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M'lang

Municipality in Cotabato, Philippines

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established_date	August 3, 1951
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leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Russel M. Abonado
leader_title1	Vice Mayor
leader_name1	Joselito F. Piñol
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leader_name2	Ma. Alana Samantha Taliño Santos
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M'lang, officially the Municipality of M'lang (Hiligaynon: Banwa sang M'lang; Maguindanaon: Inged nu Melang, Jawi: ايڠايد نو ملڠ), is a municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 98,195 people.

Etymology

The name M'lang was derived from a Maguindanaon word Tamlang/Tamelang which means "bamboo".

History

In 1930s, migrants mostly from the islands of Panay and Negros in Western Visayas and some parts of Luzon settled in M'lang. Jacinto Paclibar, who was in search for more fertile lands and vast settlement was the first Christian who settled in M'lang. In the Second World War, he was appointed Chairman of the Civil Emergency Administration under the 118th Infantry Regiment of Wendell Fertig's 10th Military Division, assuming his position in M'lang. After the war ended, he was appointed as Deputy Governor of the undivided Cotabato until 1949. He had in mind a government assisted subdivision project so that landless settlers may have their share to utilize fertile lands for farming and settlement.

M'lang is one of the five daughter municipalities of Kidapawan. After the Second World War, in 1947, the municipal district of Kidapawan was converted into a municipality, with merging of then-forested M'lang-Tulunan area. This was due to the closeness of the Manobo with the Maguindanaons, along with the increase of Ilonggo settlers with relatives in the municipal districts into a then-mostly Maguindanaon territory.

M'lang was the first to separate from Kidapawan, being created as a regular municipality on August 3, 1951, by virtue of Executive Order (EO) No. 462, issued by President Elpidio Quirino. Domingo Lim, a former Kidapawan police chief, was appointed as mayor.

The municipality reduced its territory in 1961; first, through EO No. 441 when 28 barrios and sitios were separated to create Tulunan. With the establishment of M'lang and Tulunan, Kidapawan's direct access to the Ligawasan Marsh was cut off. Later that year, a portion of M'lang, along with parts of western Kidapawan and of Kabacan, were merged to from Matalam, through EO No. 461; thus, Kidapawan and Kabacan, neighbored since precolonial era, were cut off as well.

Geography

Barangays

M'lang is politically subdivided into 37 Barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

Poblacion A
Poblacion B
Bagontapay
Bialong
Buayan
Calunasan
Dalipe
Dugong
Dungo-an
Gaunan
Inas
Katipunan
La Fortuna
La Suerte
Langkong
Lepaga
Liboo
Lika
Luz Village
Magallon
Malayan
New Antique
New Barbaza
New Kalibo
New Consolacion
New Esperanza
New Janiuay
New Lawa-an
New Rizal
Nueva Vida
Pag-asa
Pulang-lupa
Sangat
Tawantawan
Tibao
Ugpay
Palma-Perez

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of M'lang was 98,195 people, with a density of {{sigfig|98,195/312.13|2}} PD/km2.

Transportation

The Central Mindanao Airport, in Barangay Tawan-tawan, is intended to serve as the primary air transport hub for agricultural produce of Cotabato and those coming from central Mindanao. It has a 1.2 kilometer runway with a capability for commercial flights, but there are no scheduled flights. Central Mindanao project is designed to provide capacity of 3.5 million passengers p/a.

Notable personalities

Emmanuel Piñol – Chairman of Mindanao Development Authority, 2019-2021; Secretary of Agriculture, 2016-2019; Governor of Cotabato, 1998-2007

Education

Romeo Rodrigo Sr. Memorial Colleges, Inc. (Formerly St. Luke's College of Arts and Sciences)
Notre Dame of M'lang
Bialong Elementary School
Mlang Pilot Elementary School
Mlang National High School
Southern Baptist College
Mariano Untal Memorial High School (Bagontapay National High School)
Bagontapay Central Elementary School
Buayan Elementary School
New Barbaza Elementary School
Magallon Elementary School
Lepaga Elementary School
Lika National High School
La Fortuna Elementary School
Dugong Elementary School
Sangat Elementary School
Dalipe Elementary School
New Rizal National High School
Nueva Vida National High School
Katipunan Elementary High School
Katipunan National High School
Don Tomas Buenaflor Elementary School
Malayan Elementary School

References

{{DILG detail
"Kidapawan of the Past".
David, Karlo Antonio. (January 3, 2024). "Moppiyon Kahi Diid Patoy: The Greater Kidapawan Area". [[MindaNews]].
(August 6, 1961). "Executive Order No. 441". Arellano Law Foundation.
(February 20, 2016). "M'lang airport's first use: to fly a plane seeding clouds". MindaNews.

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