MunicipalityTawi-Tawi

Simunul

Simunul is a municipality of Tawi-Tawi, in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. It is divided into 15 barangays, and had 35,616 residents at the 2024 census.

Province: Tawi-Tawi
Classification: Municipality
Barangays: 15
PSGC code: 157004000

35,616

Population (2024)

167.25 km²

Land area

213

People per km²

+4%

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 It repealed the ARMM code it replaced.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

01Bagid*Sammami, Abusuhod Sahid9157004015
Punong Barangay
Sammami, Abusuhod Sahid
Barangay Secretary · appointed
NOOH, DARWINA DAYAN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1SAMMANI, ALANO ADDAMIN
2. 2ANGA, SOLO MURBIA
3. 3ABDURAHMAN, ALNISHA SALAPUDDIN
4. 4AMINULLA, FARIDA ARANAN
5. 5ASARAL, AYAN HASHIM
6. 6AHMAD, NURIDZMA SATAL
7. 7ABDUSALAM, GENAIDA PANDAOG
02BakongMohammadsaid, Mashier Nur10157004001
Punong Barangay
Mohammadsaid, Mashier Nur
SK Chairperson
Bili, Jaliecka Yap
Barangay Secretary · appointed
Idris, Al-rafie Idarus
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1Abbas, Abubukar Tebuk
2. 2Janjawi, Sairie Ibrahim
3. 3Shatta, Pochong Mohammad
4. 4Idris, Melham Sarabi
5. 5Mufti, Sukarno Abdusalam
6. 6Abdulsali, Gepide Gampong
7. 7Baltarasa, Rajamil Nur
03Doh-TongMAINDAN, DATU ALIZAR BAYO10157004008
Punong Barangay
MAINDAN, DATU ALIZAR BAYO
SK Chairperson
DITTI, ALEXANDER ARAN
Barangay Secretary · appointed
HAMSAJI, FARHANA SUAIB
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1SHALIM, AL-KHALIC HAROUN
2. 2TAHIR, ALKHEWIN AISA
3. 3TOTONG, PIRAMLI DAKMAN
4. 4PINDATUN, ABDUL-JAMIL TAHIL
5. 5ABDUSAMAD, ANJAOTAL REYES
6. 6SUMBING, IDZHAR JAINAL
7. 7HASSAN, ABDURASA NURUN
04Luuk DatanJALALUDDIN, AROLA MOHAMMAD JR10157004009
Punong Barangay
JALALUDDIN, AROLA MOHAMMAD JR
SK Chairperson
ISAHAC, AL-AMIN YUSOP
Barangay Secretary · appointed
YUSOP, MOHAMMAD ALIH ULAMA
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1SAHID, FLORDELIZA MAUJOD
2. 2GANI, AMILGAN TOBAK
3. 3MUDAH, RATAG DANDANIE
4. 4MANULON, HALUN HAMBALI
5. 5ADIL, MOHAMMAD BASIL HARUN
6. 6MOHAMMAD, MANULING ARIP
7. 7MARAKANI, JOEL JUL-AMRI
05Manuk MangkawABDULSATAL, MOH'D JAM-JAM SARAIL9157004002
Punong Barangay
ABDULSATAL, MOH'D JAM-JAM SARAIL
Barangay Secretary · appointed
ULOD, MOH'D SHIBLE ALUK TAJUL
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1DAHALAN, WEL-SLAM ASINON
2. 2ABDULWAHID, MADINA UMBAK
3. 3ISKANDAL, SATURNINA ABDULKARIM
4. 4HALUN, ISMAEL BANJAL
5. 5LAMA, OMAR GURO
6. 6BABA, INDAHLINA ABDULGANIH
7. 7HADJI, AINA MOH'D SAID
06MaruwaMUSA, SITTI JALIHA UJAN9157004010
Punong Barangay
MUSA, SITTI JALIHA UJAN
Barangay Secretary · appointed
LAJARATO, MOHD. KAIYUM ABDULATIP
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1ARASANI, ANNI MUSA
2. 2USMAN, SURAIDA BAKAR
3. 3UJI, ALNASIA MEGO
4. 4USMAN, AMINRASUL SANDA
5. 5HAJIM, EMIL BADAL
6. 6ABDULATIP, EMELDA KAPITAN
7. 7UYONG, IBRAHIM ABDULATIP
07MongkayBALADJI, MOHAMMAD BASIL ABDURAHMAN8157004003
Punong Barangay
BALADJI, MOHAMMAD BASIL ABDURAHMAN
Barangay Secretary · appointed
USMAN, HJA. NURHADZRA JAAFAR
Sangguniang Barangay · 6
1. 1ABAO, RADZKUMAL YUSOP
2. 2MOHAMMAD SAID, ASGAR UWAH
3. 3REDUAN, JUL-APNA ABDULPATTA
4. 4TAHIL, SITTI NAJAL VICENTE
5. 5ABDULMAJID, AL-FANJI BASIL
6. 6JAINUDDIN, MELBA USMAN
08PagasinanAQUINO, MADJAIS MOHAMMAD9157004011
Punong Barangay
