Arakan, Cotabato

[5] Arakan is basically a territory of a number of ethno-linguistic groups, predominantly of the Manobo-Kulamanon and Manobo-Tinananon tribes.They were pushed further still and they permanently inhabited the highlands of the valley to avoid social and cultural interactions with the migrant Bisayans.Early attempts to fully develop Arakan dated back in the 1970s when then Mayor Froilan Matas of the Municipality of Magpet (mother municipality of Arakan) unified his efforts with the Sangguniang Bayan, which was ably supported by the barangay leaders, and its populace led by Greenfield (now Poblacion) Barangay Chairman Aproniano A. Ebon, Sr. through a resolution strongly manifesting its support to the creation of a separate municipality of Arakan.In Kabalantian (at that time part of Magpet), on January 2–3, 1986, atrocities took place where six individuals were killed and houses were burned down, reportedly by members of the Landasan armed group.Poverty incidence of Arakan Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] As of 2022[update], Jeam D. Villasor is municipal mayor.
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