Datu Paglas
Datu Paglas is a municipality of Maguindanao del Sur, in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. It is divided into 23 barangays, and had 38,446 residents at the 2024 census.
- Province
- Maguindanao del Sur
- Classification
- Municipality
- Barangays
- 23
- PSGC code
- 153805000
38,446
Population (2024)
132.1 km²
Land area
291
People per km²
+14.1%
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 It repealed the ARMM code it replaced.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.
Datu Paglas's share of Maguindanao del Sur
4.7%
The rest of Maguindanao del Sur
The record
- Population, 2024 census
- 38,446
- Population, 2020 census
- 33,682
- Change, 2020 to 2024
- +14.1% (4,764 people)
- Land area
- 132.1 km²
- Population density
- 291 per km²
- Barangays
- 23
- Average barangay population
- 1,672
- Share of Maguindanao del Sur
- 4.7%
Reading it
Population is the count as of July 1, 2024, the reference date of the 2024 Census of Population. The 2020 figure is from the census before it, so the change covers 4 years rather than a single year.
Density is the census population over the land area on record. It is a flat average: a coastal town whose people all live along one road will read the same as one spread evenly across its hills.
Average barangay population divides the total across every barangay equally, which no municipality actually does — it is useful for comparing units, not for describing one.
All barangays
23
01Alip (Pob.)1
SK Chairperson
USOP, NORMINA ABDULLAH
02BonawanTOCAO, JONATHAN AQUINO10
Punong Barangay
TOCAO, JONATHAN AQUINO
SK Chairperson
TOCAO, ZAHIRA KULAW
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- UDTIG, IBRAHIM MADIDIS
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1MADIDIS, RASUL TOCAO
- 2TOCAO, FANNY BATUA
- 3TOCAO, ALI ADIL
- 4TOCAO, LUKO DAMANYUG
- 5SALENDAB, TENG PLANG
- 6MADIDIS, MOHAMAD KAMAMANG
- 7DATANG, ALNOR CALAY
03BulodAKMAD, MODRIKA OGIOD10
Punong Barangay
AKMAD, MODRIKA OGIOD
SK Chairperson
AKMAD, ALIYA AYADA
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ULAMA, MOHAMMAD JUMUAD
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1BANTAS, TONG DIMAYON
- 2MAYATO, PENNY EMAM
- 3TAN, ARSIN DANTE
- 4SALI, ABAS KUDAY
- 5MUNDI, MUKTAR AMPATUA
- 6SALIM, ANWARUDIN EMAM
- 7TAMAL, MUTIN BAYANGAN
04DamalusayPAGLAS, DATU SHARIFF TAHA MANGELEN10
Punong Barangay
PAGLAS, DATU SHARIFF TAHA MANGELEN
SK Chairperson
MOHAMAD, BOMEDIN LATIP
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- BAGUADATU, KING ART ALVHAR DELOS SANTOS
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1MAINDAN, MOBARACK MOHAMAD
- 2TAKBIR, BHONG ALON
- 3USOP, DALI PANAMBULAN
- 4INDAL, MARWAN BULUDAN
- 5ZABIDI, JOHN HALED PENDALIDAY
- 6GUIAMEL, AL-MUHAIMEN USOP
- 7DIMAO, MOCSIN GUIWAN
05DamawatoMADIDIS, ARMSTRONG KAMID10
Punong Barangay
MADIDIS, ARMSTRONG KAMID
SK Chairperson
MAROHOMBSAR, FRANCIS MADIDIS
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- MANGUDADATU, YLAICA MAE LANDASAN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1KANAKAN, BRYAN MAMALINTA
- 2MADIDIS, SAMER KASIM
- 3TUGAN, JHONATAN EGKAYOGEN
- 4KANAKAN, THONG BURUKIN
