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45-508: Midsayap was derived from a Maguindanaon term which means (Mid) Center and (Sayap) Straw Hat. Midsayap means a straw hat at the center – just like a hill centrally located at the Municipality which slopes through the plains in a shape of a hat. Other version relates that Midsayap came from a Maguindanaon term which means "person wore a straw hat". From 1912 to 1926, Midsayap was then a district of Dulawan and Pikit . Originally, Midsayap

90-647: A 180 m (590 ft) hill. Population centers along the river include Cotabato City , Datu Piang and Midsayap . The Rio Grande de Mindanao has its source in the Central Mindanao Highlands near the northern coast of the island, specifically on the northeastern part of the province of Bukidnon , where it is known as the Pulangi River . It then flows southward across the Bukidnon Plateau , fed up by its tributaries along

135-602: A clay type of soil that is best suited for agricultural use, most (42.03 percent) of the town's land area are devoted to agricultural production. The lowland areas were planted with rice and other seasonal crops while the upland areas were planted with permanent crops. Agricultural products of the town include rice, corn, mango, coffee, coconut, banana, vegetables and root crops. Aside from the thriving agriculture industry, Midsayap also boasts of its other industries such as cut flowers and ornamental plants, livestock and poultry, furnitures and decorative crafts and telecommunications. It

180-601: A plebiscite on April 13, 2024. Midsayap is geographically located at the Southwestern portion of North Cotabato Province. It is bounded on the north by the Municipality of Libungan; on the south by the Rio Grande de Mindanao ; on the east by the municipalities of Aleosan and Pikit; and on the west by the Municipality of Kabuntalan. Midsayap is approximately 47 kilometres (29 mi) away from Cotabato City and some 174 kilometres (108 mi) from Davao City , two of

225-412: A separate political district from the mother municipalities of Dulawan and Pikit was envisioned in 1930 by a group of Christian PC enlisted men who were assigned at Camp Ward. Their efforts, through the support of the deputy governor and military governor was realized in 1936. Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66 dated November 25, 1936, Midsayap was created as a separate municipality. On January 1, 1937, it

270-467: A written l , and the prevalence by which it is used or is dominant denotes the local dialects of Maguindanaon. /l/ may also be heard as a retroflex [ɭ] in intervocalic positions. The Laya (Raya) or lowland dialect of Maguindanaon, spoken in and around Cotabato City, prefers the flapped r over l , while the more conservative upland variety spoken in Datu Piang and inland areas favors l . As in

315-579: Is also a potential area for putting up other industries such as fruit and meat processing as well as oil palm plantation and processing. Strategically located, Midsayap serves as a major commercial and trading center of the province where farmers from neighboring municipalities bring their agricultural products to be sold/traded. Recently, Midsayap evolved into an industrial place in the first district of North Cotabato especially in PPALMA area (Pigcawayan, Pikit, Alamada, Libungan, Midsayap, Aleosan) and vying to be

360-629: Is an Austronesian language spoken by Maguindanaon people who form majority of the population of eponymous provinces of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur in the Philippines . It is also spoken by sizable minorities in different parts of Mindanao such as the cities of Zamboanga , Davao , General Santos , and Cagayan de Oro , and the provinces of North Cotabato , Sultan Kudarat , South Cotabato , Sarangani , Zamboanga del Sur , Zamboanga Sibugay , Davao del Sur , Davao Occidental , Bukidnon as well as Metro Manila . As of 2020,

405-420: Is delivered in almost all of its barangays. Furthermore, Midsayap operates day-care centers in all of its 57 barangays for pre-schoolers to begin their early child education. ** Schools with Senior High School Curriculum ** Schools with Senior High School Curriculum Midsayap Central: Maguindanao language Maguindanaon ( Basa Magindanawn , Jawi : باس مڬندنون ‎ ), or Magindanawn

450-511: Is expected to diversify its economic base and will facilitate the creation of more investment and job opportunities. Cotabato Province ranks first in the region in rice and rubber production, second in corn and produces organic coco sugar and delicious tropical fruits. It hosts processing plants for palm oil, sugar cane and rubber. The Mount Apo Geothermal Power plant in Kidapawan City generates 52 megawatts. The Gross Domestic Product of

495-408: Is found in slightly rolling to hilly terrain or at the north-eastern barangays. This soil type occupies the 24.24 percent of the municipal area or 8,010.00 hectares. San Manuel Silty Clay Loam is located at barangays Upper Labas, Nalin and portions of barangay Villarica. This occupies an area of 1,980 hectares. Hydrosol type has an area of 10,651.2869 hectares or 33.24 percent of the municipal area. Of

