Matanog is a 5th class municipality in the province of Maguindanao

Maguindanao

Maguindanao is a province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao . Its capital is Shariff Aguak. It borders Lanao del Sur to the north, Cotabato to the east, and Sultan Kudarat to the south....

, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 19,006 people in 3,125 households.

The town was part of the province of Shariff Kabunsuan

Shariff Kabunsuan

Shariff Kabunsuan was a province of the Philippines within the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao that existed from 2006 to 2008. The law establishing the province was nullified by the Philippine Supreme Court in 2008.-History:...

 from October 2006 until its nullification by the Supreme Court in July 2008.

Barangays

Matanog is politically subdivided into 8 barangay

Barangay

A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...

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• Bayanga Norte
• Bayanga Sur
• Bugasan Norte
• Bugasan Sur (Pob.)
• Kidama
• Sapad
• Langco
• Langkong

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information