Patikul, officially the Municipality of Patikul (Tausūg: Kawman sin Patikul; ), is a municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 92,600 people. The provincial capitol and offices are located in this municipality.

The municipality is used to be known for being a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf insurgent group.

History

Colonial period

Spanish occupation

The municipality of Patikul, situated east of Jolo, was a settlement at an isolated hill, far from the beach, by the 19th century.

In the late 1870s, two candidates for sultan were both proclaimed—Amirul Kiram of Maimbung (Maymbung), as suggested by Sulu governor Julian Gonzales Parrado; and Datu Aliyud Din of Patikul, who was supposed to be the regent but such suggestion was opposed by the party, marking the start of armed conflicts. In 1885, the Maimbung forces attacked the outnumbered Patikul party, defeating them, destroying the camp, and burning the settlement. Aliyud Din later fled to Basilan.

Natives of Lati and Patikul were involved in the deadly attack of Jolo when hostilities broke out shortly in 1895. which was attacked by Americans in March 1906.

<!---By virtue of Executive Order (EO) No. 5, signed by Governor-General F.W. Carpenter on March 10, 1916, repealing EO No. 15 s. 1914, which organized 26 municipal districts from the territory in Sulu outside Jolo effective January 1, Patikul was created, bounded by Lati in the east; Su'uk–Bud Pula line in the south; meeting with Bud Kañagun at the southwest corner; and from that area to Bilan Point west of the Chinese Pier of Jolo, at the west. Its seat was at Tugus.

https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Department_Executive_Order_No._5_(1916)

By virtue of EO No. 355, signed by President Carlos Garcia on August 26, 1959, all municipal districts in the province, but one, were converted into municipalities, including Patikul, effective July 1, 1958.

https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/74446

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Contemporary

Patikul was used to be strongholds of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) However, Sali was involved in an attack on October 10 on the soldiers of the 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division of the Philippine Army in a public market in Barrio Danag, by 150 insurgents under him being a rogue commander, who lured them into a "peace dialogue".

On February 20, 1996, a Marine offensive against the ASG in Kanjamak killed fourteen extremists. that at the height of the offensive, seven Muslim worshippers were killed by troopers in a mosque in Tanum, which was later denied by the Armed Forces Southern Command.

Patikul had its power connection energized through a project by the National Electrification Administration in the late 1996.

On 2 February 2019, five soldiers were killed and five others injured in a shootout with the ISIL-linked group, Abu Sayyaf, in Patikul. Three terrorists were killed and 15 others were injured. The attack happened a week after a bombing that killed 20 people in a cathedral in the neighboring city of Jolo.

On June 4, 2021, A Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed in Patikul, Sulu, killing 53 people. The incident is the deadliest aviation accident involving the Philippine military.

Geography

Barangays

Patikul is politically subdivided into 30 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

  • Anuling
  • Bakong
  • Bangkal
  • Bonbon
  • Buhanginan (Darayan)
  • Bungkaung
  • Danag
  • Gandasuli
  • Igasan
  • Kabbon Takas
  • Kadday Mampallam
  • Kan Ague
  • Kaunayan
  • Langhub
  • Latih
  • Liang
  • Maligay
  • Mauboh
  • Pangdanon
  • Panglayahan
  • Pansul
  • Patikul Higad
  • Sandah
  • Taglibi (Poblacion)
  • Tandu-Bagua
  • Tanum
  • Taung
  • Timpok
  • Tugas
  • Umangay

Climate

Demographics

Economy

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References

  • Patikul Profile at PhilAtlas.com
  • [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
  • Patikul Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
  • Philippine Census Information
  • Local Governance Performance Management System