Patikul

The municipality of Patikul, situated {{nobreak|13.5 kilometers}} east of Jolo,{{cite thesis |last=Canto |first=Maria Felicia |date=1980 |title=Restoring a Sense of History: The Case of Southern Philippines' Jolo, Sulu |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/4387202.pdf |work=University of the Philippines |degree=Masteral |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |access-date=May 30, 2025 |via=CORE}} was a settlement at an isolated hill, far from the beach, by the 19th century. In 1876, the expedition aimed to conquer the Jolo island, led by Governor-General José Malcampo and consisted of 9,000 troops which had left Manila on February 5, had a force disembarked at the area on the 22nd, a day after reaching the island through Zamboanga. The Moros resisted, causing some casualties, but later escaped. Following the destruction of Jolo, the datus dispersed in all directions, except those remained in Tandu and Patikul, then the strongest, but later formed a party loyal to the sultan.{{cite book |last=Saleeby |first=Najeeb |date=1908 |title=The History of Sulu (Department of the Interior, Ethnological Survey Publications — Volume IV, Part II) |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41771/41771-h/41771-h.htm |location=Manila |publisher=Bureau of Public Printing |isbn= |access-date=May 30, 2025 |via=Project Gutenburg}}

In the late 1870s, two candidates for sultan were both proclaimed—Amirul Kiram of Maimbung (Maymbung), as suggested by Sulu governor Julian Gonzales Parrado; and Datu Aliyud Din of Patikul, who was supposed to be the regent but such suggestion was opposed by the party, marking the start of armed conflicts. In 1885, the Maimbung forces attacked the outnumbered Patikul party, defeating them, destroying the camp, and burning the settlement. Aliyud Din later fled to Basilan.

In 1887 and 1888, Patikul, along with other areas, was attacked by forces led by governor Juan Arolas and loyal to Sultan Harun, killing several natives. Meanwhile, Datu Aliyud Din returned to Patikul in late 1886, and for about a year, was defended against forces of Maimbung and those loyal to Sultan Harun. He temporarily left the area for a year, and lived until his death, about 1892. Patikul and Maimbung parties remained divided, even the Spaniards left the country and the Americans occupied Jolo in 1899.{{cite journal |last=Abubakar |first=Asiri |date=1973 |title=Muslim Philippines: with reference to the Sulus, Muslim–Christian Contradictions, and the Mindanao Crisis |url=https://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-11-01-1973/abubakar-muslim%20philippines%20sulus%20muslim%20christian%20contradictions%20mindanao%20crisis.pdf |journal=Asian Studies:Journal on Critical Perspectives on Asia |volume=11 |issue=1 |location=Quezon City |publisher=Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman |pages=112–128 |doi= |access-date=May 30, 2025 |via=upd.edu.ph}}

Natives of Lati and Patikul were involved in the deadly attack of Jolo when hostilities broke out shortly in 1895.

Decade-old rivalries between the major Moro leaders continued. The district of Patikul was controlled by brothers, Datus Jokanain and Kalbi, close American allies who traditionally opposed to Sultan Jamalul Kiram II. The datus and Panglima Bandahala played a key role during the failed three-day negotiations with Moros in Bud Dajo—many of whom were the datus' followers—convincing them to come down. Panglima Imlam and Imam Harib, members of a runaway faction, occupied and defended the eastern summit of the volcanic mountain,{{cite book |last=Wagner |first=Kim |date=2024 |title=Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Massacre_in_the_Clouds/XCLVEAAAQBAJ?hl=en |location=New York City |publisher=Hachette Book Group |page= |isbn=9781541701519 |access-date=May 31, 2025 |via=Google Books}} which was attacked by Americans in March 1906.{{cite news |last=Kho |first=Madge |date=March 6, 2025 |title=Remembering — The March 1906 Bud Dajo Massacre |url=https://mindanews.com/mindaviews/2025/03/remembering-the-march-1906-bud-dajo-massacre/ |work=MindaNews |access-date=May 31, 2025}}

