Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan

Hadji Muhtamad is a municipality in the province of Basilan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 9,281 people in 1,759 households.

It was created out of the 10 barangays of Lantawan that were not on Basilan Island, by virtue of Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 200, which was subsequently ratified in a plebiscite held on August 25, 2007.

Barangays

Hadji Muhtamad is politically subdivided into 10 barangays.

* Baluk-Baluk * Dasalan * Lubukan * Luukbungsod * Mananggal

* Palahangan * Panducan * Sangbay Big * Sangbay Small * Tausan

External links

* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://census.gov.ph/census2000/p090700.html 2000 Census Population Figures for Basilan]
* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/pressreleases/2007/13Nov_PR-200711-PP2-01PSGC.asp Five (5) New Cities, Two (2) Municipalities and a Barangay created in the Third Quarter of 2007]