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540-421: Is situated between 5 and 8 degrees latitude thus Midsayap and all areas within its jurisdiction is less affected by typhoon. The municipality falls under the fourth type of climate which is characterized by more or less even distribution of rainfall throughout the year. The highest portion of municipal land area – 12,397.5 hectares (30,635 acres) – is classified as good land. These are the land centrally located in

585-639: The Maranao language , Maguindanaon pronouns can be also free or bound to the word/morpheme before it. Maguindanaon numerals: Maguindanao is written with the Latin script, and used to be written with the Jawi script . Among works on the language published by Jacinto Juanmartí, his sacred history Compendio de historia universal contains Maguindanao texts in both Jawi and the Latin script. Rio Grande de Mindanao The Rio Grande de Mindanao , also known as

630-599: The Mindanao River , is the second-largest river system in the Philippines. Located on the southern island of Mindanao , with a total drainage area of 23,169 km (8,946 sq mi), draining the majority of the central and eastern portion of the island, and a total length of approximately 373 km (232 mi). It is an important transportation artery, used mainly in transporting agricultural products and, formerly, timber . Its headwaters are in

675-453: The Visayas , drawn to Mindanao 's reputation as a promising haven for settlers. Cebuano and Tagalog are the widely spoken language. They are also common for people speaking different languages such as Maguindanaon , Iranun , Hiligaynon , Ilocano , Manobo , Waray , among others. Poverty incidence of Midsayap Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Characterized to have

720-709: The 1997 Halad champions, Eramis Clan, flew to Manila to compete in the National Finals and bested champions of other major festivals such as the Sinulog Festival of Cebu and the Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo. The Halad festival re-established its status as a major festival when the 2003 Halad champions, the Dado Alamada National High School, represented Region XII in the national street dancing competition and won

765-453: The 2nd-tier City in the province. The prolific growth of business establishments made the town as a unique Municipality since a lot of city-based companies has already entered the town. The town is also adjudged as the 5th most competitive Municipality in the Philippines and Rank 1 in entire Mindanao in the year 2016. Is an Agri-industrial and Eco Tourism Corridor projected by the NEDA region 12,

810-671: The Maguindanao Province troop annually to Midsayap to participate in the much celebrated contest, which is recognized by the Department of Tourism as a major festival. This widely popular event started in 1988 through the efforts of REACT Philippines Midsayap Chapter in coordination with the Santo Niño Parish Pastoral Council and was so successful that it became a yearly event until today. The festival first gained national recognition when

855-525: The Municipality (2022) is 19,303,298,841(PHP). Annually, the townsfolk of Midsayap prepares for its colorful street dancing and parade competition popularly known as the "Halad sa Santo Niño Festival" as part of its grand fiesta celebration, which is held every third Sunday of January. The Halad Festival is celebrated in honor of the town's patron saint Señor Santo Niño. Groups from various towns in Cotabato Province as well as neighboring towns of

900-491: The Northeastern barangays and a portion of Nabalawag and Kadingilan with an area of 8,010.0 hectares. There are four (4) types of soil in this municipality. These are: Kabacan Clay, Kudarangan Clay, San Manuel Silty Clay Loam and Hydrosol. Kabacan Clay Loam is about 12,397.500 hectares or 37.52% of the municipal land area. These are the soils at the central portion or at the heart of the municipality. Kudarangan Clay Loam

945-818: The P1 million grand prize in the Aliwan Fiesta held in May 2003 in Manila. Inspired by their back-to-back wins, the group participated again in the Pamaskong Aliwan Festival in December of that same year and also won the grand prize. Both festivals were part of the Visit Philippines 2003 program of the Department of Tourism. Midsayap is served by almost 2,000 tricycles, either traversing through

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990-502: The Philippine Statistics Authority recorded the population of Midsayap at 134,170. It is the most populous among the municipalities of the province. Growing at the pace of 1.92 percent for the past five years, the town is expected to double its population within 36 years. Midsayap is populated mainly by Maguindanaons and as well as multi-cultural mix of peoples from the influx of migrants from Luzon and

