Talayan

Talayan, officially the Municipality of Talayan (Maguindanaon: Ingud nu Talayan; Iranun: Inged a Talayan; Template:Langx), is a municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,156 people.Template:PH census

Talayan was created through Presidential Decree No. 1009 by then President Ferdinand Marcos on September 22, 1976. It was carved from the municipalities of Datu Piang and Dinaig (now Datu Odin Sinsuat).

Datu Udzag Midtimbang was the first appointed mayor of entire Talayan now divided into 4 municipalities, Talitay, Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Talayan and Guindulungan. followed by a younger brother Datu Antao, and now Datu Ali. With these leaders, Talayan now and then remains as a place for everybody. Many projects now serve the public like concrete roads and lights in every home. A new public market is now being constructed under the leadership of Mayor Hadji Datu Ali.

Geography

Barangays

Talayan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

• Boboguiron
• Damablac
• Fugotan
• Fukol
• Katibpuan
• Kedati
• Lanting
• Linamunan
• Marader
• Binangga North
• Binangga South
• Talayan
• Tamar
• Tambunan I
• Timbaluan

Economy

Poverty Incidence of Template:Wikidata

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

External links

• Talayan Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
• [[[:Template:NSCB detail]] Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System