Northern Kabuntalan

Northern Kabuntalan, officially the Municipality of Northern Kabuntalan (Maguindanaon: Inged nu Utara Kabuntalan; Bayan ng Northern Kabuntalan), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,277 people.

During the second regular session of the first legislative assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the regional legislature created Northern Kabuntalan out of 11 barangays of Kabuntalan, by virtue of Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 206, which was subsequently ratified in a plebiscite held on December 30, 2006. The town was part of the province of Shariff Kabunsuan until its nullification by the Supreme Court in July 2008.

The ARMM law creating the municipality provides that its administrative center shall be established in barangay Tumaguinting.

Barangays
Northern Kabuntalan is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
 * Balong
 * Damatog (Poblacion)
 * Gayonga
 * Guiawa
 * Indatuan
 * Kapimpilan
 * Libungan
 * Montay
 * Paulino Labio
 * Sabaken
 * Tumaguinting

Economy
Poverty Incidence of