1035-988: The Philippines was transferred from Spain to the United States in 1898 as a result of the Spanish–American War , the American administration began publishing a number of works on the language in English, such as a brief primer and vocabulary in 1903, and a translation of Juanmartí's reference grammar into English in 1906. A number of works about and in the language have since been published by Filipino and foreign authors. Maguindanao has 3 major dialects: Ilud, Laya, and Biwangen. Maguindanao dialects are: The vowels [e] and [o] only occur in loanwords from Spanish through Tagalog or Cebuano and from Malay. The phonemes /z/ and /dʒ/ only appear in loanwords. The sound [dʒ] also appears an allophonic realization for

1080-566: The area. The first wave of settlers who dared develop the wilderness was the late Antonio Labasan from Zambales. Among his companions were 23 interrelated families, the Rosete, Almazan, Dumlaos, Flautas, Fernandezes, QuiÑones, Fermils, Fantones and Documos who settled at Sitio Salunayan and Bual . Visayan settlers from Pikit also came to settle at Bual - the place of Datu Guiambangan Dilangalen. The Visayan migrants were headed by Gregorio Bingil, Julio Anito and Tomas Cantoy. The idea of making Midsayap as

1125-446: The boundary of barangays Nabalawag and Kadingilan and a portion of Central Bulanan. This has a total land area of 2,137.5 hectares. Midsayap is characterized as plain to hilly terrain. Gently rolling to hilly areas are located on the Northeastern portion specifically at barangays - Kiwanan, Kimagango, Anonang, Malamote, Upper Bulanan and Milaya. A portion of Kadingilan and Nabalawag has a hilly portion at their boundaries. All barangays on

1170-527: The cities of Kidapawan and Digos. Public Utility Vans also serve routes to and from the cities of Davao City , Cotabato City , Cagayan de Oro , Tacurong - Isulan , Koronadal and General Santos . The following are the list of the National Agencies Regional Branch Office on this municipality: Midsayap is also very accessible to health facilities thereby a reliable place to go. Medical and diagnostic facilities in

1215-533: The construction of a concrete bridge at Dulawan towards the province of Sultan Kudarat and some municipalities of Maguindanao Province, land transportation is now feasible. The town is traversed by the Davao-Cotabato and the Midsayap-Makar national highways (General Santos). It is politically subdivided into 44 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios . The province

1260-586: The end of the Spanish colonial period in the late 19th century. The earliest works on the language by a European were carried out by Jacinto Juanmartí, a Catalan priest of the Society of Jesus who worked in the Philippines in the second half of the 19th century. Aside from a number of Christian religious works in the language, Juanmartí also published a Maguindanao–Spanish/Spanish–Maguindanao dictionary and reference grammar in 1892. Shortly after sovereignty over

1305-500: The growth of the newly formed town. Gradually, new towns has been created. These are Pigcawayan (Pigkawayan), Libungan , Alamada , and lastly in 1982, Aleosan . Before the creation of the Bangsamoro Special Geographic Area in 2019, Midsayap was the most populous settlement in the province of North Cotabato. With the creation of the aforementioned area, several of its barangays were carved out from

1350-499: The highly heterogeneous society in this once Muslim-dominated place of Mindanaon. In 2019, thirteen barangays were among the 63 in the province 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. Twelve of them were among the 39 in the province that unsuccessfully voted for

1395-812: The inclusion in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in 2001, while Tumbras was 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. Seven of those barangays were organized into Kadayangan ( Bangsamoro Autonomy Act No. 42 ); the rest, along with Dunguan in Aleosan , became part of Nabalawag ( BAA No. 43 ); following ratification in

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1440-525: The language is ranked to be the ninth leading language spoken at home in the Philippines with only 365,032 households still speaking the language. The Maguindanaon language is the native language of the Maguindanaon people of the province of Maguindanao located in the west of Mindanao island in the south of the Philippines. It was the language of the Sultanate of Maguindanao , which lasted until near

1485-544: The main highways or within barangays, which are known locally as "tri-sikad". Transportation to its barangays and adjacent municipalities are also served by Multicabs, Jeepneys, Dagit-Dagit (single motor) and L300 Vans. The public bus transport system, maintained by the Mindanao Star Bus Company (formerly Weena Express Bus Company), serves the Davao City — Cotabato City Route which passes through

1530-557: The major urban centers in Mindanao. It is about 64 kilometres (40 mi) away from Kidapawan City, the seat of the Provincial Government. Midsayap has a total land area of 29,042 hectares comprising 57 barangays which is 5.03% of the total land area of Cotabato province. Some of the barangays (Southern and Western part) are along the big bodies of water, thus making it accessible by water transportation. However, due to

