[3] Datu Paglas was created out of 7 northern barangays of the municipality of Columbio on November 22, 1973, by Presidential Decree No.

[5] While Columbio was made part of the province of Sultan Kudarat, Datu Paglas was made part of the province of Maguindanao.

[6] In 2021, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters occupied the market.

Datu Paglas is politically subdivided into 23 barangays.

Poverty Incidence of Datu Paglas Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]