Pagagawan
Pagagawan is a municipality of Maguindanao del Sur, in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. It is divided into 11 barangays, and had 42,181 residents at the 2024 census.
Renamed Datu Montawal by Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act 152 on June 9, 2003. PSGC and COMELEC still file it as Pagagawan, which is why the directory does too.
- Province
- Maguindanao del Sur
- Classification
- Municipality
- Also known as
- Datu Montawal
- Barangays
- 11
- PSGC code
- 153822000
42,181
Population (2024)
461.1 km²
Land area
91
People per km²
+13%
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 It repealed the ARMM code it replaced.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.
Pagagawan's share of Maguindanao del Sur
5.2%
The rest of Maguindanao del Sur
The record
- Population, 2024 census
- 42,181
- Population, 2020 census
- 37,314
- Change, 2020 to 2024
- +13% (4,867 people)
- Land area
- 461.1 km²
- Population density
- 91 per km²
- Barangays
- 11
- Average barangay population
- 3,835
- Share of Maguindanao del Sur
- 5.2%
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
11
01BalatungkayoLINTONGAN, FAISAR BAGUEL10
Punong Barangay
LINTONGAN, FAISAR BAGUEL
SK Chairperson
DUMALABA, ALBASSER TALUSAN
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- MAGON, NIDA MAKATABANG
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1SALAMA, YVONNE AISA MAMOLINTAO
- 2EMBA, RONIE BANGON
- 3LUMAYON, SONNY PINTO
- 4MATALAM, REY MANAMBUAY
- 5SALAMA, JOEMAR MANAMBUAY
- 6ANTILINO, JUNJUN MALUGAYAK
- 7LINTONGAN, ALINDATO ENGAS
02BulitSIMBUANGAN, ALITOTO BUALAN10
Punong Barangay
SIMBUANGAN, ALITOTO BUALAN
SK Chairperson
SIMBUANGAN, CHIARA CLAIRE MATALAM
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- MATALAM, HANNAH ANTOY
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1SIMBUANGAN, HABIB BUALAN
- 2SIMBUANGAN, SAMER BUALAN
- 3TAYA, SALAM SIMBUANGAN
- 4PAYAG, SALI BAILAN
- 5AMPATUAN, YUNOS BUALAN
- 6MAKAUYAG, USMAN PATADON
- 7GUMAWAN, ALDRIN SIMBUANGAN
03BulodKAKIM, ORAW PANIDSING10
Punong Barangay
KAKIM, ORAW PANIDSING
SK Chairperson
BUDAY, RAHIB BANDILA
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- TALIB, SAWEL MAMALANGKAS
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1KAKIM, DATUNAUT MANUKIL
- 2ABO, MARIANDANG MAMA
- 3MANDALAIT, DADONG KAMANTIS
- 4BISNO, SANTOKAN EDRES
- 5BANTAS, RASHID DILANGGALEN
- 6TANTONG, MUTIN SAMPULNA
- 7OLIMPAIN, AMIL ANAN
04DungguanBUDAY, ZAFRULLAH SAMAMA10
Punong Barangay
BUDAY, ZAFRULLAH SAMAMA
SK Chairperson
MONTAWAL, ALAMIN BANDILA
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- SANGALAN, ALMER TUMAGUINTING
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1MALALAG, TUALI PANDIAN
- 2BUDAY, CHRISTOPHER SAMAMA
- 3MAMOKRAS, MENGKAG MANGANDILI
- 4KUDARAT, PASIGAN BELONGAN
- 5ANTUKA, DATUKAYOB MATALAM
- 6MAMALIMPING, TONY PUAS
- 7ALI, MASTURA PANDIAN
05LimbaludGUIAMA, TING MANGAGIL10
Punong Barangay
GUIAMA, TING MANGAGIL
SK Chairperson
MAKALIDO, NORHAN APLAL
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- MAMINTAL, MOCTAR AMIL
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1TUGAMAY, AMER LANDASAN
- 2MANGACOP, DATUAN TUGAMAY
- 3ANOK, SAMIRUDIN MAMENTAL
- 4KAWILAN, TEDJIE TADO
- 5MOHAMAD, MOHALIDIN LIMBAGAN
- 6ALI, MUDJAHID MACAUNAY
- 7MOTALIB, TAHARODIN BAGUA
06MaridagaoMAGANAKA, TOKS KAMENTO10
Punong Barangay
MAGANAKA, TOKS KAMENTO
SK Chairperson
BUNTA, STEVEN SANGULAN
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- BUNTA, ALADIN ANTE
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1ANTE, SOMOBENG BUAT
- 2GALUKEN, HARON MENDOZA
- 3PANDAPATAN, JERON HADJI UMAL
- 4MUDSOL, BADRUDIN GUIANI
- 5UMAL, ALI BUAT
- 6ZAID, IBRAHIM BACUNA
- 7DALIMBANG, ALMUKTAR ABDUL
07NabundasBACUNA, NASSER MONTERA10
Punong Barangay
BACUNA, NASSER MONTERA
