Malidegao , officially the Municipality of Malidegao ( Maguindanaon : Inged nu Malidegao , Jawi : ; Hiligaynon : Banwa sang Malidegao ; Cebuano : Lungsod sa Malidegao ; Tagalog : Bayan ng Malidegao ), is a municipality in the province of Cotabato , Philippines. The municipality is part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao despite Cotabato being part of Soccsksargen .
8-570: Fort Pikit is a historic fortification in Malidegao , Cotabato , Philippines. Fort Pikit is a Spanish colonial era stone fortification which was built in what is now known as the town of Malidegao in Cotabato . The fortification consists of two towers installed with artillery batteries and a rubble wall which measures 38 meters (125 ft) a side. It was intended to house a military officer, 60 infantrymen and 6 artillerymen by its Spanish builders. It
16-887: Is situated at the back of the Municipal Hall of Pikit . on a hill facing the National Highway. Fort Pikit was built in 1893 by the Spanish at the time the Spanish colonial government was actively launching a campaign against the Moro in Mindanao. When the United States took over the administration of the Philippines from Spain, the American colonial government gained control of the fort in 1902 and used it their own campaign in Mindanao . Still within
24-646: The American colonial period, the Philippine Constabulary assumed control of the fort. During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines of World War II the fort was seized by Imperial Japanese forces. The Allied forces regained control of the fort as part of their Eastern Mindanao campaign. After the war, the fort was used by the Philippine Army and later the Philippine Marines . The marines vacated
32-605: The designation. The NHCP sent a team to Fort Pikit on March 12, 2012 to conduct validation, investigation of historical facts related to the fortification. The agency declared Fort Pikit as national historical landmark two months later on April 24, 2012. Malidegao When the Bangsamoro was created in 2019 to supplant the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao , 63 barangays in the province of Cotabato were grouped with
40-500: The facility in 2007. The fortification was declared as a national landmark, the first in Cotabato province in 2012. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) designated Fort Pikit as a National Historical Landmark in 2012. Under the administration of Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza , the provincial government of Cotabato worked for at least a year with the municipal government of Pikit under Mayor Sumulong Sultan for
48-531: The municipal government until it gets its share of income from the National Tax Allotment. Malidegao was created from seven barangays of Pikit . Malidegao is politically subdivided into seven barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios . Officers-in-charge (OIC) was selected by BARMM Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim to fill positions in the municipal government pending regular elections in 2025. The municipality remains under
56-671: The newer autonomous region in the second part of the plebiscite held in February 6. The mother municipalities and Cotabato province remained part of Soccsksargen . By March 2020, these barangays were designated as a Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro region. On August 17, 2023, the bills consolidating the SGA barangays into eight municipalities were approved by the Bangsamoro Parliament , The particular bill creating Malidegao
64-502: Was Bangsamoro Autonomy Act No. 134. The town was initially proposed to be named as Malmar, but this was changed to Madridagao (and later Malidegao) to better reflect the area's culture and heritage. A plebiscite was held on April 13, 2024, and voters approved all eight bills reconstituting the SGA barangays to eight municipalities including Malidegao, where 12,255 voted in favor of its creation while 44 voted against. The Bangsamoro regional government will provide P2.5 million in funding for
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