Patikul was used to be strongholds of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Abu Sayyaf (ASG); and along with the rest of Sulu, has been the scene of clashes with the military. On January 18, 1977, the first group of some 700 MNLF rebels, led by then district chairperson and former mayor Usman Sali, and a Philippine–Libyan ceasefire team were met and "pledged" to halt military activities in his area.{{cite news |last=Cruz |first=Danilo |date=July 12, 1988 |title='Floating gov't center' ready |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-mYVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=patikul+massacre&article_id=2026,881502&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwivy4uDnc2NAxWeR2wGHTs7M30Q6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=patikul%20massacre&f=false |newspaper=Manila Standard |location=Manila |publisher=Standard Publications Inc. |access-date=May 31, 2025 |page=7 |via=Google Books}} However, Sali was involved in an attack on October 10 on the soldiers of the 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division of the Philippine Army in a public market in Barrio Danag, by 150 insurgents{{cite news |date=October 14, 1977 |title=Philippine rebels in battle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ebdjAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=patikul+massacre&article_id=3212,4298370&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwivy4uDnc2NAxWeR2wGHTs7M30Q6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=patikul%20massacre&f=false |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |publisher=John Fairfax & Sons Ltd. |access-date=May 31, 2025 |page=4 |via=Google Books}} under him being a rogue commander, who lured them into a "peace dialogue". Thirty-five, including their commander, Brig. Gen. Teodulfo Bautista, were killed; a soldier survived.{{cite book |last=Mercado |first=Norbert |date=July 31, 2017 |title=Peace Talk (ebook) |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Peace_Talk/-tEuDwAAQBAJ?hl=en |isbn= |access-date=May 31, 2025 |via=Google Books}}{{cite news |last=Cal |first=Ben |date=October 10, 2018 |title=Gruesome 1977 Patikul massacre recalled |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1050622 |work=Philippine News Agency |access-date=May 31, 2025}}

On February 20, 1996, a Marine offensive against the ASG in Kanjamak killed fourteen extremists. The MNLF later claimed{{cite news |last=Saavedra |first=Rudy |date=February 29, 1996 |title=MNLF claim: 4 killed in mosque in AFP aassault |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJUVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA31&dq=patikul+massacre&article_id=6682,5085342&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwivy4uDnc2NAxWeR2wGHTs7M30Q6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=patikul%20massacre&f=false |newspaper=Manila Standard |location=Manila |publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp. |access-date=May 31, 2025 |page=13 |via=Google Books}} that at the height of the offensive, seven Muslim worshippers were killed by troopers in a mosque in Tanum, which was later denied by the Armed Forces Southern Command.{{cite news |last=Saavedra |first=Rudy |date=March 11, 1996 |title=Blasts rock Zambo churches; 12 hurt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZ8VAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA30&dq=patikul+massacre&article_id=3237,1682516&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjChLGYqM2NAxV3d2wGHVr9ClsQ6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q=patikul%20massacre&f=false |newspaper=Manila Standard |location=Manila |publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp. |access-date=May 31, 2025 |pages=1–2 |via=Google Books}}

Patikul had its power connection energized through a project by the National Electrification Administration in the late 1996.{{cite news |last=Maragay |first=Fel |date=December 6, 1996 |title=Ramos to NEA: Speed up 'energizing' barangays |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4p4VAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA34&dq=patikul+massacre&article_id=4255,754105&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwivy4uDnc2NAxWeR2wGHTs7M30Q6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=patikul%20massacre&f=false |newspaper=Manila Standard |location=Manila |publisher=Kamahalan Publishing Corp. |access-date=May 31, 2025 |page=2 |via=Google Books}}

On 2 February 2019, five soldiers were killed and five others injured in a shootout with the ISIL-linked group, Abu Sayyaf, in Patikul. Three terrorists were killed and 15 others were injured.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/philippine-army-deadly-battle-abu-sayyaf-jolo-blast-190202141556484.html|title=Philippine army in deadly battle with Abu Sayyaf after Jolo blast|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2019-02-02}} The attack happened a week after a bombing that killed 20 people in a cathedral in the neighboring city of Jolo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2184830/eight-killed-jolo-after-fierce-firefight-between-philippine|title=Eight killed in 'fierce firefight' in Philippines' south|date=2019-02-02|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-02-02}}

On June 4, 2021, A Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed in Patikul, Sulu, killing 53 people. The incident is the deadliest aviation accident involving the Philippine military.

Patikul is politically subdivided into 30 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

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• Anuling
• Bakong
• Bangkal
• Bonbon
• Buhanginan (Darayan)
• Bungkaung
• Danag
• Gandasuli
• Igasan
• Kabbon Takas
• Kadday Mampallam
• Kan Ague
• Kaunayan
• Langhub
• Latih
• Liang
• Maligay
• Mauboh
• Pangdanon
• Panglayahan
• Pansul
• Patikul Higad
• Sandah
• Taglibi (Poblacion)
• Tandu-Bagua
• Tanum
• Taung
• Timpok
• Tugas
• Umangay

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| Nov rain days = 21.9

| Dec rain days = 19.3

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{{reflist}}

• [https://www.philatlas.com/mindanao/armm/sulu/patikul.html Patikul Profile at PhilAtlas.com]
• [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
• [https://cmci.dti.gov.ph/lgu-profile.php?lgu=Patikul Patikul Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160215003931/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information]
• [http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=1&frmIdProvince=96&frmIdLgu=1706 Local Governance Performance Management System]

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Patikul

| North = Sulu Sea

| East = Sulu Sea

| Southeast = Old Panamao

| South = Talipao

| Southwest = Indanan

| West = Jolo

| Northwest = Hadji Panglima Tahil

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