Flag Size: | 120x80px | ||
Seal Size: | 100x80px | ||
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Pushpin Map: | Philippines | ||
Pushpin Label Position: | left | ||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the | ||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||
Subdivision Name: | Philippines | ||
Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
Subdivision Type2: | Province | ||
Named For: | Sarip Ampatuan | ||
Native Name: | أمباتوان | ||
Subdivision Type3: | District | ||
Established Title: | Founded | ||
Established Date: | June 21, 1959 | ||
Parts Type: | Barangays | ||
Parts Style: | para | ||
P1: | (see Barangays) | ||
Leader Title: | Mayor | ||
Leader Name: | Baileah G. Sangki | ||
Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||
Leader Name1: | Bai Yasmin S. Sangki | ||
Leader Name2: | Mohamad P. Paglas Sr. | ||
Leader Title3: | Municipal Council | ||
Leader Title4: | Electorate | ||
Leader Name4: | voters (electorate_point_in_time}}|) | ||
Elevation Max M: | 376 | ||
Elevation Min M: | 15 | ||
Population Density Km2: | auto | ||
Population Blank1 Title: | Households | ||
Timezone: | PST | ||
Utc Offset: | +8 | ||
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code | ||
Demographics Type1: | Economy | ||
Demographics1 Title2: | Poverty incidence | ||
Demographics1 Info2: | % | ||
Demographics1 Title3: | Revenue | ||
Demographics1 Title4: | Revenue rank | ||
Demographics1 Title5: | Assets | ||
Demographics1 Title6: | Assets rank | ||
Demographics1 Title7: | IRA | ||
Demographics1 Title8: | IRA rank | ||
Demographics1 Title9: | Expenditure | ||
Demographics1 Title10: | Liabilities | ||
Demographics Type2: | Service provider | ||
Demographics2 Title1: | Electricity | ||
Demographics2 Title2: | Water | ||
Demographics2 Title3: | Telecommunications | ||
Demographics2 Title4: | Cable TV | ||
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Native languages | ||
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Crime index | ||
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Blank3 Name Sec2: | Catholic diocese | ||
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Ampatuan (pronounced as /tl/), officially the Municipality of Ampatuan (Maguindanaon: Inged nu Ampatuan; Iranun: Inged a Ampatuan; tl|Bayan ng Ampatuan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,941 people.
Ampatuan was created out of 23 barrios of Datu Piang on 21 June 1959 by Republic Act No. 2509.[1] On 22 November 1973, the municipality of Esperanza was carved out of its territory[2] and was made part of the province of Sultan Kudarat, while Ampatuan itself was made part of Maguindanao, when the old Cotabato province was divided into three provinces on the same date.[3] It further lost territory, when its electorate ratified on 3 January 2004, the separation of ten of its barangays to form the municipality of Datu Abdullah Sangki.[4]
The town was the site of the Maguindanao Massacre on 23 November 2009. The victims were about to file a certificate of candidacy for Esmael Mangudadatu, vice mayor of Buluan town for the province's gubernatorial election. Mangudadatu was challenging Andal Ampatuan Jr. (son of the incumbent Maguindanao governor Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr., the mayor of Datu Unsay, and accused of leading the massacre) in the election. Currently, the elected Municipal Officials are headed by Datu Rasul M. Sangki-Mayor and Datu Samnon M. Sangki-Vice Mayor.
Ampatuan is politically subdivided into 11 barangays.[5] Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Poverty Incidence of