MunicipalityProvincial capitalMaguindanao del Norte

Datu Odin Sinsuat

Datu Odin Sinsuat is a municipality of Maguindanao del Norte, in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and its capital. It is divided into 34 barangays, and had 152,907 residents at the 2024 census.

Province: Maguindanao del Norte
Classification: Municipality
Barangays: 34
PSGC code: 153807000

152,907

Population (2024)

461.8 km²

Land area

331

People per km²

+30.9%

Change since 2020

Governed under

Bangsamoro Autonomy Act 49 — Bangsamoro Local Governance Code of 2023Enacted September 28, 2023. The governing code inside BARMM: it creates the offices described here, fixes their terms and pay, and devolves the services. It repealed the ARMM code it replaced.
Implementing Rules and Regulations of the BLGCPromulgated September 30, 2025. 696 articles setting out how the Code is carried out — the procedures, deadlines and rate ceilings quoted on this page.
Republic Act 7160 — Local Government Code of 1991The national code. Inside BARMM it applies only where the Bangsamoro one is silent.

All barangays

01Ambolodtono roster153807001
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Ambolodto. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
02Awangno roster153807002
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Awang. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
03Badak6153807003
Sangguniang Barangay · 6
1. 1sinsuat, dennis rojas
2. 2sinsuat, ashraf mauricio
3. 3duran, legardo calumpang
4. 4candao, lubaida piansing
5. 5emao, annaliza alfonso
6. 6solaiman, samad untong
04Bagoengedno roster153807004
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Bagoenged. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
05BakaPINGUIAMAN, MOHAIMEN LAUBAN8153807005
Punong Barangay
PINGUIAMAN, MOHAIMEN LAUBAN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1solaiman, maguid mayasa
2. 2pinguiaman, datu jowee lauban
3. 3salik, nasrudin esmail
4. 4sumail, bai melia pinguiaman
5. 5pinguiaman, amil dicolano
6. 6pinguiaman, rusman agar
7. 7pinguiaman, alimodin abas
06BenolenSINSUAT, DATU DUMA LANZREIN AMPATUAN V8153807006
Punong Barangay
SINSUAT, DATU DUMA LANZREIN AMPATUAN V
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1AMPATUAN, DATU RIZWAN LOMBOY
2. 2LANGGUYUAN, MOHAMAD MUSA
3. 3PANGALAO, BONES SILONGAN
4. 4BARAGUIR, ROHANIE TAMBAK
5. 5gampong, naima abdullah
6. 6piang, akmad ambang
7. 7lokas, tami guiamal
07Bituusman, joehari gayao8153807007
Punong Barangay
usman, joehari gayao
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1midtanggal, lucman sarmento
2. 2nasser, esrael usman
3. 3kanda, manan paglas
4. 4silongan, dadtong maulana
5. 5sapal, julaika mamalangkay
6. 6salacob, abdulhamid dagadas
7. 7nasser, jomar matal
08Bonguedno roster153807008
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Bongued. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
09Bugawasabas, abdulmain abas jr8153807009
Punong Barangay
abas, abdulmain abas jr
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1acob, mokamad guintem
2. 2salik, anwar maliga
3. 3omar, guia abdulhamid
4. 4guiaman, rowaina macalilay
5. 5pablo, eddie cornelio
6. 6dalamba, ansaruden daguit
7. 7tating, nasrudin kabalo
10CapitonSINSUAT, DATU YASSER FAHD SINSUAT 128153807010
Punong Barangay
SINSUAT, DATU YASSER FAHD SINSUAT 12
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1sinsuat, datu erwin kusain
2. 2abdullah, mario pidena
3. 3sinsuat, jhon kusain
4. 4uyag, fahad mantil
5. 5alabat, esmael manalinding
6. 6abdullah, yusop mauyag
7. 7salman, tayan kamidon
11Dadosnur, manalao mangelen sr.8153807011
Punong Barangay
nur, manalao mangelen sr.
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1nur, junaiden samplano
2. 2ayunan, datun acob
3. 3baliwan, samsudin asi
4. 4pendi, sansay abusama
5. 5abas, joehari mokamad
6. 6pendi, rasheed saban
7. 7amirol, hadja millan pinguiaman
12Dalican Poblacionno roster153807013
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Dalican Poblacion. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
13Dinaig ProperJABIDEN, AHMAD ALI5153807014
Punong Barangay
JABIDEN, AHMAD ALI
Sangguniang Barangay · 4
1. 1SINSUAT, BAI OLFATH BARAGUIR
2. 2TUANSI, BAI LALAH SINSUAT
3. 3USMAN, RHAMLOYD ROJAS
4. 4BENITO, EBRAHIM OMAR
14Dulanganayao, abdullah dalidig7153807015
Punong Barangay
ayao, abdullah dalidig
Sangguniang Barangay · 6
1. 1ayao, habib bayao
2. 2bayao, mohandis lauban
3. 3bayao, farina hanna balilia
4. 4kasan, sadik samar
5. 5ali, anisa tulah
6. 6hassan, sakina aman
15Kakarsabdullah, mac magelna7153807017
Punong Barangay
