Maluso is a 4th class municipality in the province of Basilan, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 48,175 people.

On February 27, 2010, about 70 militants of the extremist Abu Sayyaf

Abu Sayyaf

Abu Sayyaf also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country...

 group attacked Tubigan village in Maluso, setting fire to homes and killing at least 11 people.

Barangays

Maluso is politically subdivided into 20 barangay

Barangay

A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...

s.

Abong-Abong Batungal Calang Canas Guanan North (Zone I) Guanan South (Zone II) Limbubong Mahayahay Lower (Zone I) Muslim Area Port Holland Zone I Pob. (Up) Port Holland Zone II Pob.

Port Holland Zone III Pob. Port Holland Zone IV (Lower) Townsite (Pob.) Taberlongan Fuente Maluso Tamuk Tubigan Mahayahay Upper (Zone II) Port Holland Zone V Upper Garlayan

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2007 Philippine Census Information