Hadji Muhtamad

Hadji Muhtamad, officially the Municipality of Hadji Muhtamad, is a local government municipality in the province of Basilan in the Philippines. It is an island municipality whose territory includes the Pilas Islands and nearby islets located west of Basilan Island. The municipality is therefore a geographic and administrative entity rather than a commercial consumer brand. The municipality was established from ten barangays that had previously belonged to Lantawan but were situated outside Basilan Island. Its creation was authorized through Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 200 and subsequently confirmed by a plebiscite held on August 25, 2007. The establishment of the municipality formed part of the administrative organization of island communities in the autonomous Muslim Mindanao region. Hadji Muhtamad is politically divided into ten barangays. As in other Philippine municipalities, its barangays are further organized into puroks, with some also containing sitios. Local government administration, public services, infrastructure, community development, and economic activity are consequently organized through the municipal government and its barangay-level units. The municipality's physical setting is defined by maritime geography. Its communities are distributed across islands and islets rather than concentrated on Basilan Island, making transportation, connectivity, public-service delivery, and access to markets important aspects of local administration. Its economy is described in municipal and government profiling contexts rather than through a branded product portfolio. No commercial product lines, flagship offerings, corporate parent, or publicly traded identity are associated with Hadji Muhtamad. According to the 2024 Philippine census, Hadji Muhtamad had a population of 30,122. The municipality is part of Basilan province and operates within the broader Philippine local-government system. Its identity is primarily civic and territorial: the name identifies the municipality, its constituent barangays, and the communities living across the Pilas Islands and surrounding islets.

Hadji Muhtamad is a municipality of Basilan province in the Philippines. Its territory consists of the Pilas Islands and surrounding islets west of Basilan Island. Before becoming a separate municipality, the ten barangays now forming Hadji Muhtamad were administratively part of Lantawan, although they were located away from Basilan Island itself. The municipality's legal foundation came from Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 200. The act provided for the creation of a new municipality from the island-based barangays of Lantawan. Under the applicable Philippine and autonomous-region process, the proposed local-government reorganization required ratification by the affected population. A plebiscite held on August 25, 2007 approved the creation of Hadji Muhtamad, establishing it as a separate municipality. The new municipality was organized into ten barangays. These barangays serve as the basic local-government subdivisions, with each barangay containing puroks and some including sitios. Municipal administration is consequently distributed across a dispersed island territory, where geographic separation and maritime travel shape the delivery of public services and the connection of communities to provincial and regional institutions. Hadji Muhtamad is part of Basilan province and the wider autonomous Muslim Mindanao administrative context. Its local identity is expressed through several languages used in the region, including Tausūg, Chavacano, and Tagalog forms of the municipal name. The municipality's official profile is concerned with population, territory, barangay organization, local administration, and socioeconomic conditions rather than commercial branding. The 2024 census recorded a population of 30,122. Public reference profiles also document the municipality's economy and poverty incidence, although the supplied reference material does not provide detailed sectoral statistics or a complete account of local industries. No evidence in the available sources indicates that Hadji Muhtamad is a commercial brand, a product line, a corporation, or a listed entity. It is best understood as a Philippine municipality and geographic place-name.

• 2024

  Population recorded at 30,122

  [1]Hadji Muhtamaden.wikipedia.org

  The 2024 Philippine census recorded 30,122 residents in Hadji Muhtamad.

• 2007

  Municipality approved by plebiscite

  [1]Hadji Muhtamaden.wikipedia.org

  A plebiscite held on August 25, 2007 ratified the creation of Hadji Muhtamad from ten barangays formerly associated with Lantawan.

1. 1Hadji Muhtamaden.wikipedia.org