SK Chairperson
BACUNA, SITTIE SAMRAIDA SANGABAN
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- BALUMOL, NORLYN ZAID
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1BACUNA, SAMMY MONTERA SR
- 2BACANA, NICK KASIM SR
- 3KABAGEL, TONG TALILISEN SR
- 4KASIM, TATO DALIMBANG SR
- 5MAYAMA, HUSSAMAR PANGATO SR
- 6KATOG, ARBAYA TALDES SR
- 7LUMAMBAS, BAHER PANGA SR
08PagagawanMANGADAD, TUNKU MATALAM8
Punong Barangay
MANGADAD, TUNKU MATALAM
SK Chairperson
SOLAIMAN, AZ-ZAHIR MATALAM
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- BUTCH, JEMBOY MATGAS
Sangguniang Barangay · 5
- 1KALITON, NASRUDIN PANIALES
- 2MANGADAD, ABDULLAH MANALASAL
- 3MAIDA, FAISAL PANDITA
- 4MANALASAL, HAGUIAR MATIMAN
- 5MACATABANG, GASCON DIMAKULAY
09TalapasMAMONDAS, MAKABINGBING DIMA10
Punong Barangay
MAMONDAS, MAKABINGBING DIMA
SK Chairperson
ALI, EMMAN NOR AMILIL
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ALI, JUN GUIAPAL
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1PADSUBILLA, MARCO CAUMBO
- 2MAMONDAS, OMBRA MONTAWAL
- 3ALI, DANTE BANGON
- 4ALON, POKEN PANDITA
- 5MOKAMAD, TATO MAKAKOWA
- 6BEDA, PASIGAN GUILAN
- 7SALICAN, MAMA TAMPUAGA
10TalitayABUBAKAR, MUCHTAR MAMANSAL10
Punong Barangay
ABUBAKAR, MUCHTAR MAMANSAL
SK Chairperson
ABUBAKAR, BENLADIN GUIAMA
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ABAS, AMYRA SALIBAT
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1ABUBAKAR, MALEJA HASHIM
- 2LUMINOG, MOHAMAD GIGAY
- 3ABUBAKAR, MALEJA HASHIM
- 4ABDULRAHIM, MOTRIBA SALIK
- 5MAMANSAL, NASSER LAMBEG
- 6ABDULRAHMAN, RAHIB SALAM
- 7MAHMOD, SALABI KAGELEK
11TunggolMONTAWAL, JIMMY MATALAM10
Punong Barangay
MONTAWAL, JIMMY MATALAM
SK Chairperson
KADIDING, BABY-AN PANGULIMA
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- LANUTAN, DORIS SANTOS
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1MATON, SAUDA PAGLAS
- 2DODIG, BAILANIE MONTAWAL
- 3MONTAWAL, DATU KAUTIN AMBEL JR.
- 4MONTAWAL, RONIE MATALAM
- 5MONTAWAL, MANGIE DIOCOLANO
- 6FEROLINO, BERNIE TOLIN
- 7MONTAWAL, SALONG UGALINGAN
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; 11 of these 11 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- 2025–2028MONTAWAL, VICMANheldNP
- 2022–2025MONTAWAL, OHTOheldNP
- 2019–2022MONTAWAL, OHTOheldPDPLBN
- 2016–2019MONTAWAL, VICMANheldLP
- 2013–2016MONTAWAL, DRAGONheldLP
- 2010–2013MONTAWAL, OHTO C.PMP
- 2007–2010not in the record
- 2004–2007not in the record
- 2001–2004MONTAWAL, ANNIE C.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.
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
MONTAWAL, VICMAN
NP15,698 votes87.23%
1 other candidate
- 02BEDA, SAMIRPFP2,29812.77%
Vice-Mayor
MONTAWAL, OHTO
LAKAS16,448 votes92.5%
1 other candidate
- 02BELOTINDOS, ANTONIOPFP1,3347.5%
Sangguniang Bayan
8 elected of 25 candidates
- 01MONTAWAL, TATA JOLICIESNP9,4367.99%
- 02MINDALAGAT, TAYANP9,3497.92%
- 03MANGADAD, PONGLAKAS9,3017.88%
- 04SIMBUANGAN, BEBSIND8,5087.21%
- 05ABUBACAR, MHODZLAKAS8,5047.21%
- 06MONTAWAL, DATU KOTSLAKAS8,0216.8%
- 07ESMAEL, COSMELAKAS7,5066.36%
- 08KAKIM, ABZLAKAS7,3136.2%
17 not elected
- 09LAGUIALAOT, MUSTAPHAPFP6,6005.59%
- 10MONTAWAL, JEROMEIND6,5275.53%
- 11MONTAWAL, KUNDONP6,4555.47%
- 12MONTAWAL, MANGIEIND5,8194.93%
- 13MONTAWAL, BALOMOL JR.IND5,3104.5%
- 14PAGLAS, BAI BEBINGIND3,9013.31%
- 15SAMBUTUAN, TATOIND3,6823.12%
- 16FEROLINO, BIKONGIND3,5102.97%
- 17MOHAMAD, NASRUDININD2,5982.2%
- 18TACUKEN, PULOT JR.IND2,0751.76%
- 19ANGKEB, NORODINPFP1,1801%
- 20DATUAN, LUNAPFP9490.8%
- 21MAKAKENA, DATUANPFP7100.6%
- 22TAGITIKAN, ABDULMANANPFP3060.26%
- 23TACUKEN, RADZAKPFP2830.24%
- 24MACALNAS, REYNIEPFP1000.08%
- 25KONTANG, MAMAIND830.07%
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 Pagagawanis 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. Pagagawan 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.