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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kadayangan" title="Kadayangan">Kadayangan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kapalawan" title="Kapalawan">Kapalawan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ligawasan" title="Ligawasan">Ligawasan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Malidegao" title="Malidegao">Malidegao</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Nabalawag" title="Nabalawag">Nabalawag</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Old_Kaabakan" title="Old Kaabakan">Old Kaabakan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pahamuddin" title="Pahamuddin">Pahamuddin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tugunan" title="Tugunan">Tugunan</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Barangays</th><td class="infobox-data">63</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2019_Bangsamoro_autonomy_plebiscite" title="2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite">Plebiscite of Cotabato barangays to join Bangsamoro</a></th><td class="infobox-data">February 6, 2019</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Foundation date</th><td class="infobox-data">February 14, 2019<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnover to Bangsamoro</th><td class="infobox-data">November 20, 2019</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2024_Special_Geographic_Area_plebiscites" title="2024 Special Geographic Area plebiscites">Municipality creation plebicites</a></th><td class="infobox-data">April 13, 2024</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Special Geographic Area Development Authority<sup id="cite_ref-barmmBAC_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barmmBAC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Administrator</th><td class="infobox-data">Butch Panigel Malang</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">824.311 km<sup>2</sup> (318.268 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020 census)<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–12_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–12-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">215,433</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">260/km<sup>2</sup> (680/sq mi)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Special Geographic Area</b> (<b>SGA</b>) is a loose collection of 63 <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">barangays</a> in six <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">municipalities</a> of the province of <a href="/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato">Cotabato</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro" title="Bangsamoro">Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao</a>, despite the province of Cotabato itself being part of a separate neighboring region, <a href="/wiki/Soccsksargen" title="Soccsksargen">Soccsksargen</a>. </p><p>These barangays were partitioned from Soccsksargen following <a href="/wiki/2019_Bangsamoro_autonomy_plebiscite" title="2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite">a two-part plebiscite held in January and February 2019</a> that formed Bangsamoro after residents of said barangays consented to their localities' inclusion in the new autonomous region. The municipalities these barangays are a part of, as well as the barangays themselves, remain part of Cotabato. These barangays could be reorganized into one or more new municipalities or merged with any of the neighboring municipalities in <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao_del_Norte" title="Maguindanao del Norte">Maguindanao del Norte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao_del_Sur" title="Maguindanao del Sur">Maguindanao del Sur</a>, which are part of Bangsamoro. </p><p>The Bangsamoro regional government started effective governance over these barangays since the official turnover of these localities to the region by the Cotabato provincial government on November 20, 2019. </p><p>Some of these barangays are <a href="/wiki/Exclaves" class="mw-redirect" title="Exclaves">exclaves</a>, which means they are entirely surrounded by localities that are not part of Bangsamoro. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special_Geographic_Area&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Turnover_of_Cotabato_barangays_to_Bangsamoro.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Turnover_of_Cotabato_barangays_to_Bangsamoro.jpg/220px-Turnover_of_Cotabato_barangays_to_Bangsamoro.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Turnover_of_Cotabato_barangays_to_Bangsamoro.jpg/330px-Turnover_of_Cotabato_barangays_to_Bangsamoro.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Turnover_of_Cotabato_barangays_to_Bangsamoro.jpg/440px-Turnover_of_Cotabato_barangays_to_Bangsamoro.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Turnover ceremony of the 63 barangays in Cotabato to the BARMM. November 20, 2019.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2019_Bangsamoro_creation_plebiscite">2019 Bangsamoro creation plebiscite</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special_Geographic_Area&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 2019 Bangsamoro creation plebiscite"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Philippine government organized a two-part plebiscite that concerns the ratification of the <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro_Organic_Law" title="Bangsamoro Organic Law">Bangsamoro Organic Law</a>, the founding basis of the then-to-be established <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro" title="Bangsamoro">Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao</a> (BARMM), which was intended to replace the <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Region_in_Muslim_Mindanao" title="Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao">Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao</a> (ARMM), and the expansion of the then-proposed Bangsamoro autonomous region to potentially include municipalities in <a href="/wiki/Lanao_del_Norte" title="Lanao del Norte">Lanao del Norte</a>, the cities of <a href="/wiki/Isabela,_Basilan" title="Isabela, Basilan">Isabela</a> in <a href="/wiki/Basilan" title="Basilan">Basilan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cotabato_City" title="Cotabato City">Cotabato</a> in <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao" title="Maguindanao">Maguindanao</a>, and select barangays in Cotabato province. For the prospective barangays in Cotabato to join, voters in all of the parent municipalities also had to consent to their bid to join Bangsamoro. </p><p>Out of 67 barangays in Cotabato that were included in the plebiscite, 63 had successful bids for their inclusion in the Bangsamoro autonomous region.