Special Geographic Area

Special Geographic Area Ligawasan Province[1]
A barangay hall in Gli-Gli in Pikit.
Territory in Cotabato province under the special geographic area of Bangsamoro
Country	Philippines
Region	Bangsamoro
Province	Cotabato (geographically only)
Municipalities	Kadayangan Kapalawan Ligawasan Malidegao Nabalawag Old Kaabakan Pahamuddin Tugunan
Barangays	63
Plebiscite of Cotabato barangays to join Bangsamoro	February 6, 2019
Foundation date	February 14, 2019[2][3]
Turnover to Bangsamoro	November 20, 2019
Municipality creation plebicites	April 13, 2024
Government
• Body	Special Geographic Area Development Authority[4]
• Administrator	Butch Panigel Malang
Area
• Total	824.311 km2 (318.268 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[5]
• Total	215,433
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)

The Special Geographic Area (SGA) is a loose collection of 63 barangays in six municipalities of the province of Cotabato in the Philippines. It is part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, despite the province of Cotabato itself being part of a separate neighboring region, Soccsksargen.

These barangays were partitioned from Soccsksargen following a two-part plebiscite held in January and February 2019 that formed Bangsamoro after residents of said barangays consented to their localities' inclusion in the new autonomous region. The municipalities these barangays are a part of, as well as the barangays themselves, remain part of Cotabato. These barangays could be reorganized into one or more new municipalities or merged with any of the neighboring municipalities in Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur, which are part of Bangsamoro.

The Bangsamoro regional government started effective governance over these barangays since the official turnover of these localities to the region by the Cotabato provincial government on November 20, 2019.

Some of these barangays are exclaves, which means they are entirely surrounded by localities that are not part of Bangsamoro.