- 5SENDAD, MOHAMIDEN SOMAGAYAN
- 6TOCAO, MOTIN DALTE
- 7MADIDIS, NASSER MAMATON
06DatangDATANG, UTIAK KUTIA10
Punong Barangay
DATANG, UTIAK KUTIA
SK Chairperson
DATANG, ALHAM DIMAPALAO
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- DATANG, NASSER SATOL
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1DATANG, JOEMAR ADIL
- 2MAMPAO, ZAINODIN PASAGUI
- 3ABDULMAULA, ALDO MANAMBUAY
- 4MOLILIS, MOHAMAD PANALANDANG
- 5TOCAO, TAHA BUKOL
- 6GALKAS, IBRAHIM LAGUIAMODA
- 7DADOG, ALISON MALIGA
07ElbebeFILASOL, AKMAD DE EYOY9
Punong Barangay
FILASOL, AKMAD DE EYOY
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- EGKAYOGEN, TAMMY KAKIM
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1FILASOL, NAPISA BAGANIAN
- 2MALIGA, KANDAO MAKIYA
- 3ENDAL, MORSID NANDING
- 4RAMIS, JUN ZULIOS
- 5BALET, TIMAN LUBALANG
- 6MAWAY, DANTE SALING
- 7SANGEBAN, SAMER ADTABUAN
08KalumengaPIGAN, MONALYN DALGAN10
Punong Barangay
PIGAN, MONALYN DALGAN
SK Chairperson
PIGAN, JAYMAR UYAS
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- BUNGAMBONG, BOY TUMINDEG
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1PIGAN, MALUGAYAK PATO
- 2PIGAN, ABDILLAH KITALOK
- 3BUNGAMBONG, DADAO SALILAGUIA
- 4BANSULAT, ALAMANSA MADIDIS
- 5TAYA, SANDIALI MATO
- 6MALIG, REY ABDUL
- 7ALBA, KENTO PAGAW
09KatilMOLID, OSMENA USMAN10
Punong Barangay
MOLID, OSMENA USMAN
SK Chairperson
ENGKO, BAILYN MOLID
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- MLANG, TONG MANAMPAD
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1USMAN, JUNAIDIN ALI
- 2MOLID, THOCK MODALES
- 3MODALES, MOSAIDIN ABPET
- 4GUAGA, REDWAN TAWALANG
- 5MOLID, PENDATUN LAMALAN
- 6MASUKAT, MOHAMMAD SALENDAB
- 7SAMBULAWAN, BOY MOLID
10LipaoABDILLAH, TAUGAN OGIOD10
Punong Barangay
ABDILLAH, TAUGAN OGIOD
SK Chairperson
ABUBACAR, EZRAHAIDA EGKAO
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- TANGKLI, KHADAFIE MAMA
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1KALANG, BAHREN MANIBPEL
- 2TUBAK, TUNGGAL PENDALIDAY
- 3DALANDANG, MORSID KALIBAKAN
- 4KULUANG, ALIMODEN PANDAPATAN
- 5ABDILLAH, HABIBA AKAS
- 6GALIB, ARATUC KALIBAKAN
- 7HARON, MORHIDIN KALIBAKAN
11LomoyonSALENDAB, MAHER SEPI10
Punong Barangay
SALENDAB, MAHER SEPI
SK Chairperson
SUMAIL, MOMAR TAHIR SALENDAB
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ABDUL, NORAISA KASAN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1KARIM, JUNJUN ABDULKARIM
- 2USMAN, HARRIS BALIMBINGAN
- 3DONDOY, DANNY KADINGILAN
- 4SALEM, MOHAMAD SAPI
- 5SABANG, RAMIL USMAN
- 6PALACAD, HARON MASULOT
- 7MAYUNTING, PAISAL DANGOS
12MadidisNAWAL, NASHRUDIN LUMBAYAW10
Punong Barangay
NAWAL, NASHRUDIN LUMBAYAW
SK Chairperson
AYOB, ALMERAH NAWAL
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- DIMALILAY, VIVIAN PENA
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1MADIDIS, RASID SAPI
- 2ABPA, KIDATU ZAMURA
- 3SANDIGAN, ALMINAR BANSULAT
- 4TOCAO, COY SALIK
- 5AYADA, ABDULLAH NASA
- 6MADIDIS, PARIDO AWIL
- 7MADIDIS, ZOREN SULTAN
13MakatNACO, ABUBAKAR AKMAD9
Punong Barangay
NACO, ABUBAKAR AKMAD
SK Chairperson
WALINGAN, JOZA MAE GALAY
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1NACO, ABUBACAR EMILIO JR.
