Datu Blah T. Sinsuat

Datu Blah T. Sinsuat
Datu Blah T. Sinsuat
Municipality
	Location in Maguindanao del Norte
Country	Philippines
Region	Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Province	Maguindanao del Norte
Established	September 16, 2006
Barangays	13
Government
• Mayor	Datu Marshall I. Sinsuat
Area
• Total	147.21 km2 (56.84 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	16,533
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	9602
Dialing code	64
Income class	1st

Datu Blah T. Sinsuat is a 1st class municipality in the province of Maguindanao, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 16,533 people in 3,325 households.

Formerly a part of the town of Upi, Datu Blah T. Sinsuat became another municipality after a plebiscite on September 16, 2006 and pursuant to the Muslim Mindanao Act No. 198 of the ARMM.^[2] On October 28, it became a new municipality of the newly created Shariff Kabunsuan province until its nullification by the Supreme Court in July 2008. The orphaned municipality was absorbed by the province of Maguindanao.

This municipality is named after Datu Blah T. Sinsuat, Maguindanao's delegate to the 1935 Constitutional Convention and Cotabato's Lone District Representative to the 2nd Congress of the Philippines.

Barangays

Datu Blah T. Sinsuat is politically subdivided into 13 barangays.

Kinimi
Laguitan
Lapaken
Matuber
Meti
Nalkan
Penansaran
Pura
Resa
Sedem
Sinipak
Tambak
Tubuan

Demographics

Population census of
Datu Blah T. Sinsuat
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	22,656	—
2010	16,533	−10.83%
Source: National Statistics Office^[3]

References

^ "Official City/Municipal 2013 Election Results". Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 1 July 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
^ "Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 198; An Act Creating the Municipality of Datu Blah T. Sinsuat in the Province of Maguindanao, Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes" (PDF). Regional Legislative Assembly, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010". 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

External links

[1] "Official City/Municipal 2013 Election Results". Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 1 July 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

[RLA-ARMMGovPH-2] "Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 198; An Act Creating the Municipality of Datu Blah T. Sinsuat in the Province of Maguindanao, Providing Funds Therefor, and for Other Purposes" (PDF). Regional Legislative Assembly, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[3] "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010". 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

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v t e Province of Maguindanao (1973–2022)
Buluan (capital)
Municipalities	Ampatuan Barira Buldon Buluan Datu Abdullah Sangki Datu Anggal Midtimbang Datu Blah T. Sinsuat Datu Hoffer Ampatuan Datu Montawal Datu Odin Sinsuat Datu Paglas Datu Piang Datu Salibo Datu Saudi Ampatuan Datu Unsay General Salipada K. Pendatun Guindulungan Kabuntalan Mamasapano Mangudadatu Matanog Northern Kabuntalan Pagalungan Paglat Pandag Parang Rajah Buayan Shariff Aguak Shariff Saydona Mustapha South Upi Sultan Kudarat Sultan Mastura Sultan sa Barongis Talitay Talayan Upi
Independent component city	Cotabato City (administratively and statistically independent from the province, but grouped with Maguindanao for geographical and the purpose of electing representatives to the Congress of the Philippines)