Sultan Kudarat سلطان قدرات Nuling | |
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Municipality of Sultan Kudarat | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 7°14′N124°15′E / 7.23°N 124.25°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao |
Province | Maguindanao del Norte |
District | Lone district |
Named for | Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat |
Barangays | 39 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Tucao Mastura |
• Vice Mayor | Shameem B. Mastura |
• Representative | Sittie Shahara I. Mastura |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 62,134 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 712.91 km2 (275.26 sq mi) |
Elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
Highest elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 105,121 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
• Households | 17,437 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 1st municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 37.17 |
• Revenue | ₱ 342.7 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 359.6 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 324.8 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 60.16 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Maguindanao Electric Cooperative (MAGELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 9605 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)64 |
Native languages | Maguindanao Iranun Tagalog |
Website | www |
Sultan Kudarat, officially the Municipality of Sultan Kudarat (Maguindanaon: Inged nu Sultan Kudarat; Iranun: Inged a Sultan Kudarat; Tagalog : Bayan ng 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. [3]
Formerly known as Nuling, it became the de jure capital of the former Maguindanao province in 1977. It served as the legislative capital of Maguindanao in 2011 as it plays host to the Maguindanao Provincial Board, previously housed in the former capitol at Shariff Aguak. This restored its previous status as provincial capital, which was shared with Buluan which served as the executive capital. In 2022, Republic Act 11550 officially designated Datu Odin Sinsuat as the official capital of Maguindanao del Norte and Buluan as official capital of Maguindanao del Sur. Once a provincial capitol is erected in Datu Odin Sinsuat, the legislature will move in that municipality.
Sultan Kudarat town was founded as a municipality by the name Nuling on August 18, 1947 by virtue of Executive Order No. 82 signed by President Manuel Roxas. [5] The town had its present name, pursuant to REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5647, titled AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NULING IN THE PROVINCE OF COTABATO, TO SULTAN KUDARAT. which was enacted by Congress on June 21, 1969.
Thus, an ACT (REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5647) CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NULING IN THE PROVINCE OF COTABATO, TO SULTAN KUDARAT. was enacted by the Seventh Congress, eight (8) years before the Municipality of Sultan Kudarat became the capital of the province of Maguindanao. The province was created under PD 341 issued by President Ferdinand E. Marcos on November 22, 1973 (not in 1977).
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 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 electorate of the 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 absorbed 13 barangays from the former leaving 39 for its mother town.
Presently, Sultan Kudarat has a total land area of 71,151 hectares (175,820 acres) and an unofficial Population Census Result of 152,667 and a 24,651 households as of August 1, 2007.
On January 23, 2021, a joint police-military operation occurred, with twelve members of the Talusan group including a former village chief, as well as a Special Action Force member, killed in a shootout. The armed group was the "most wanted" in the municipality. [6] [7]
Sultan Kudarat is politically subdivided into 39 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 27 (81) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 26 (79) | 27 (81) | 26 (79) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 20 (68) | 21 (70) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 19 (66) | 20 (68) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 53 (2.1) | 44 (1.7) | 41 (1.6) | 39 (1.5) | 69 (2.7) | 89 (3.5) | 92 (3.6) | 97 (3.8) | 72 (2.8) | 79 (3.1) | 72 (2.8) | 49 (1.9) | 796 (31.1) |
Average rainy days | 15.3 | 13.5 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 22.3 | 23.5 | 22.5 | 23.1 | 19.4 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 17.5 | 232.4 |
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) [8] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1918 | 6,603 | — |
1939 | 15,823 | +4.25% |
1948 | 15,127 | −0.50% |
1960 | 30,614 | +6.05% |
1970 | 40,377 | +2.80% |
1975 | 47,101 | +3.14% |
1980 | 48,383 | +0.54% |
1990 | 72,331 | +4.10% |
1995 | 76,125 | +0.96% |
2000 | 94,861 | +4.83% |
2007 | 121,324 | +3.45% |
2010 | 82,758 | −13.00% |
2015 | 95,201 | +2.70% |
2020 | 105,121 | +1.97% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [10] [11] [12] |
Poverty Incidence of Sultan Kudarat
10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 59.72 2003 35.10 2006 50.10 2009 50.03 2012 54.66 2015 52.26 2018 58.88 2021 37.17 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] |
The LGU had a poverty incidence of 35.1% or there are about 57,147 of the 181,419 population who are living below the ARMM's poverty threshold of 75,000 or an annual per capita income of P10,714 for the family size of 7. This poverty incidence is 1.4% lower than the National average of 32.9%.
Though Sultan Kudarat hosts seventy percent of the agro-industries of the Province of Shariff Kabunsuan, its main economy is derived from the agriculture sector.
The municipality of Sultan Kudarat hosts Lamsan, one of the largest corn products manufacturers in the Philippines. The company provides employment to hundreds of workers in the municipality and nearby towns of Maguindanao.
The Gross Domestic Product of the Municipality (2022) is 23,646,300,000(PHP).
The municipality has 23,152.263 hectares of agricultural lands. While based on the year 2005 MAO's report, only 10,035 hectares of which or forty percent (49%) have been productively used, reflecting a yield of 121.4, 13,282 and 7,820 metric tons for copra, rice and corn respectively, earning a gross income of P169,279,300.00 for the year 2005. Its High Value Commercial crops have so far covered 273 hectares and shared a total yield of 536 metric tons that earned P9, 357,000.00.
The town possesses vast fishing grounds, the Maguindanao and Matampay Rivers, Illana Bay, lakes and its 1,393.4 hectares fishpond have been the major source of fish that supplies the fish requirements of the municipality and its neighboring towns. However, development programs have to be introduced to fully develop its potentials. The fish production reported is only 167,300 kilograms for the year 2005 which is not enough to supply the municipality's fish requirement of 3.9 million kilograms.
In 2005, the Municipality of Sultan Kudarat has a total livestock population of 10,997 heads. The livestock species that are popularly raised in the municipality are carabao, cattle, and goat, probably because the town is thickly populated by the Islam believers. Its poultry population have totaled to 24,693 heads. The present livestock and poultry production of the municipality is not sufficient to supply the meat requirements of the municipality for it can only provide a total of 234,691 kilograms for the year 2005 which is very far behind the town's food requirements of about 3.7 million kilograms.
Livestock Production:
Livestock / Number of Heads / Percent to Total
Poultry Production:
Livestock / Number of Heads / Percent (%) to Total
Source: DAF-ARMM, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao
About 79.2 percent of the municipality's school age population are literate, that is able to read and write, based on the 1995 census. The data likewise shows that 43% are in elementary level and 26% are in high school level. College undergraduate shared with 5.4%, and 2.4% are college graduate.
There is one government hospital in the town, the Cotabato Sanitarium, but it caters only to specific health needs. There are about 26 Barangay Health Centers and 10 health personnel, composed of 1 medical doctor, 1 dental doctor, 6 midwives, 1 nurse and 1 sanitary inspector, serving the 39 barangays of the municipality. The health personnel are being augmented by 8 health workers and 39 trained hilots.
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