Pagalungan
The first appointed and elected mayor was the late Gorgonio P. Initan, a former public school teacher.The municipality was the capital of the province of Cotabato,[5] during the time which it encompasses the present-day provinces of Cotabato, Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur and Sultan Kudarat, from 1966 to 1973.[6] During that time, at an estimated population of 30,000-40,000 in 1960, it was also the most populous municipality in the province, almost to be converted into a city during the decade, but internal conflicts and sporadic rebellions in its vicinity especially during 1970s and 1980s resulted in the somewhat stagnant population growth of the town until the foundation of ARMM in 1990 as some of its inhabitants fled towards parts of what was now the Soccsksargen region, particularly in what is now the Cotabato province, to avoid strife.The municipality of Pagagawan (Later was renamed of Datu Montawal under Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No.Poverty Incidence of Pagalungan Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]