Transition process[edit]
Main article: Bangsamoro transition period
President Rodrigo Duterte sounds the agung during the
inauguration of Bangsamoro. He is joined by Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim.
With the ratification of the BOL following the plebiscite on January 21, 2019, the abolition process of
the ARMM began, paving way for the setting up of the Bangsamoro autonomous region. Under the
BOL, a transitional body, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), was organized pending the
election of the new region's government officials in 2022. The second part of the plebiscite held on
February 6, 2019, expanded the scope of the future Bangsamoro region to include 63 barangays in
North Cotabato.[55] The members of the BTA took their oaths on February 22, 2019, along with the
ceremonial confirmation of the plebiscite results of both the January 21, and February 6, 2019,
votes. The official turnover from the ARMM to BARMM took place on February 26, 2019, which
meant the full abolition of the former.[56][57]
The inauguration of BARMM and the inaugural session of the Bangsamoro Parliament took place on
March 29, 2019.[58]
Murad Ebrahim took office as the region's first chief minister.[59]
In 2020, the Bangsamoro parliament requested that the BTA be extended for an additional three
years past 2022, to allow further time for the transition.[60]
On October 28, 2021, Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11593, postponing BARMM's first regular
parliamentary elections from 2022 to 2025. The law also extended the transition period of the
Bangsamoro until 2025.[61]
Following a plebiscite on September 17, 2022, Maguindanao was split into two
provinces; Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte.[62]
Administrative divisions[edit]
Administrati
ve divisions of Bangsamoro
Provinces[edit]
Bangsamoro consists of 6 provinces, 3 component cities, 116 municipalities, and 2,490 barangays.
The city of Isabela, despite being part of Basilan, is not under the administrative jurisdiction of the
autonomous region. Likewise, 63 barangays in North Cotabato also are part of Bangsamoro despite
North Cotabato and their respective parent municipalities not being under the administrative
jurisdiction of the autonomous region.[63]
† Regional center
Capita Population (202 Citie Muni
Province Area[64] Density Bgy.
l 0)A s .
/ /sq
km2 sq mi km
2 mi
Basilan (excluding Is Lamita 11.3 1,103.5 1,00
426,207 426.06 390 1 11 210
abela City) n % 0 0
Maraw 24.2 1,195,5 3,872.8 1,495. 1,15
Lanao del Sur 310 800 1 39
i % 18 9 33 9
Datu
Maguindanao del Odin 18.7 3,988.8 1,540. 1,60
926,037 600 1 11 249
Norte Sinsua % 2 09 0
t
Maguindanao del 15.0 4,973.4 1,920. 1,00
Buluan 741,221 390 0 25 296
Sur % 8 27 0
20.2 1,000,1 1,600.4 1,60
Sulu Jolo 617.92 620 0 19 410
% 08 0 0
Bonga 1,087.4 1,00
Tawi-Tawi 8.9% 440,276 419.85 400 0 11 203
o 0 0
4,404,2 13,536. 5,156. 2,49
Total 300 780 3 116
88 1 82 0
Capita Population (202 Citie Muni
Province Area[64] Density Bgy.
l 0)A s .
/ /sq
km2 sq mi km
2 mi
‡ Cotabato City is an independent component city; figures are excluded from Maguindanao.
‡‡ 63 barangays are part of the region while their parent municipalities and parent province North
Cotabato are not part of Bangsamoro; Area figures for the whole Bangsamoro is yet to into account of
these barangays.
^A The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) used the scope of the former Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao as its geographic reference for the 2020 census when it was released on July 7, 2021. Cotabato
City and the Special Geographic Area were then not included its population count for Bangsamoro.
Statistics for said localities were included in the PSA's count for Soccsksargen.[5][6] On November 9, 2021,
as per PSA Board Resolution No. 13 Series of 2021, Cotabato City and the Special Geographic Area were
included in its population count for Bangsamoro and removed from Soccsksargen.[7][8]
Governors and vice governors[edit]
Political
Province Governor Vice Governor
party
Hadjiman
PDP–Laban Yusop Alano
Salliman
Basilan
Mamintal Mohammad Khalid
Lakas
Adiong Adiong
Lanao del Sur
Political
Province Governor Vice Governor
party
Abdulraof
Macacua UBJP Ainee Sinsuat
(disputed[c])
Maguindanao del
Norte
Mariam Nathaniel
PDP–Laban
Mangudadatu Midtimbang
Maguindanao del
Sur
Abdusakur
PDP–Laban Abdusakur Tan II
Mahail Tan
Sulu
Yshmael Sali NUP Al-Syed Abdulla Sali
Tawi-Tawi
Demographics
