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'''Palimbang''', officially the '''Municipality of Palimbang''' ({{langx|hil|Banwa sang Palimbang}}; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Palimbang}}; {{langx|mdh|Inged nu Palimbang}}, Jawi: ايڠايد نو ڤليمبڠ), is a municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 83,633 people.{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}
It was incorporated on August 14, 1959, through Executive Order No. 350 by President Carlos P. Garcia.
Their annual feast named ''Kalilang sa Biwang'' is celebrated every 11 November.
==History== In the early period following the arrival of Sharif Kabunsuan in Mindanao, Palimbang had not yet emerged as a recognized settlement on the island’s maps. At the time, the area was inhabited by indigenous communities living in relatively isolated conditions.
According to Tarsila, there was a tremendous change in the society due to the spread out of Islam in the coastal areas widely known as Biwang, which later paved a way toward Islamic Civilization of the inhabitants. Palimbang at that time was locally known as Pula a tree widely grown in the place. A group of fishermen from Palembang, Indonesia was lifted by strong winds and accidentally docked at the mouth of Pula River. They were warmly welcomed by the native datus headed by Sondalo Tambuto. The hospitality shown to them reigned in their hearts and drawn the visitors to settle and intermarry with the native Muslims. A new community was developed and later named Palimbang, in honor of the fishermen's hometown, which now remained the name of the municipality.
Attempts to create Palimbang into municipality was thrice first, by the energetic leadership of Dr. Julio Sarayba in the 1940s; second, on July 24, 1953, by the seventeen influential leaders of PAT-A-INGED (four communities) (1) Kraan, (2) Kanipaan, (3) Pula and (4) Maganao, namely:
* Dr. Julio Sarayba, chairman; * Sixto Quijano, Vice Chairman; * Mr. Remegio Managad, * Mr. Pedro Mamon, * Mr. Pedro Bonifacio, * Mr. Cresencio Geneza, * Mr. Felipe Tunngala, * Datu Pasay Ayao, * Datu Manti Pangansayan, * Mr. Lomontod Latip, * Datu Talicop Lidasan, * Datu Sundalo Tambuto, * Haji Salik Manan, * Hadji Druz Ali, * Mr. Cecilio Domingo, * Mr. Gorgonio Bagang, * Mr. Dominador Durendez, * Datu Sumana Sulog.
Others are Datu Padasan Macut, Datu Obpon Dipatuan, Datu Pelangking Bayang and Mr. Dominador Garcia.
It was a blast to the petitioners as they were regarded mentally unable to run their own government and the income of the barrios in the coastal portion was insufficient to meet the requisite of creating a new municipality. Third, by the same petitioner who collectively agreed to support candidates that will ascertain a seat of government in Palimbang in case they get elected. Fortunately, the well-supported Datu Udtog Matalam faction won. Subsequently, headed by the Provincial Governor of Cotabato Datu Udtog Matalam, the Provincial Governor of Cotabato recommended by the Members of the Board, sponsored by Congressman Salipada K. Pendatun, and supported by Datu Guiwan Mastura and Kiamba Mayor Cornelio Falgui, Palimbang was proclaimed municipality on August 14, 1959, by virtue of Executive Order No. 350, pursuant to Section 68 Revised Administrative Code, issued by President Carlos P. Garcia.
From its creation up to the present, Palimbang was served by twelve generations of municipal officials.
In spite of the exceptional development potentials of Palimbang, the municipality is somehow left in terms of physical development. The municipal government is exploring strategies and pouring its meager resources to meet and welcome new challenges. With the private sector at the helm of its economy, coupled with its supportive citizenry and strong political leadership committed to the full development of its human and natural resources, the municipality will certainly make its vision for development.
'''Palimbang''' was organized into a municipality through ''Executive Order No. 350'', issued by President Carlos P. Garcia on August 14, 1959. It consists of forty-six ''barrios'' of Lebak and Kiamba, both then part of the old Cotabato province.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1959/08/14/executive-order-no-350-s-1959/ |title=Executive Order No. 350, s. 1959 |date=August 14, 1959 |website=Official Gazette (Philippines) |publisher=Government of the Philippines |access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref> Upon the division of the province in 1973 through Marcos' ''Presidential Decree No. 341'', the municipality became part of newly-created province of Sultan Kudarat.<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential Decree No. 341, s. 1973 |url=http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1973/11/22/presidential-decree-no-341-s-1973/ |website=Official Gazette (Philippines) |publisher=Government of the Philippines |date=22 November 1973 |access-date=9 September 2017}}</ref>
==Malisbong massacre== {{Main|Malisbong massacre}}
The Malisbong Masjid massacre, also called the Palimbang massacre, was the mass murder of Moros on September 24, 1974, in the coastal village of Malisbong in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao where units of Gov. Siongco and the Philippine Army killed more than 1,000. Accounts compiled by the Moro Women's Center in General Santos City state that 1,500 male Moros aged 11–70 were killed inside a mosque, 3,000 women and children aged 9–60 were detained - with the women being raped and that 300 houses were razed by the government forces. The massacre occurred two years after Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in September 1972.