AQUINO, MADJAIS MOHAMMAD
Barangay Secretary · appointed
MUSA, QAMARUDDIN AMINULLA
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1JIMLANO, AHMAD RYAN HASABULLA
2. 2SUHOD, NADZMIKAR BEYUTA
3. 3MAJUM, MAHADI ABDULGAPAR
4. 4JAMALUDDIN, SHARIL MOHAMMAD MOMOY
5. 5AQUINO, RADZWILL KALBIT
6. 6PAKIL, ALHANEEF KALBIT
7. 7NUR, SITTI SAUDA MANSING
09Panglima MastulABDULMUHMIN, ADZAR HARAIN9157004012
Punong Barangay
ABDULMUHMIN, ADZAR HARAIN
Barangay Secretary · appointed
MASTUL, MOSHEMAR DAUD
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1ALLIAN, ULYSIS NUR
2. 2BALTARASA, HIYA MUMUKAN
3. 3ALAWI, ALBERT NELONG
4. 4AQUINO, FARISA MANGONA PARING
5. 5NUR, SAHARA MASTUL
6. 6nooh, adzmil amin
7. 7ABDURAUP, TERSO AMILHAMJA
10Sukah-BulanAMIN, NURUDDIN JOE10157004013
Punong Barangay
AMIN, NURUDDIN JOE
SK Chairperson
ABDURAUP, AHMAD BASIR TAMPALAN
Barangay Secretary · appointed
UTTOH, AL-NAIZ MALIKI
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1HASHIM, HALIDA MALIKI
2. 2ALKILAN, ANWAR ABDULKASIM
3. 3HOLMAN, MAWARDEE MOHAMMAD
4. 4SALASA, MOHAMMAD NUR SAPIUDDIN
5. 5WADJING, SITTI RASAD BUDDIN
6. 6ASAKIL, ALYASA HASSIM
7. 7ABUHASIM, MOHAMMAD SHAIK JIKIRI
11Tampakan (Pob.)BAHAUDDIN, MOHAMMAD SUAIB ABDULKARIM10157004004
Punong Barangay
BAHAUDDIN, MOHAMMAD SUAIB ABDULKARIM
SK Chairperson
SALI, AHMAD YASEEN ABDULKARIM
Barangay Secretary · appointed
jailang, shariff suhod lagum
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1JANANI, TARAHATA RAHMA BAHAUDDIN
2. 2SAIPUDDIN, MARTAZIE ISMAIL
3. 3JAILANG, ABDURAUP SUHOD
4. 4WADJING, BENNASRIE AMILULLA
5. 5ALKILAN, NURADZMI JAILANG
6. 6MADALIM, JAAFAR TAHIL BULLEN
7. 7HARUBALANG, NUR-AHMAD UTTOH
12TimundonSAPIE, ANALIZA MAUJUD10157004014
Punong Barangay
SAPIE, ANALIZA MAUJUD
SK Chairperson
SANDUNG, BULKIA SALLIM
Barangay Secretary · appointed
MAHAMUD, HJA. NARDALIZA ASRI
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1MASBUD, INZIMAR OMAR
2. 2TAIP, UMMAY HASSAN
3. 3FAIZAL, ADZMIE ALIH
4. 4JABAL, RUBIAN RASID
5. 5RATAG, JAKARIA HAPI
6. 6PALILI, ALHADA ABING
7. 7SAPAL, BUSH MANAHUT
13TonggosongMAULAD, YUSOP TOLOSA Jr10157004005
Punong Barangay
MAULAD, YUSOP TOLOSA Jr
SK Chairperson
UJAN, HALIMATUSAADIA AMERIL
Barangay Secretary · appointed
MAING, RADZQUOMAR NORTE
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1MIRKUSIN, NURBIDRI JAILANG
2. 2MALANDE, KADAFIE ABDULHAKIM
3. 3JAWARI, JAYPEE ULAMA
4. 4BULDIMAN, BANJAL HAMDAN
5. 5ULAMA, AMINKADRA SABBAANI
6. 6MALAN, KARTINI PAILUN
7. 7LAJARATO, LETTY LAJARATO
14Tubig IndanganABANTAS, MOHAMMAD DERIE JALMAANI10157004006
Punong Barangay
ABANTAS, MOHAMMAD DERIE JALMAANI
SK Chairperson
DANDAI, SHALIHIN PAMIKILAN
Barangay Secretary · appointed
tan, al'denia ambutong
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1JAKARIA, ALZIE PANDAK
2. 2SANGKULA, DATU ALQUARIDZMI ALLAMA
3. 3BARA, DARWISA IRILIS
4. 4SABDANI, WIDZMAR SATAL
5. 5TAN, DEN-RASCHID SALI
6. 6SATAL, SALASINA AKING
7. 7ANDUNG, NUDZRAT USMAN
15UbolIDRIS, ABDULHAN BAKRI10157004007
Punong Barangay
IDRIS, ABDULHAN BAKRI
SK Chairperson
DIMAN, ZALRA-HADA HAMMANG
Barangay Secretary · appointed
ABBANI, RADZMIL SORIANO
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
1. 1ABDURAHMAN, NURHINDA MIRKUSIN
2. 2SAPIE, MOHAMADSHA ISSA
3. 3MADLAHUDDIN, ABDELJABEL ABDULLA
4. 4MUHARRAM, ALDIN TAMBULIG
5. 5ITUM, SITTI RHAZIMA HAWARIE
6. 6MADLAHUDDIN, RADEN TANJILUL
7. 7AMILHUSIN, ALMAR BANDON