<sup id="cite_ref-brgy63_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brgy63-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The four that rejected the measure are Galidan in <a href="/wiki/Tulunan" title="Tulunan">Tulunan</a>, Balatican in <a href="/wiki/Pikit" title="Pikit">Pikit</a>, and Pagangan and Lower Mingading in <a href="/wiki/Aleosan" title="Aleosan">Aleosan</a>; these four were excluded from BARMM and remained part of Soccsksargen. Meanwhile, each municipality consented to its barangays joining the BARMM. In Pikit, the most populous municipality in Cotabato, all but one barangay that voted in the plebiscite to join declined. This led to 20 barangays staying out of the BARMM out of 42. Pikit's town hall, which is located in Fort Pikit, one of the barangays that voted for inclusion, is being petitioned to be annexed by Poblacion, one of the towns that did not petition to be included.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The barangays in Aleosan and Tulunan voted in favor of their inclusion, but the majority of voters in the rest of their parent municipalities voted against the barangays' inclusion. Barangay Baltican in Pikit rejected their inclusion, while the rest of Pikit consented to the barangay's inclusion and would have been part of the new autonomous region if Baltican voters also voted for their inclusion.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon the effective foundation of the new Bangsamoro autonomous region, the barangays remained part of their parent municipalities. Their residents voted for municipal officials of their parent municipalities and Cotabato provincial officials in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Philippine_general_election" title="2019 Philippine general election">2019 Philippine general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The barangays could be reorganized into one or more municipalities or merged with any of the neighboring municipalities in Maguindanao.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transition_period">Transition period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special_Geographic_Area&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Transition period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The full transfer of jurisdiction of the Cotabato barangays to the Bangsamoro autonomous government was ordered by Secretary of the Interior and Local Government <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_A%C3%B1o" title="Eduardo Año">Eduardo Año</a> following a meeting with Bangsamoro Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Murad_Ebrahim" title="Murad Ebrahim">Murad Ebrahim</a> on July 8, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These barangays were still not under the effective control of Bangsamoro as of July 2019 since they were not yet officially turned over to the Bangsamoro regional government, which was initially set to occur once a local government code was passed by the Bangsamoro Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the local government code still pending, the official turnover took place on November 20, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panlalawigan" title="Sangguniang Panlalawigan">Sangguniang Panlalawigan</a> of Cotabato has passed a resolution concerning the transfer. Amidst budgetary concerns, the barangays were assured that they will still receive their internal revenue allocation directly from the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Budget_and_Management" title="Department of Budget and Management">Department of Budget and Management</a> after the transfer takes place.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BARMM_DCO_oath_taking_Cotabato_barangays_official.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BARMM_DCO_oath_taking_Cotabato_barangays_official.jpg/220px-BARMM_DCO_oath_taking_Cotabato_barangays_official.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BARMM_DCO_oath_taking_Cotabato_barangays_official.jpg/330px-BARMM_DCO_oath_taking_Cotabato_barangays_official.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BARMM_DCO_oath_taking_Cotabato_barangays_official.jpg/440px-BARMM_DCO_oath_taking_Cotabato_barangays_official.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>An official appointed to the Development Coordinating Office (DCO) taking their oath of moral governance on June 30, 2020, before Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim (left).</figcaption></figure> <p>By March 2020, the 63 barangays had already been grouped into a special geographic area of the Bangsamoro region.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim issued an executive order establishing a Development Coordinating Office (DCO) led by an administrator and eight area coordinators to manage affairs in the 63 barangays in Cotabato. Mohammad Kelie Antao was appointed administrator on June 30, 2020. Jimmy Adil, Jabib Guiabar, Esmael Maguid, Duma Mascud, Ibrahim Rahman, Abdulatip Tiago, and Nayang Timan were appointed as area coordinators on the same date.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A second ceremony was held on December 15, 2020, to mark the symbolic assumption of the Bangsamoro regional government over the 63 Cotabato barangays along with Cotabato City.