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Hadji Panglima Tahil

municipality of the Philippines in the province of Sulu

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ155983 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hadji Panglima Tahil, officially the Municipality of Hadji Panglima Tahil (Tausūg: Kawman sin Hadji Panglima Tahil; Filipino: Bayan ng Hadji Panglima Tahil), is a municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 8,441 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.

It is formerly known as Marunggas. In 2000, it was the poorest municipality in the Philippines with a poverty incidence estimate of 89.7%.

Geography

Barangays

Hadji Panglima Tahil is politically subdivided into 5 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Hadji Panglima Tahil” as municipality of the Philippines in the province of Sulu. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hadji, Panglima and Tahil.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024, 2000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hadji, Panglima and Tahil providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Hadji Panglima Tahil”, the useful work is to connect “municipality of the Philippines in the province of Sulu” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q155983. Authority coordinates are 6.167, 120.917. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024 and 2000.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Hadji Panglima Tahil”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Hadji Panglima Tahil primary sources, Hadji Panglima Tahil archive and Hadji research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Hadji Panglima Tahil”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Hadji Panglima Tahil” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.