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; 15 of these 15 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

4 surnames

2025–2028TIDAL, MADIPFP
2022–2025ABDURAHMAN, WASILAHheldTOP
2019–2022ABDURAHMAN, WASILAHheldNUP
2016–2019ABDURAHMAN, BONJINGheldLP
2013–2016ABDURAHMAN, NAZIF AHMAD VICE-MAYORLP
2010–2013ABDURRAHMAN, NAZIF AHMAD BAYOLP
2007–2010TAMBUT, BENZAR NURLAKAS-CMD
2004–2007ABDURAHMAN, WASILAH TIDALheldREPORMA-LM/ALYANSA
2001–2004ABDURAHMAN, NAZIF AHMAD B.LAKAS NUCD-UMDP

“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

TIDAL, MADI

PFP6,084 votes46.98%

3 other candidates

02TUGUNG-PIANAH, SHERE-DEENP5,22540.35%
03UTTOH, WIN-WININD1,63412.62%
04YUSOP, AL-AZIZIND70.05%

Vice-Mayor

ABDURAHMAN, WASILAH

PFP6,659 votes53.49%

3 other candidates

02TAMBUT, SYDNEYNP3,96531.85%
03HARUN, ABDULSALAMIND1,79714.43%
04TANJILUL, AMIRBAHARIND290.23%

Sangguniang Bayan

8 elected of 28 candidates

01PANSALANG, ABDUL-NASSERNP5,7226.72%
02IDRIS, HADJI HAFIZIND5,5376.5%
03BULANTE, PIRZAPFP5,3096.24%
04ELLOH, HAFIDZ JRPFP5,0555.94%
05HASSAN, NURSALIPFP5,0205.9%
06MAULAD, AHMEDNP4,8055.64%
07MANZUR, FATIMA FAYRUZPFP4,7565.59%
08ABDULATIP, ISMAELPFP4,5615.36%

20 not elected

09JUNAID, LASAPFP4,3905.16%
10ISHMAEL, ABDULJAMIL IIIIND4,0034.7%
11PAMIKILAN, SABIRINNP3,9644.66%
12NUR, IBRAHIM ALIHNP3,7374.39%
13LU, DERWISHPFP3,6134.24%
14BANGONA, OMARKAYAMNP3,5334.15%
15TINGKAHAN, DARWISANP3,4894.1%
16ABING, TAUPICNP3,3053.88%
17ABBAS, MOHAMMAD HATTAAKSYON3,1913.75%
18MASBUD, SAIZONNP2,8153.31%
19FAISAL, HJI BONGIND2,6033.06%
20MOHAMMAD, PANTINGIND2,3022.7%
21TANJILUL-AMIL, SITYIND1,1471.35%
22USMAN, MOHAMMADNURIND5090.6%
23IKKAO, ARKHEEIND4510.53%
24ABDULLA, ALJINULIND3280.39%
25MADJALUDDIN, RENYIND3020.35%
26ADIL, RAUDAIND2480.29%
27ALLAO, MOHD SHAIND2240.26%
28SAHID, MOHAMMAD MARAFIEIND2020.24%

And for Tawi-Tawi as a whole

Provincial Governor

SALI, YSHMAEL

PFP133,217 votes67.87%

1 other candidate

02SAHALI, RUBYAKSYON63,07832.13%

Provincial Vice-Governor

SALI, AL-SYED

PFP142,259 votes76.96%

1 other candidate

02LIPAE, ALGARADAKSYON42,59423.04%

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 Simunulis 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. Simunul 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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