- 2DIPATUAN, ABDUL BASSER AYOB
- 3PANGILAMEN, NORHAN NALIG
- 4GUIALUDIN, MOHALADIN EMBA
- 5BACULODAN, ROLLY MAMID
- 6BACULODAN, BAJUNAID BAGUIL
- 7TARI, DELMA SALINA
14MalalaEGKAO, AQUINO ANSAMA10
Punong Barangay
EGKAO, AQUINO ANSAMA
SK Chairperson
NANDO, WAHABIN MAMALINTA
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- MAYATO, NAJIA EGKAO
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1SABLANA, ABDALAWI KALILAYAN
- 2NANDO, REDWAN SALILING
- 3NANALAN, TAYAN AMBOD
- 4AMBOD, REMY SABLANA
- 5JAMAD, HECTOR MAMATON
- 6NANALAN, TAYAN AMBOD
- 7ABDULLAH, FARSHAD NANDO
15MangadegMODALES, ABDULKAHAR IBRAHIM10
Punong Barangay
MODALES, ABDULKAHAR IBRAHIM
SK Chairperson
KINDATU, MOHAINA INSIANG
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ALBA, BAYAN BAJUNAID
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1USOP, DAUD HAMSA
- 2CABACUNGAN, MOHAMAD SULTAN
- 3SALILIT, DANTE KEMAT
- 4AYOB, NOR-HAYYA KADIL
- 5ACOL, DATUAN SUMANDAL
- 6ABPET, KORENG MODALES
- 7SALIPADA, THOCKS INSIANG
16ManindoloPASUTAN, SAMIR SAMBULAWAN10
Punong Barangay
PASUTAN, SAMIR SAMBULAWAN
SK Chairperson
PASUTAN, JOHN PAUL FABE
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- PASUTAN, RAHIB KASUYO
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1KUBONG, SAMMY ABDUL
- 2LANGKAY, TOMMY GANDEL
- 3ADIL, ALDREN KAMAMANG
- 4TAIB, SAUDIE BALAYMAN
- 5SALENDAB, MISUARE BALAYMAN
- 6PASUTAN, HAMSA EMBA
- 7EMBA, ZAINUDIN LAMALAN
17MaoKINTUAN, KING MANGELEN9
Punong Barangay
KINTUAN, KING MANGELEN
SK Chairperson
AMINOLA, NADIA TADO
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1SAKILAN, NORUDDIN MANALAG JR
- 2DANDAO, TOTO KATIP
- 3GUTERES, BASSER GUALI
- 4MANALASAL, KIGA ANGKAY
- 5AMINOLA, MANSUR GAMBAYAN
- 6RAJHABUAYAN, MADS PANIGEL
- 7AMINOLA, TATO SALILIT
18NapokKASILI, SIA POMPONG9
Punong Barangay
KASILI, SIA POMPONG
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- pompong, wahab lumonto
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1KASILI, BADRODIN PLANG
- 2EGKAYUGEN, DAUTAN GALAKAS
- 3SALILAMA, TUKAN AMPENAS
- 4AMPENAS, KURATO MAIDO
- 5PUTIAN, ALONTO POMPONG
- 6BUKOL, BHONG POMPONG
- 7POMPONG, DENNIS SANDIALAN
19Palao sa ButoULANGKAYA, SAMSUDIN KAMANSO10
Punong Barangay
ULANGKAYA, SAMSUDIN KAMANSO
SK Chairperson
DATUMANONG, ASMAIRA PALOT
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ULANGKAYA, AMIR USOP
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1MAKADLA, MUHALIDIN PAMALOY JR
- 2KIBAO, SANDATO BANGGO
- 3MASTURA, MUHALIDEN PAMALOY
- 4SULTAN, JERRY KABUAT
- 5USOP, NASRODIN ZUKARNO
- 6KIBAO, PUTI SALIKALA
- 7KAMANSO, ABDULWAHID SENDAB
20PoblacionPAGLAS, ABUBAKAR POWERS10
Punong Barangay
PAGLAS, ABUBAKAR POWERS
SK Chairperson
PAGLAS, ABDUL HABIB KASAN
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ABDULA, BAILANIE GULING
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1DIMAPALAO, KINGHALID L
- 2RAJAHBUAYAN, DATU MULOK A
- 3ALIMAMA, DONG BENOL
- 4GILA, SAID LIPOLES
- 5MANGAKOY, RASOL TUDON
- 6AYOB, MUMAR MAGUID
- 7ENGCO, AKMAD AMBOD
21PuyaANGKOKOY, UTIAK MASANDAG10
Punong Barangay
ANGKOKOY, UTIAK MASANDAG
SK Chairperson
SABAL, ALMERA GUIAMALON
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- MANGELEN, SALAMA LEBAS
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1ANGKOKOY, RESTY MASANDAG
- 2SALBO, SANDRO SALI
- 3KLO, MOTIN AMAD
- 4ACOB, RENETO TIAGO
- 5KAUTIN, GUIMEL BANTO
- 6UYAG, ABEDIN LUMAMBAS
- 7BULUDAN, NORMAN ANDATUWAN
22SalendabAYOB, DANTE PALLADO SR9
Punong Barangay
AYOB, DANTE PALLADO SR
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ANDONG, LAIDA B
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1ANDIL, BERT LUMINOG
- 2ANOK, JOHARIE BERNAN
- 3AYOB, JOHAMIN DELNA
- 4ANDONG, KOG SALI
- 5SAPAK, BENZAR G
- 6MADIE, BADRUDIN ADTABUAN
- 7MAMA, MOJAHID KANDATU
23SepakaFACUNLA, ARCANGEL BEJOSA JR.9
Punong Barangay
FACUNLA, ARCANGEL BEJOSA JR.