The massacre started after the first four days on the feast of Ramadan when members of the Philippine Constabulary arrived and captured barangay officials along with 1,000 other Muslims and never came back. For more than a month, the military would capture murder residents in the area by batch. Testimonies show that victims were made to strip of their clothes, dig their own graves and shot.
==Geography==
===Barangays=== Palimbang is politically subdivided into 40 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. {{Div col|colwidth=15em}} *Akol *Badiangon *Baliango *Baluan (Bulan) *Bambanen *Baranayan *Barongis *Batang-baglas *Butril *Colube (Tagadtal) *Datu Maguiales (Likuban) *Dumolol *Kabuling *Kalibuhan *Kanipaan (converged with Sinangkangan) *Kidayan *Kiponget *Kisek *Kraan *Kolong-kolong *Langali *Libua *Ligao *Lopoken (Lepolon) *Lumitan *Maganao *Maguid *Malatunol *Malisbong *Medol *Milbuk *Mina *Molon *Namat (Namat Masla & Namat Padido converged) *Napnapon *Poblacion *San Roque (Former Tibulos) *Tibuhol (East Badiangon) *Wal *Wasag {{div col end}}
===Climate=== {{Weather box | location = Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 30 | Jan low C = 24 | Feb high C = 30 | Feb low C = 24 | Mar high C = 31 | Mar low C = 25 | Apr high C = 31 | Apr low C = 25 | May high C = 30 | May low C = 25 | Jun high C = 29 | Jun low C = 25 | Jul high C = 29 | Jul low C = 25 | Aug high C = 29 | Aug low C = 24 | Sep high C = 30 | Sep low C = 25 | Oct high C = 29 | Oct low C = 25 | Nov high C = 29 | Nov low C = 25 | Dec high C = 30 | Dec low C = 25 | Jan precipitation mm = 285 | Feb precipitation mm = 265 | Mar precipitation mm = 303 | Apr precipitation mm = 300 | May precipitation mm = 380 | Jun precipitation mm = 386 | Jul precipitation mm = 332 | Aug precipitation mm = 305 | Sep precipitation mm = 252 | Oct precipitation mm = 305 | Nov precipitation mm = 355 | Dec precipitation mm = 325 | Jan rain days = 27.0 | Feb rain days = 24.9 | Mar rain days = 28.1 | Apr rain days = 28.3 | May rain days = 29.5 | Jun rain days = 28.5 | Jul rain days = 27.7 | Aug rain days = 26.5 | Sep rain days = 25.1 | Oct rain days = 28.0 | Nov rain days = 28.7 | Dec rain days = 28.5 | source 1 = Meteoblue<ref name="met_norms"> {{cite web | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/palimbang_philippines_1696105 | title = Palimbang: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | accessdate = 15 May 2020 }}</ref> | date = 15 May 2020 }} {{clear left}}
==Demographics== {{Philippine Census | align = none | title = Population census of {{PH wikidata|name}} | 1903 = | 1918 = | 1939 = | 1948 = {{PH census population|1948}} | 1960 = {{PH census population|1960}} | 1970 = {{PH census population|1970}} | 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}} | 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}} | 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}} | 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}} | 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}} | 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}} | 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}} | 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}} | 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}} | 2024 = {{PH census population|2024}} | 2030 = | footnote = Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}} }} {{clear left}}
==Government== {| class="wikitable" |+List of mayors of Palimbang ! Name ! Year in office ! Notes |- |Datu Guiwan Mastura ||1959–1967 ||{{small|Deputy governor at-large; appointed 1959, elected in 1963}} |- |Datu Druz Ali ||1967–1986 || |- |Mocsin Manondong ||1986–1987 ||{{small|Appointed officer-in-charge, later ran for Sultan Kudarat Provincial Board}} |- |Dimalub Namil ||1987–1988 ||{{small|Officer-in-charge}} |- |Labualas B. Mamansual ||1988–1998 || |- |Karim Daud ||1998–2001 || |- |Abubacar P. Maulana ||2010–2018 || |- |Labualas B. Mamansual ||2001-2010|| |- |Haron B. Sabiwang ||January 2018 – 2019 ||{{small|Acting}} |- |Joenime B. Kapina ||2019–present || |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.philatlas.com/mindanao/r12/sultan-kudarat/palimbang.html Palimbang Profile at PhilAtlas.com] *[https://cmci.dti.gov.ph/lgu-profile.php?lgu=Palimbang Palimbang Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index] *[{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004104825/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information] *[http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=15&frmIdProvince=78&frmIdLgu=1547 Local Governance Performance Management System] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210429/http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=15&frmIdProvince=78&frmIdLgu=1547 |date=2016-03-04 }}
{{Geographic location | Centre = Palimbang | North = Kalamansig | East = Sen. Ninoy Aquino<br>Lake Sebu, South Cotabato | Southeast = Maitum, Sarangani | South = ''Celebes Sea'' | West = ''Celebes Sea'' }} {{Sultan Kudarat}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of Sultan Kudarat Category:Political divisions established by Philippine executive order