sabdullah, mac magelna
Sangguniang Barangay · 6
1. 1sabdullah, herate magelna
2. 2wahab, usmaira lauban
3. 3undong, thocks ebus
4. 4blaim, aratuc sakandal
5. 5undong, sumail malang
6. 6usman, arumpac bali
16Kenebekano roster153807018
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Kenebeka. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
17Kurintemno roster153807019
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Kurintem. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
18Kusiongsinsuat, jaffer sheen busran7153807020
Punong Barangay
sinsuat, jaffer sheen busran
Sangguniang Barangay · 6
1. 1ismael, norodin sapi
2. 2campong, abdulbassir guiapal
3. 3maliga, chiclet sapi
4. 4alfonso, elizalde suasin
5. 5ariston, alfredo mariano
6. 6adal, vivian malley
19Labungancampong, murad gani8153807021
Punong Barangay
campong, murad gani
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1abdul, chonalyn suenan
2. 2julio, juliet landigan
3. 3gunsi, recto andag
4. 4paladin, rodrigo landigan
5. 5buisan, kris delna
6. 6campong, japar abdulrahman
7. 7campong, zulkarnain gani
20Linek5153807022
Sangguniang Barangay · 5
1. 1kamid, hashim aguindarat n/a
2. 2mustapha, zacaria sandialan n/a
3. 3adza, ting mamaklay n/a
4. 4kaul, sangkala buto
5. 5sangkad, remy katug
21Makirno roster153807023
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Makir. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
22Marguesno roster153807024
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Margues. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
23Mompongadam, joehari sinsuat8153807026
Punong Barangay
adam, joehari sinsuat
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1sinsuat, ameril bandar
2. 2sinsuat, laurel kalog
3. 3maulana, bong hasim
4. 4ali, ayobahan sinsuat
5. 5saliguidan, nasser mohammad
6. 6minted, uranza capitawata
7. 7guiamalon, al-manser uda
24Nekitansinsuat, mae kris balofinos8153807025
Punong Barangay
sinsuat, mae kris balofinos
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1abdullah, hairon abedin
2. 2aliman, faisal dada
3. 3dampas, nasser matal
4. 4diog, marcos utiak abad jr
5. 5salilama, akmad samad
6. 6salilama, mamatanto samad
7. 7usman, mohamad mundas
25Sapalanno roster153807027
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Sapalan. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
26Sembano roster153807028
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Semba. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
27Sibuto6153807029
Sangguniang Barangay · 6
1. 1lumanggal, johaymen ambolodto
2. 2lumanggal, norman saban
3. 3tuanadatu, ebrahim ali
4. 4guialudin, blah lakman
5. 5blah, aida sulaiman
6. 6kahal, esrail digutemen
28Sifarenno roster153807030
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Sifaren. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
29Tambakmayasa, shehanina hasan8153807031
Punong Barangay
mayasa, shehanina hasan
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1guiabel, gani ali
2. 2lawa, jordan dinding
3. 3ambalagan, saudi salik
4. 4engkel, sahabudin kongan
5. 5tato, hasim dudin
6. 6alamada, abdulrahman ali
7. 7saban, esmael malang
30TamontakaSINSUAT, IVIE ROSE SINSUAT2153807032
Punong Barangay
SINSUAT, IVIE ROSE SINSUAT
Sangguniang Barangay · 1
1. 1SINSUAT, BAI AMYRAH SINSUAT
31Tanuelkasan, tamano abduladzis8153807033
Punong Barangay
kasan, tamano abduladzis
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1kadil, sadat mohammad
2. 2ebrahim, hamid talib
3. 3KAMID, HASSAN MOCTAR
4. 4MAMADRA, LACSON ANANG
5. 5ABDULAH, HAMIYA LABUNGAN
6. 6DALMAOB, JORDAN AMBOLODTO
7. 7GEDTAL, MAGUID ZACARIA
32Tapiantaup, baiya sinsuat8153807034
Punong Barangay
taup, baiya sinsuat
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1minted, solaiman teja
2. 2dinda, jacob alian
3. 3agar, nora garcia
4. 4kudarat, kadra olimpayen
5. 5amander, sauda guiamel
6. 6nakan, abdulbasher tampugao
7. 7abelardo, joefrey guiamadil
33TaviranUNTONG, DATU ALI DIANALAN8153807035
Punong Barangay
UNTONG, DATU ALI DIANALAN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1UNTONG, SUHARTO MOPAC
2. 2laban, bai sumayan oyod
3. 3benito, nissan angas
4. 4diocolano, bainie enon
5. 5untong, datu asram abo
6. 6kabuntalan, datu yashier diocolano
7. 7untong, h.fatima diocolano
34Tenonggossebangan, yulo gogo8153807036
Punong Barangay
sebangan, yulo gogo
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1sebangan, thong mandi
2. 2abdullah, fahad sepi
3. 3abdulrahman, embo huga
4. 4ulama, ben mobalet
5. 5sebangan, hja. rahima baganian
6. 6guiamad, badi meto
7. 7tacpan, teresa ulama

