Columbio Explained

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Nicknames:
  • Bridge to the Cotabatos
  • SK's Last Frontier
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Leader Name:Edwin F. Bermudez
Leader Title1:Vice Mayor
Leader Name1:Amirh M. Musali
Leader Name2:Bai Rihan M. Sakaluran
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Columbio, officially the Municipality of Columbio (Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Columbio; Maguindanaon: Inged nu Kulumbiu, Jawi: ايڠد نوکلومبيو; Tagalog: Bayan ng Columbio), is a 1st class municipality in Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,527 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.

History

The municipality of Columbio was transferred from Cotabato Province to Province of Sultan Kudarat on November 22, 1973, by presidential decree 341 by President Ferdinand E. Marcos.[1]

Geography

Barangays

Columbio is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

Climate

Demographics

Columbio is inhabited by ethnolinguistic groups such as the Hiligaynons, Ilocanos, Cebuanos, Blaan and Maguindanaon. Ilocanos and Hiligaynons are the only inhabitants of the town not native to Mindanao. They speak and understand their respective languages and even communicate with one's own language to the other despite not mutually intelligible to each other. Maguindanaon, Blaan and Cebuano are also spoken by these respective ethnic groups and understood also by Ilocanos and Hiligaynons as well in the municipality. Everyone in the municipality also speak Tagalog.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Presidential Decree No. 341, s. 1973. Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 9 September 2017.