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_municipality_creation_plebiscites">2024 municipality creation plebiscites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special_Geographic_Area&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2024 municipality creation plebiscites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2024_Special_Geographic_Area_plebiscites" title="2024 Special Geographic Area plebiscites">2024 Special Geographic Area plebiscites</a></div> <p>On August 17, 2023, the bills consolidating the barangays into 8 municipalities were approved by the <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro_Parliament" title="Bangsamoro Parliament">Bangsamoro Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chief Minister Ebrahim signed the bills into law (Bangsamoro Act No. 41 to 48) on September 4, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A majority of residents in the would be eight municipalities ratified the legislations in a plebiscite held on April 13, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-PRrap_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PRrap-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the plebiscite, the BARMM regional government said that the Special Geographic Area would be retained pending the creation of a new province, while Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Murad_Ebrahim" title="Murad Ebrahim">Murad Ebrahim</a> would appoint <a href="/wiki/Officer_in_Charge_(Philippines)" title="Officer in Charge (Philippines)">officers-in-charge</a> to lead the municipalities pending scheduled elections in 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-newprovince_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newprovince-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 1, 2024, an <i>ad hoc</i> screening and review committee was held to determine the towns' interim officials.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 9, 2024, Ebrahim named the OIC officials.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Robin_Padilla" title="Robin Padilla">Robin Padilla</a> in November 2024 filed Senate Bill No. 2875 has proposing the creation of 'Kutawato' province from the SGA.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special_Geographic_Area&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Special Geographic Area (SGA) is situated within the province of <a href="/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato">Cotabato</a>. While the SGA is part of Bangsamoro, Cotabato is still grouped with the <a href="/wiki/Soccsksargen" title="Soccsksargen">Soccsksargen</a> region. The barangays of the SGA are scattered across the <a href="/wiki/Liguasan_Marsh" title="Liguasan Marsh">Liguasan Marsh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-newprovince_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newprovince-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special_Geographic_Area&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special_Geographic_Area&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Special_Geographic_Area_proposed_municipalities.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Special_Geographic_Area_proposed_municipalities.svg/300px-Special_Geographic_Area_proposed_municipalities.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Special_Geographic_Area_proposed_municipalities.svg/450px-Special_Geographic_Area_proposed_municipalities.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Special_Geographic_Area_proposed_municipalities.svg/600px-Special_Geographic_Area_proposed_municipalities.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="46" /></a><figcaption>Political map of the Special Geographic Area<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#d0e2a7ff; color:;"> </span> Pahamuddin</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#c9d3ecff; color:;"> </span> Kadayangan</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ac9393ff; color:;"> </span> Nabalawag</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#deaa87ff; color:;"> </span> Old Kaabakan</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#fcf78fff; color:;"> </span> Kapalawan</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#edd58aff; color:;"> </span> Malidegao</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#c7b1d4ff; color:;"> </span> Tugunan</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#da9e8eff; color:;"> </span> Ligawasan</div></figcaption></figure></div></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="background-color:#FDFDFD;text-align:center;font-size:90%;border:1pt solid grey;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable">Municipality </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;white-space:nowrap;" class="unsortable" colspan="2">Population <span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span><sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–[[Category:Errors_reported_by_Module_String]]<strong_class="error">String_Module_Error:_String_subset_index_out_of_range</strong>_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–[[Category:Errors_reported_by_Module_String]]<strong_class="error">String_Module_Error:_String_subset_index_out_of_range</strong>-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" colspan="2">Area<sup id="cite_ref-PSA-NSCB-ProvinceList_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA-NSCB-ProvinceList-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" colspan="2">Density </th> <th scope="col" style="border-bottom:none;" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Barangays">Barangay</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;" colspan="2"> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:none none solid solid;">km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:none solid solid none;white-space:nowrap;" class="unsortable">sq mi </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:none none solid solid;">/km<sup>2</sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="border-style:none solid solid none;white-space:nowrap;" class="unsortable">/sq mi </th> <th scope="col" style="border-top:none;"> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;"><a href="/wiki/Kadayangan" title="Kadayangan">Kadayangan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001118705119457093♠" style="display:none"></span>11.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">25,573</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;"><a href="/wiki/Kapalawan" title="Kapalawan">Kapalawan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001132119963051157♠" style="display:none"></span>13.