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Pigcawayan
Pigcawayan, officially the Municipality of Pigcawayan (Maguindanaon: Inged nu Pigkawayan, Jawi: ايڠايد نو ڤيڬكاوين; Iranun: Inged a Pigkawayan, ايڠايد ا ڤيڬكاوين; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Pigkawayan; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Pigkawayan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Pigkawayan), is a municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 52,744 people.
It is sometimes spelled Pigkawayan.
Before its creation as a separate and independent Political Unit, Pigcawayan together with Alamada and Libungan were component barangays of Midsayap. Pigcawayan, however at that time was more progressive than the two mentioned.
How Pigcawayan got its name remains undocumented, however a version were given by the early settlers and passed from one generation to another. Herewith, the place now known as Pigcawayan was a battleground for the Iranuns and the Maguindanaons. Due to this fighting the inhabitants would abandon the place to be occupied by the victors. From this evolved the Maguindanaon word "Pigawaan," which meant an abandoned place.
In 2019, twelve barangays were among the 63 in North Cotabato which became part of the Special Geographic Area of the newly created Bangsamoro, after having the affirmative vote won to join the autonomous region in a plebiscite held on February 6. Eight of them were among the 39 in the province that unsuccessfully voted for the inclusion in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in 2001, while the other four were proposed to be part of the Bangsamoro, which replaced ARMM by virtue of Republic Act No. 11054.
In 2023, the Bangsamoro Parliament approved the creation of eight new municipalities in the area. Those barangays were organized into Pahamuddin (Bangsamoro Autonomy Act No. 41) following ratification in a plebiscite on April 13, 2024.
Through Presidential Proclamation 692, October 21, 2024 was declared a special non-working day for the commemoration of the municipality's 71st founding anniversary on October 20, which falls on a Sunday.
Pigcawayan is the last municipality of Cotabato Province coming from Davao City to Cotabato City. It is 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Cotabato City, 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Cotabato Airport and 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the nearest seaport which is the Polloc Port of Parang, Maguindanao del Norte.
Pigcawayan
Pigcawayan, officially the Municipality of Pigcawayan (Maguindanaon: Inged nu Pigkawayan, Jawi: ايڠايد نو ڤيڬكاوين; Iranun: Inged a Pigkawayan, ايڠايد ا ڤيڬكاوين; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Pigkawayan; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Pigkawayan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Pigkawayan), is a municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 52,744 people.
It is sometimes spelled Pigkawayan.
Before its creation as a separate and independent Political Unit, Pigcawayan together with Alamada and Libungan were component barangays of Midsayap. Pigcawayan, however at that time was more progressive than the two mentioned.
How Pigcawayan got its name remains undocumented, however a version were given by the early settlers and passed from one generation to another. Herewith, the place now known as Pigcawayan was a battleground for the Iranuns and the Maguindanaons. Due to this fighting the inhabitants would abandon the place to be occupied by the victors. From this evolved the Maguindanaon word "Pigawaan," which meant an abandoned place.
In 2019, twelve barangays were among the 63 in North Cotabato which became part of the Special Geographic Area of the newly created Bangsamoro, after having the affirmative vote won to join the autonomous region in a plebiscite held on February 6. Eight of them were among the 39 in the province that unsuccessfully voted for the inclusion in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in 2001, while the other four were proposed to be part of the Bangsamoro, which replaced ARMM by virtue of Republic Act No. 11054.
In 2023, the Bangsamoro Parliament approved the creation of eight new municipalities in the area. Those barangays were organized into Pahamuddin (Bangsamoro Autonomy Act No. 41) following ratification in a plebiscite on April 13, 2024.
Through Presidential Proclamation 692, October 21, 2024 was declared a special non-working day for the commemoration of the municipality's 71st founding anniversary on October 20, which falls on a Sunday.
Pigcawayan is the last municipality of Cotabato Province coming from Davao City to Cotabato City. It is 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Cotabato City, 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Cotabato Airport and 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the nearest seaport which is the Polloc Port of Parang, Maguindanao del Norte.
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