Each barangay is its own local government unit with an elected punong barangay and council. The code beside a name is its PSGC identifier — the number every national record uses for that barangay.

Officials are from DILG’s Barangay Officials Directory as it stood on 2026-09-26; 22 of these 34 barangays have an entry in it. DILG publishes no term alongside the names and updates the directory as barangays report, so a name here is the last one filed rather than a guarantee of who holds the office today. DILG’s directory also carries contact details, which are not repeated here.

The office since 2001

2 surnames

2025–2028ABAS, BABAUBJP
2022–2025SINSUAT, LESTERheldNP
2019–2022SINSUAT, OMBRAheldPDPLBN
2016–2019SINSUAT, OMBRAheldLP
2013–2016SINSUAT, DATUOMBRAheldLP
2010–2013SINSUAT, LESTER S.heldBAGUMBAYAN
2007–2010SINSUAT, OMBRA QUESADAheldKAMPI
2004–2007SINSUAT, LESTER SIESMUNDOheldLAKAS-CMD
2001–2004SINSUAT, OMBRA Q.PMP

“Held” marks a term whose office-holder shares a surname with the term before it. Surnames, not people — a seat passing between relatives reads the same here as one person re-elected, and in most of these towns it is the more common of the two.

Term

2025 National and Local Elections · elected May 12, 2025 · in office June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2028

COMELEC — 2025 election results, Certificates of Canvass↗

Mayor

ABAS, BABA

UBJP15,660 votes50.69%

2 other candidates

02SINSUAT, LESTERPFP15,12948.97%
03DATUKON, JUNIEIND1040.34%

Vice-Mayor

SINSUAT, BOBSTEEL

UBJP15,825 votes52.19%

2 other candidates

02SINSUAT, SAJIDLAKAS14,11146.54%
03SINSUAT, MARILENIND3851.27%

Sangguniang Bayan

8 elected of 23 candidates

01ABAS, SOPHIAUBJP15,2087.5%
02DIOCOLANO, RAHIBUBJP14,8907.34%
03SINSUAT, DATU UGAUBJP14,5487.17%
04ABAS, NORODINNP14,3137.06%
05SINSUAT, DATU MOHAMMADNP13,9256.87%
06LUMANGGAL, SORABUBJP13,5186.67%
07DRUZ ALI, SHENGUBJP13,4036.61%
08MOINGGIT, TEODROUBJP13,2716.55%

15 not elected

09PULINDAO, NASUBJP12,8676.35%
10SINSUAT-BIRUAR, THALIALAKAS12,8216.32%
11SINSUAT, DATU BANJOLAKAS12,3026.07%
12SINSUAT, DATU KEMNP12,0925.96%
13NUR, DATUNLAKAS10,7525.3%
14PINGUIAMAN, DATUDIDONP9,1674.52%
15MOHAMAD, DATU ANDYLAKAS8,6184.25%
16ABAG, DATUKAILIND3,0811.52%
17DIOG, MARCOS UTIAKIND2,0301%
18KUSIN, DATUNEILIND1,7530.86%
19MAULANA, RAMILSIAP1,1440.56%
20ACOSTA, FEBYIND9610.47%
21BALABARAN, DATU WALYSIAP9150.45%
22MAMOGKAT, ANDAYSIAP7210.36%
23BAKNAL, DATU MOMEXIND4610.23%

And for Maguindanao del Norte as a whole

Provincial Governor

MASTURA, DATU TUCAO

PFP199,049 votes72.3%

1 other candidate

02MANGUDADATU, TENGITIHAD76,26027.7%

Provincial Vice-Governor

SINSUAT, MARSHALL

UBJP198,233 votes73.23%

1 other candidate

02SINSUAT, BAI AINEEPFP72,46126.77%

Provincial board and the full provincial canvass

The offices, and who fills themEvery elected and appointed post a municipality has, and the barangay posts underneath it, with what each is paid. Set by the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code, so the ladder is the same everywhere.Where to find the current namesAnyone who took office after the 2025 canvass, and the barangays DILG has no roster for, are held by the offices that publish them.

