[4] The municipality, then known as Pagagawan, was created under Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No.

[5] It was renamed to Datu Montawal under Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No.

The law stated the creation of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur, recognized the name of the municipality as Datu Montawal, no longer as Pagagawan[8] and ceded the municipality to Maguindanao del Sur.

Poverty Incidence of Datu Montawal Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

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