Santo Niño (Santo Niño)
Santo Niño, officially the Municipality of Santo Niño (Banwa sang Santo Niño; Lungsod sa Santo Niño; Bayan ng Santo Niño; Inged nu Santu Ninyu, Jawi: ايڠايد نو سنتو نيڽو), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of South Cotabato, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 39,796 people.
The municipality's name was derived from its patron saint, the “Santo Niño”, or the Holy Child. It was formerly called Barrio Trece (13) (although many still called the town proper this name) of the Norala Settlement District of then National Land Settlement Administration.
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Council) of South Cotabato passed a resolution in 1980 requesting then Assemblyman Jose T. Sison to file a bill at the Philippine Parliament to create Santo Niño a municipality. Parliament Bill No. 1220 was finally passed and approved on December 23, 1980, when Ferdinand Marcos signed it into law as Batas Pambansa Bilang 90. In a plebiscite held on April 7, 1981, the law was ratified.
Municipal mayors:
* Dr. Norberto Oliveros (1981-1986)
* Dr. Geronimo Dabalus, appointed by the Aquino Government after the 1986 EDSA Revolution (1986-1988)
* Antonio F. Damandaman, Sr. (1988-1998)
* Dr. Ervin B. Luntao (1998-2007)
* Antonio F. Damandaman, Sr. (2007–2016)
* Pablo M. Matinong, Jr. (2016–2020)
The municipality's name was derived from its patron saint, the “Santo Niño”, or the Holy Child. It was formerly called Barrio Trece (13) (although many still called the town proper this name) of the Norala Settlement District of then National Land Settlement Administration.
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Council) of South Cotabato passed a resolution in 1980 requesting then Assemblyman Jose T. Sison to file a bill at the Philippine Parliament to create Santo Niño a municipality. Parliament Bill No. 1220 was finally passed and approved on December 23, 1980, when Ferdinand Marcos signed it into law as Batas Pambansa Bilang 90. In a plebiscite held on April 7, 1981, the law was ratified.
Municipal mayors:
* Dr. Norberto Oliveros (1981-1986)
* Dr. Geronimo Dabalus, appointed by the Aquino Government after the 1986 EDSA Revolution (1986-1988)
* Antonio F. Damandaman, Sr. (1988-1998)
* Dr. Ervin B. Luntao (1998-2007)
* Antonio F. Damandaman, Sr. (2007–2016)
* Pablo M. Matinong, Jr. (2016–2020)
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Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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PHP | Philippine peso | ₱ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |
TL | Tagalog language |