Buluan, Maguindanao

Buluan
Bayan ng Buluan (Tagalog)
Municipality
Municipality of Buluan

Map of Maguindanao showing the location of Buluan
Buluan

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 6°52′0″N 124°45′0″E / 6.86667°N 124.75000°E / 6.86667; 124.75000Coordinates: 6°52′0″N 124°45′0″E / 6.86667°N 124.75000°E / 6.86667; 124.75000
Country  Philippines
Region Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
Province Maguindanao
Barangays 7
Government[1]
 • Mayor Lorena D. Mangudadatu
Area
 • Total 699.50 km2 (270.08 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 38,106
 • Density 54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 9616
Dialing code +63 (0)64
Income class 4th

Buluan is a 4th class municipality and the provincial capital in the province of Maguindanao, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 38,106 people in 4,955 households.

The town was recognized by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Maguindanao as the new (de jure) provincial capital in 2014,[2] a move seen as the solution to the decades-old issue of Maguindanao's lack of a permanent provincial capitol due to local clan politics.[3]

Barangays

Buluan is politically subdivided into 7 barangays.[4]

History

Buluan used to comprise a vast area surrounding Lake Buluan when it was created as one of the municipalities of Cotabato on August 8, 1947 by Executive Order No. 82 of Pres. Manuel Roxas.[5] On August 3, 1951, the municipality of Tacurong was created out of its south-western portion.[6] In 1961, its south-eastern portion was separated to form the municipality of Cotabato on,[7] six years later its southern portion was made into the municipality of Lutayan.[8] It was made part of the province of Maguindanao on November 22, 1973,[9] at the same time ceding its western coast of Lake Buluan to create the municipality of President Quirino,[10] which was made part of Sultan Kudarat province. Its northern portion was made into the municipality of Gen. S. K. Pendatun on April 7, 1991.[11] Its area was further divided on December 30, 2006, when two more municipalities were created out of its territory namely: Mangudadatu and Pandag, losing 8 barangays to each of the two new towns.[12]

In 2014 the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Maguindanao passed a resolution naming Buluan the new capital of Maguindanao.[2] Pending the completion of the new capitol complex, the provincial governor Esmael Mangudadatu (a Buluan native) will continue to hold office in the town's Rajah Buayan Silongan Peace Center — originally designated as a mere satellite office of the provincial government when Mangudadatu took office in 2010,[13] but since the official designation of Buluan as provincial capital in 2014 has served as the provisional capitol building. However, the legislative branch of provincial government, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Maguindanao, continues to hold sessions in the refurbished buildings of the old provincial capitol in Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, by virtue of Sangguniang Panlalawigan Resolution No. 78 dated May 3, 2011.[14] The old provincial capitol complex, built next to the previous governor's properties in Shariff Aguak, are planned to be converted for public school use.[15]

Demographics

Population census of Buluan
YearPop.±% p.a.
1990 53,143—    
1995 38,695−5.77%
2000 51,098+6.14%
2007 32,310−6.13%
2010 38,106+6.19%
Census numbers prior to 2006 include the
municipalities of Mangudadatu and Pandag.
Source: National Statistics Office[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Official City/Municipal 2013 Election Results". Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 1 July 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 Macabalang, Ali G. (19 January 2016). "Construction of new Maguindanao capitol complex launched". Manila Bulletin Online. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Unson, John (20 January 2016). "Maguindanao gov't starts construction of new capitol complex". Philstar.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  4. ↑ National Statistical Coordination Board. "PSGC Interactive: Municipality/City: BULUAN". Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  5. ↑ Commission on Audit. "Executive Summary of the 1999 Annual Audit Report on the Municipality of Buluan". Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  6. ↑ National Statistical Coordination Board - Region XII. "Brief Overview of Tacurong City". Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  7. ↑ Commission on Audit (2004-06-02). "Glimpse of Columbio". Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  8. ↑ Chan Robles Virtual Law Library (1998-07-19). "Republic Act No. 4868". Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  9. ↑ Chan Robles Virtual Law Library (1998-07-19). "Presidential Decree No. 341". Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  10. ↑ Chan Robles Virtual Law Library (1998-07-19). "Presidential Decree No. 339". Retrieved 2008-05-18.
  11. ↑ National Statistics Office (2001-04-23). "Census 2000 Final Counts". Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  12. ↑ National Statistical Coordination Board (2007-03-26). "2007 Factsheet - Did you know that... ARMM now has six provinces". Retrieved 2008-05-19.
  13. ↑ Lingao, Ed (April 2013). "Maguindanao's misery: Absentee officials, absence of rage, poverty". Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  14. ↑ Arguillas, Carolyn O. (15 June 2012). "Maguindanao inaugurates legislative hall; Sultan Kudarat is back as provincial seat". MindaNews. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  15. ↑ Fernandez, Edwin (8 June 2014). "Maguindanao provincial building to be converted into school". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010". 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

External links

 Pandag Tulunan, Cotabato
President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat Pandag
Mangudadatu
   Buluan  
Mangudadatu Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat
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