1575-722: The mountains of Impasugong , Bukidnon , south of Gingoog in Misamis Oriental , where it is called the Pulangi River . Joining the Kabacan River , it becomes the Mindanao River. Flowing out of the mountains, it forms the center of a broad, fertile plain in the southcentral portion of the island. Before its mouth in Illana Bay , it splits into two parallel sections, the Cotabato and Tamontaka, separated by

1620-517: The municipality and were thus duly turned over to the Bangsamoro government, creating special governance clusters in their place, thus its area of jurisdiction as well as its population and number of barangays was reduced to its current status. While still a large town despite the reduction, it is one of the oldest settlements of migrants from Luzon and the Visayas, thereby giving its reputation as

1665-533: The municipality. These lands are nearly level lands and can be cultivate safely. However, protection from occasional overflow is required. The 10,651.2869 hectares which are Hydrosol type are wetlands and are suitable for fishpond or recreation purposes. Most of these lands are along the Rio Grande de Mindanao. The Center type of land are moderately good land, moderately sloping so that cultivation requires carefully planned erosion control measures. These lands are on

1710-478: The primary growth node in this corridor is Cotabato City with Kidapawan City and Midsayap as intermediate urban centers. Cotabato City as the primary urban center in this corridor, serves as the institutional, financial and service center, also the center of public health with the existence of the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center, and the de facto capital of BARMM. The city is a special economic zone

1755-409: The sequences /d + s/ (e.g. [dʒaɭumˈani ka] /(ə)dsalumani ka/ 'repeat that!') and /d + i/ (only before another vowel before vowel, e.g. [ˈmidʒas] /midias/ 'stockings'); the sound [z] also appears as an allophone of /s/ before voiced consonants. /ɾ/ can also be trilled [ r ] . Intervocalic /d/ is realized as [ɾ] . /ɾ/ and /l/ are interchangeable in words which include

1800-405: The total land area of the municipality, 73.79 percent or 24,376.2869 hectares has a slope of 0–3 percent. These areas are located at the western and southern part of the municipality. These are mostly the irrigable rice lands. The Northeastern barangays, a portion of Central Bulanan are hilly with slopes with 3-8% with a total area of 6,525.0 hectares. Highest slopes of 8–18% percent are situated at

1845-644: The town are: It is home to two major college campuses, namely Notre Dame of Midsayap College , the first school in Asia of the Notre Dame educational system , and Southern Christian College of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines as well as a host of privately owned tertiary schools offering business, technical, and allied health courses. It also has an extensive public and private school system (both elementary and secondary) where basic education

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1890-992: The way and then emerges onto the Cotabato plains , depositing fertile mountain silt as it widens and arcs westward through the Cotabato River Basin . It finally empties into Illana Bay at its mouth at Cotabato City . As the Mindanao River meets Illana Bay , it branches out into two distributaries , the Cotabato in the north and the Tamontaka in the south at Cotabato City. Rio Grande de Mindanao River List of tributaries by length. The river has recently been clogged with water hyacinths , causing it to overflow after days of heavy rain. Floodwaters submerged at least 37 villages in Cotabato City alone and displaced some 6,000 families. President Benigno Aquino III ordered public works and military personnel to clear

1935-526: The western portion which is cut by the National Highway from Poblacion to Dulawan is plain and is presently planted with irrigated rice and other crops. The southernmost barangays are marshy being located along the Rio Grande de Mindanao. In the 2020 census, the population of Midsayap, Cotabato, was 117,365 people, with a density of 400 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,000 inhabitants per square mile. The 2010 Census of Population and Housing of

1980-584: Was inaugurated with Lorenzo Gonzales as its first appointed municipal mayor. In 1939, Juan Jaranilla became the first elected mayor of the municipality and served in that position until 1941. Midsayap started with 71 barangays. Later, it was trimmed down to 42 when Libungan was separated from Midsayap in 1936. At present, Midsayap has 57 barangays. Population settlements were concentrated on the barangays of Sinawingan, Salunayan, Bual, Kapayawi, Barongis, Kimagango, Kiwanan, Katingawan, Ulamian, Baguer, Kapinpilan, Olandang, San Mateo, and Baliki. The following years showed

2025-461: Was inhabited by Muslims from the descendants of Sultan Ali Bayao from the lineage of Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat I. The seat of their sultanate was established at Libungan Torreta (now part of Pigcawayan). In 1927, a Philippine Constabulary (PC) Commander assigned in the area, Ist Lt. Catalino Javier, initiated the development of some portions of the municipality. Seeing the natural bounty of the area, he invited settlers from Luzon and Visayas to migrate in

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