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right">28,463</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;"><a href="/wiki/Ligawasan" title="Ligawasan">Ligawasan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001138251799863530♠" style="display:none"></span>13.8%</td> <td style="text-align:right">29,784</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;"><a href="/wiki/Malidegao" title="Malidegao">Malidegao</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001169138432830624♠" style="display:none"></span>16.9%</td> <td style="text-align:right">36,438</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;"><a href="/wiki/Nabalawag" title="Nabalawag">Nabalawag</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001131080196627257♠" style="display:none"></span>13.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">28,239</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;"><a href="/wiki/Old_Kaabakan" title="Old Kaabakan">Old Kaabakan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000773233441487608♠" style="display:none"></span>7.7%</td> <td style="text-align:right">16,658</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;"><a href="/wiki/Pahamuddin" title="Pahamuddin">Pahamuddin</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7000911048910798252♠" style="display:none"></span>9.1%</td> <td style="text-align:right">19,627</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;background-color:initial;"><a href="/wiki/Tugunan" title="Tugunan">Tugunan</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right"><span data-sort-value="7001142276252941749♠" style="display:none"></span>14.2%</td> <td style="text-align:right">30,651</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;">Total </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">215,433 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">824.311 </th> <th scope="col">318.27 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">260 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-align:right;">1,800 </th> <th scope="col">63 </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Former">Former</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special_Geographic_Area&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Former"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Clusters_of_the_Special_Geographic_Area" title="Clusters of the Special Geographic Area">Clusters of the Special Geographic Area</a></div> <p>The 63 barangays in the special geographic area of Bangsamoro were grouped into eight area clusters.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each barangay consists of <a href="/wiki/Purok" title="Purok">puroks</a> while some have <a href="/wiki/Sitios" class="mw-redirect" title="Sitios">sitios</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special_Geographic_Area&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Special_Geographic_Area_Development_Authority.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Seal_of_the_Special_Geographic_Area_Development_Authority.png/220px-Seal_of_the_Special_Geographic_Area_Development_Authority.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Seal_of_the_Special_Geographic_Area_Development_Authority.png/330px-Seal_of_the_Special_Geographic_Area_Development_Authority.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Seal_of_the_Special_Geographic_Area_Development_Authority.png/440px-Seal_of_the_Special_Geographic_Area_Development_Authority.png 2x" data-file-width="917" data-file-height="916" /></a><figcaption>Seal of the Special Geographic Area Development Authority</figcaption></figure> <p>The special geographic area of Bangsamoro consists of barangays that are part of <a href="/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato">Cotabato</a> province, which is not part of the autonomous region, despite the barangays themselves being part of Bangsamoro. For the Bangsamoro region to govern the barangays, these were constituted into a single administrative area under the direct supervision of the Bangsamoro chief minister through the region's <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government_(Bangsamoro)" title="Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (Bangsamoro)">Ministry of the Interior and Local Government</a> (MILG). The MILG deals with the affairs of the area through the Special Geographic Area Development Authority (SGDA), which is headed by an administrator appointed by the chief minister.<sup id="cite_ref-barmmBAC_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barmmBAC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The SGDA continues to supervise the barangays even after the creation of the SGA municipalities in April 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-newprovince_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newprovince-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>SGDA administrators</dt></dl> <ul><li>Mohammad Kelie Antao (2020–22)</li> <li>Butch Malang<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2022–)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ilocos_Region" title="Ilocos Region">I – Ilocos Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cagayan_Valley" title="Cagayan Valley">II – Cagayan Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Luzon" title="Central Luzon">III – Central Luzon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calabarzon" title="Calabarzon">IV-A – Calabarzon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mimaropa" title="Mimaropa">Mimaropa – Southwestern Tagalog Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bicol_Region" title="Bicol Region">V – Bicol Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Visayas" title="Western Visayas">VI – Western Visayas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Visayas" title="Central Visayas">VII – Central Visayas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Visayas" title="Eastern Visayas">VIII – Eastern Visayas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zamboanga_Peninsula" title="Zamboanga Peninsula">IX – Zamboanga Peninsula</a></li> 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