What a municipality is responsible for.

These services are devolved to this level by the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code, so they describe what Datu Odin Sinsuatis mandated to provide — not an inventory of what its offices currently run. For opening hours and requirements, the unit’s own hall is the source.

Health

Rural health units, health centers and barangay health stations
Primary health care, maternal and child care, communicable disease control
Purchase of medicines and medical supplies

Social services

Day care centers and child and family welfare
Programs for women, the elderly and persons with disabilities
Nutrition, family planning and community-based rehabilitation

Infrastructure and public works

Municipal or city roads, bridges, drainage and flood control
School buildings, health centers, public markets and slaughterhouses
Water supply systems and communal irrigation
Sites for the police and fire stations and the municipal jail

Permits, records and regulation

Business permits and licensing
Building permits and zoning enforcement
Civil registry — birth, marriage and death certificates
Real property assessment and tax collection
Reclassifying farmland — capped at 15% of the town’s agricultural land, 10% or 5% in smaller classes

Agriculture, environment and safety

Agricultural extension, seed farms and fisheries
Solid waste collection and disposal
Community-based forestry projects
Fire and police coordination, and disaster risk reduction

And at the barangay

Frontline services

Barangay clearance and certificates of residency and indigency
Barangay health station and day care center
Katarungang Pambarangay — a lupon of 10 to 20 members mediates disputes before they reach court

Community

Barangay tanod and peace and order at street level — one tanod per 200 residents, 30 at most
Maintenance of barangay roads, footpaths and water supply
Solid waste segregation at source
Agricultural support — planting materials and farm produce collection and buying stations

Money it handles

A tax of up to 1% on stores with gross sales under ₱50,000 in a city or ₱30,000 in a municipality
Its share of the real property tax — 25% of what the province collects on property in it
10% of its general fund set aside for the Sangguniang Kabataan
Its own annual budget, reviewed by the city or municipal council within 90 days

And what you pay it.

These are the ceilings the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code and its implementing rules set on what a municipality and its barangays may charge, with the deadlines that go with them. Datu Odin Sinsuat sets its own rates by ordinance and may charge less, so treat these as the most it can be rather than the bill — the hall has the ordinance.

Community tax certificate — the cedula
IRR arts. 452, 454
₱20, plus ₱1 for every ₱1,000 of income, up to ₱5,000 in all
Accrues 1 January, due by the last day of February. 24% a year on what is late.
Real property tax — the amilyar
IRR arts. 530, 531, 540, 541
Up to 1% of assessed value in a province, up to 2% in a city, plus 1% for the Special Education Fund
In full by 31 March, or in four instalments due 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December. Up to 20% off for paying early.
Business tax
IRR arts. 439, 444
Graduated by gross sales — a retailer pays 2% on the first ₱400,000 and 1% above it
Within the first 20 days of January, or of each quarter.
Professional tax
IRR art. 447
Up to ₱1,300 a year, and it covers practice anywhere in the country
By 31 January, or before you begin to practice.
Transfer of land
IRR art. 437
Up to 0.5% of the price or the fair market value, whichever is higher
Within 60 days of the deed, or of the death of the owner.
Barangay clearance
IRR art. 457
A reasonable fee the barangay council sets by ordinance
On application. The barangay also collects a store tax of up to 1% from the smallest shops.
Filing a complaint at the barangay
IRR arts. 64, 65, 78
Free — the katarungang pambarangay charges no filing fee
Mediation runs 15 days, then 15 more before the pangkat.
Paying any local tax late
IRR art. 459
A surcharge of up to 25%, plus up to 2% a month, capped at 36 months
Runs from the day the tax fell due.

About these figures

Structure from the Philippine Standard Geographic Code; population and land area from Wikidata, which carries PSA’s census figures with their census dates. Population is the 2024 Census of Population. Elected officials are the winners in COMELEC’s 2025 Certificates of Canvass, holding office to June 30, 2028.

Sulu is excluded: the Supreme Court removed it from BARMM. PSA census totals that still count Sulu will therefore be larger than the totals here. Cotabato City is listed as an area of its own, though PSA files it inside Maguindanao del Norte — the provincial figure here has the city taken out of it so the two are not counted twice. Province land area is the province’s own published figure, never a sum of its municipalities: Philippine municipal areas are self-reported and overlap, so they do not add up to the province they sit in. A blank is a fact about the record, not a zero.

A dash means the record has no figure — not a zero. Boundaries and office-holders change; where this differs from an official page, the official page is right.

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