Banisilan, Cotabato

Banisilan
Municipality

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Map of Cotabato with Banisilan highlighted
Banisilan

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 07°30′N 124°42′E / 7.500°N 124.700°E / 7.500; 124.700Coordinates: 07°30′N 124°42′E / 7.500°N 124.700°E / 7.500; 124.700
Country Philippines
Region SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII)
Province Cotabato
Congr. district 1st District of Cotabato
Barangays 20
Government[1]
 • Type Mayor-Council
 • District Representative Jose P. Tejada
 • Mayor Jesus F. Alisasis
 • Vice Mayor Betty A. Allado
Area[2]
 • Total 577.22 km2 (222.87 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
 • Total 39,914
 • Density 69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 9416
Dialing code 64
Language(s) Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Ilocano, Maguindanaon, Iranon
Income class 2nd Class[2]

Banisilan is a second class municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 39,914 people.[3]

Geography

Located at the northern quadrant of Cotabato Province bounded on the north by the municipality of Wao, Lanao del Sur, on the east to north-east by the municipality of Carmen and Bukidnon, on the west by Alamada, on the south by the municipality of Pikit.

Barangays

Banisilan is politically subdivided into 20 barangays.[2]

  • Busaon
  • Capayangan
  • Carugmanan
  • Gastav
  • Kalawaig
  • Kiaring
  • Malagap
  • Malinao
  • Miguel Macasarte
  • Pantar
  • Paradise
  • Pinamulaan
  • Poblacion I
  • Poblacion II
  • Puting-bato
  • Salama
  • Thailand
  • Tinimbacan
  • Tumbao-Camalig
  • Wadya

Climate

Banisilan has wet and dry seasons, a general characteristic of the Philippian climate.[4]

History

Banisilan accidentally acquired its name from a type of fresh water shell called the Banisil[5] which were then abundant in the area.

Before Banisilan was created as a separate municipality from Carmen, its mother town, President Ramon Magsaysay signed Proclamation No. 317 dated July 17, 1956 reserving an area of 100,018 hectares of land for a resettlement project which was under the general administration (NARRA) now known as the Department of Agrarian Reform. This resettlement project covers three (3) municipalities and part of these is the North Cotabato Resettlement Project No. 1. As years passed, hundreds of landless and qualified citizens coming from almost all parts of the country were resettled in the area. On March 19, 1959 the first batch of settlers from Panay called SAKADA, headed by Jesus T. Alisasis who become the first vice-mayor, set foot in Banisilan and in the succeeding months, other tribes from Luzon followed.

Isolation Due To Future Establishment Of Bangsamoro

During the 2001 Referendum for inclusion to the Autonomous Region in Muslin Mindanao, two (2) out of twenty-eight (28) barangays of Carmen, Cotabato chose to be part of ARMM, but were excluded because they are not connected to the main region of ARMM. During 2010-2016 Administration, the Bangsamoro ideal sprouted and a newly-proposed region was in the making. According to the agreements signed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Administration of Noynoy Aquino, Carmen will be included in Bangsamoro because of the two out of twenty-eight barangays that voted in favor of joining the Muslim region back in 2001. Unfortunately, Bangsamoro was not implemented before the term of Aquino ended. Despite this, the current administration aims to establish a Federal Government, where Bangamoro will be realized into a State of the Philippines wherein Carmen will be included in Bangsamoro.

Plans to establish a new municipality in the south of Carmen so that the indigenous and Christian central and northern part of Carmen will be retained in North Cotabato has yet to be confirmed. The idea arose because once the entire municipality of Carmen is included in Bangsamoro, the province of North Cotabato will be cut into half, leaving three towns (Banisilan, Alamada, and Libungan) at its west without connection to the center of North Cotabato, isolating these towns in the process.

Demographics

Population census of Banisilan
YearPop.±% p.a.
1990 36,213—    
1995 29,352−3.86%
2000 35,539+4.19%
2007 36,567+0.39%
2010 39,914+3.24%
Source: National Statistics Office[3]

Natural Resources

A large agricultural area is devoted to agri-production, producing resources like corn, palay, rubber, sugar cane and fruit trees.

Tourist attractions

References

  1. ↑ "Official City/Municipal 2013 Election Results". Intramuros, Manila, Philippines: Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 12 May 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Province: COTABATO (NORTH COTABATO)". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on 1 January 1970. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010" (PDF). 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.philippines.hvu.nl/climate1.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.cotabatoprov.gov.ph/lgus/banisilan

External links

 Wao, Lanao del Sur Pangantucan, Bukidnon
Alamada Kadingilan, Bukidnon
Carmen
   Banisilan  
Carmen
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