Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur

Manuel L. Quezon, the municipality covered a large area of what is now mostly central Maguindanao and northern Sultan Kudarat.1035, enacted on June 12, 1954, renamed the town to Datu Piang,[9] after an influential Muslim leader from the region during the American colonial period.[12] Its area was reduced again on July 1, 2003, when 14 of its south-eastern barangays were separated to form the municipality of Datu Saudi-Ampatuan.On December 3, 2020, at around 10:45 in the evening, around 100 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) attacked and assaulted three Philippine Army detachments in the municipality.[14][15][16] On December 11, the Philippine National Police filed complaints for multiple frustrated murder and destructive arson against more than a hundred BIFF leaders and members responsible for the attack.
Datu Piang (fourth from left) with American officers, 1899
A native of Datu Piang town in a traditional wear
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