Shariff Kabunsuan
Shariff Kabunsuan was a province of the Philippines, 2006-2008 from ten municipalities was re- formed the former first congressional district of Maguindanao province (English: Bayan: Municipality, filipino ). She was the 80th province of the Philippines and the sixth of the district ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ), until the Supreme Court declared the declaration by the ARMM invalid. The provincial administration was situated in the municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat.
Geography
Shariff Kabunsuan bordered on the north by Lanao del Sur, Cotabato to the east, in the southeast of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat to its southern tip. To the west lies the Gulf of Moro.
The province enclosed the city of Cotabato City, but the city itself was independent of the province and was politically to the district SOCCSKSARGEN.
The majority of the territory of the former province of Shariff Kabunsuan is mountainous, except for the area around Cotabato City at the mouth of Mindanao Rivers, like the Rio Grande de Mindanao is called in its lower reaches.
Demography and language
According to the census of 2000, there were 365 848 people in Shariff Kabunsuan.
The Muslim -oriented ethnic group of Maguindanaons makes up the bulk of the province 's population. The residents of Cotabato City, however, belong to 60 % of the Christian religious communities. Other ethnic groups and communities are the Tituray, the T'boli and the Manobo.
The most common dialects are Maguindanaoan and Cebuano.
Economy
Those Maguindanaons in Shariff Kabunsuan who live in the flood plains of the province of the country, are traditionally rice farmers. In addition to rice and wheat and coconut are cultivated in the region.
The Mindanao River serves with its broad river delta and its numerous scale brackish water ponds as a source of drinking water and is a resort for numerous species of river fish. The fish is caught in the bay of Illana and sold in the markets of Cotabato City. The Port of Polloc, 26 km north of the city, is also the most important port of the region.
Along the coast are in addition to the fishermen and traders to be found. These sell handicraft products such as hand-woven Malongs, a traditional dress, as well as mats and baskets.
Administrative divisions
Shariff Kabunsuan was divided into eleven independent governing municipalities.
These communities were in turn subdivided into a total of 209 barangays ( districts ).
The province was part of a congressional district.
- Barira
- Buldon
- Datu Blah T. Sinsuat
- Datu Odin Sinsuat ( Dinaig )
- Kabuntalan ( Tumbao )
- Matanog
- Northern Kabuntalan
- Parang
- Sultan Kudarat ( Nuling )
- Sultan Mastura
- Upi
Climate
The climatic conditions are characterized by more or less strong rains that may occur throughout the year.
Compared to other provinces of the country Shariff Kabunsuan has a low number of covered or cloudy days.
History
The province is named after Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan from Johore, an Arab- Malaysian Islamic priests, the end of the 15th century, the Sultanate of Maguindanao established and Islam spread in the region.
The voters of 29 municipalities in Maguindanao have decided in 2006 to advocate the establishment of the new province of Shariff Kabunsuan. 285 372 Of the 500,000 registered voters favored the new province, only 8,802 voted against.
With its establishment on 28 October 2006, the province of Shariff Kabunsuan was the 80th province of the Philippines.
She was the first province that has not been appointed by the Philippine Congress, but solely by a decision adopted by Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 201, which sprang from the autonomous government authority of the ARMM. In 2008, the Supreme Court declared the creation of invalid, however, since only the Congress can not appoint the ARMM new provinces.