SK Chairperson
GUMAGA, AFDAL MANDANG
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1KUSAIN, MAGUID SINOMANANG
- 2LUMAMBAS, ALADIN TADOR
- 3TESIL, FELY MACADANGDANG
- 4MAYATO, MORSE ABDUL
- 5EGKAO, DONDON ABDUL
- 6LAMALAN, NORAISA GUMAGA
- 7GUIAMLOD, BHADS EGKAO
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; 23 of these 23 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
1 surname- 2025–2028PAGLAS, IBRAHIM IVheldNP
- 2022–2025PAGLAS, ABUBAKARheldNP
- 2019–2022PAGLAS, ABUBAKARheldPDPLBN
- 2016–2019PAGLAS, ABUBAKARheldLP
- 2013–2016PAGLAS, MOHAMADheldLP
- 2010–2013PAGLAS, MOHAMAD P.BAGUMBAYAN
- 2007–2010not in the record
- 2004–2007PAGLAS, ABUBAKAR PENDATUNheldLAKAS-CMD
- 2001–2004PAGLAS, ABUBAKAR PENDATUNPMP
“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.
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
PAGLAS, IBRAHIM IV
NP10,171 votes63.74%
1 other candidate
- 02BUKOL, ABBASUBJP5,78536.26%
Vice-Mayor
PAGLAS, ABUBAKAR
LAKAS10,491 votes66.09%
1 other candidate
- 02SALENDAB, DATU TOTSUBJP5,38233.91%
Sangguniang Bayan
8 elected of 16 candidates
- 01DIMAPALAO, JERRYNP8,7678.4%
- 02NANDO, REDWANLAKAS8,4288.08%
- 03MADIDIS, TONYLAKAS7,8837.55%
- 04POMPONG, ALEXLAKAS7,8297.5%
- 05ALIM, SAMIRNP7,4977.18%
- 06TOCAO, ALADINNP7,0486.75%
- 07MAKUNGAY, ESKIELAKAS6,8606.57%
- 08ABDILLAH, ZAMORANP6,8446.56%
8 not elected
- 09NANDO, WAHABINUBJP6,5556.28%
- 10AYOB, MUNDOUBJP6,4636.19%
- 11MAINDAN, MOBARACKUBJP5,5145.28%
- 12MADIDIS, ZAINUDINUBJP5,3795.15%
- 13TUDON, MODSUBJP5,1284.91%
- 14YUSOP, YASSERUBJP4,8974.69%
- 15PLANG, ODINUBJP4,7434.55%
- 16ABDULRAHIM, ALIDINUBJP4,5164.33%
And for Maguindanao del Sur as a whole
Provincial Governor
MIDTIMBANG, ALI
PFP180,945 votes53.11%
1 other candidate
- 02MANGUDADATU, BAI MARIAMNP159,74646.89%
Provincial Vice-Governor
NANDO, HISHAM
UBJP188,092 votes57.03%
1 other candidate
- 02AMPATUAN, DATU BENZARNP141,73442.97%
What a municipality is responsible for.
These services are devolved to this level by the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code, so they describe what Datu Paglasis 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
01- 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
02- 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
03- 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
04- 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
05- 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 Paglas 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.