sultan Kudarat to the south, and Illana Bay to the west.
Maguindanaon, or Magindanawn is an Austronesian language spoken by Maguindanaon people who form majority of the population of eponymous provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur in the Philippines. It is also spoken by sizable minorities in different parts of Mindanao such as the cities of Zamboanga, Davao, and General Santos, and the provinces of North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Davao del Sur, as well as Metro Manila.
Lutayan, officially the Municipality of Lutayan, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,644 people.
President Quirino, officially the Municipality of President Quirino, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 42,244 people. postal code 9804 president quirino.
Ampatuan, officially the Municipality of Ampatuan, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,941 people.
Buluan, officially the Municipality of Buluan, is a 4th class municipality and capital of the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 57,406 people.
Shariff Aguak, officially the Municipality of Shariff Aguak, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 33,982.
Sultan Kudarat, officially the Municipality of Sultan Kudarat, is a 1st class municipality of the province of Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines. At the 2020 census it had a population of 105,121.
The legislative districts of Maguindanao were the representations of the province of Maguindanao and the independent component city of Cotabato in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province and the city were represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through their first and second congressional districts from 1987–2022.
Mangudadatu, officially the Municipality of Mangudadatu, is a municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,203 people.
Pandag, officially the Municipality of Pandag, is a municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,356 people.
Lake Buluan is a lake located on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. With an estimated surface area of 61.34 square kilometres (23.68 sq mi), it is the third largest lake in Mindanao, after Lake Lanao and Lake Mainit. It has an average elevation of 4.5 metres (15 ft).
The Maguindanao massacre, also known as the Ampatuan massacre, named after the town where mass graves of victims were found, occurred on the morning of November 23, 2009, in the town of Ampatuan in then-undivided Maguindanao province, on the island of Mindanao. The 58 victims were on their way to file a certificate of candidacy for Esmael Mangudadatu, vice mayor of Buluan, when they were kidnapped and later killed. Mangudadatu was challenging Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr., son of the incumbent Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and member of one of Mindanao's leading Muslim political clans, in the forthcoming Maguindanao gubernatorial election, part of the national elections in 2010. The people killed included Mangudadatu's wife, his two sisters, journalists, lawyers, aides, and motorists who were witnesses or were mistakenly identified as part of the convoy.
Esmael "Toto" Gaguil Mangudadatu is a Filipino politician who previously served as the representative of Maguindanao's 2nd district from 2019 to 2022. He also served as the governor of Maguindanao from 2010 to 2019. In Buluan town, he served as the mayor from 1998 to 2007, and vice mayor from 2007 to 2010.
The Buluan River is a black river in Province of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Located in Buluan joint by the Liguasan Marsh stream of the Rio Grande de Mindanao. The total length of the Buluan River system including the upper Palian River is 109 km (68 mi) and 36.5 km (22.7 mi) from Lake Buluan to Liguasan Marsh.
Cotabato, also known as the Province of Cotabato, was a historical province of the Philippines established in 1914 that existed until its dissolution in 1973. The province's capital from 1920 to 1967 was Cotabato City while Pagalungan became its capital from 1967 to 1973.
The Makilala–Allah Valley Road, is a 72-kilometer (45 mi) two-to-four lane highway in the Philippines that connects the provinces of North Cotabato, Maguindanao, and Sultan Kudarat. It is classified as a national primary highway for Mindanao. It also connects to the Maharlika Highway in Tacurong City. It lessens the travel time from North Cotabato to Sultan Kudarat.
Maguindanao's 2nd congressional district was one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of undivided Maguindanao. It was represented in the House of Representatives from 1987–2022. The district covered 25 interior municipalities of eastern Maguindanao bordering the provinces of Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat, including its capital Buluan. From 2006 to 2008, the district was briefly replaced by the lone district of Maguindanao after a new province was carved out of the 1st district known as Shariff Kabunsuan which was eventually nullified by the Supreme Court. It was last represented in the 19th Congress by Mohamad P. Paglas of the Nacionalista Party (NP), who was later redistricted to the at-large district of the newly-established province of Maguindanao del Sur.
The Maguindanao division plebiscite was held in the province of Maguindanao, Philippines, on September 17, 2022, more than four months after the May 9 national and local elections, after having been postponed from its planned plebiscite in or before August 2021. As required by Republic Act No. 11550, it was conducted to seek the consent of the residents of Maguindanao on the proposal to divide the province into two separate provinces that will henceforth be named Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur.
Maguindanao del Sur, officially the Province of Maguindanao del Sur, is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in Mindanao. Its capital is the municipality of Buluan near the city of Tacurong in the neighboring province of Sultan Kudarat. It borders Cotabato province to the east, Maguindanao del Norte to the west, and Sultan Kudarat to the south.
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