Patikul
# Patikul

Patikul, officially the Municipality of Patikul (Tausūg: Kawman sin Patikul; Tagalog: Bayan ng Patikul), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 79,564 people.

The municipality is known for being a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf insurgent group.

## History

On October 10, 1977, thirty-five officers and men of the Philippine Army were killed by insurgents of the Moro National Liberation Front under Usman Sali.

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. The attack happened a week after a bombing that killed 20 people in a cathedral in the neighboring city of Jolo.

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.

## Geography

### Barangays

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

* 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

### Climate

Climate data for Patikul, Sulu :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 26 (79) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 27 (81) | 28 (81) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 170 (6.7) | 130 (5.1) | 125 (4.9) | 122 (4.8) | 229 (9.0) | 286 (11.3) | 254 (10.0) | 248 (9.8) | 182 (7.2) | 257 (10.1) | 233 (9.2) | 188 (7.4) | 2,424 (95.5) |
| Average rainy days | 18.3 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 22.8 | 24.0 | 24.3 | 23.3 | 20.5 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 19.3 | 242.1 |
| Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) ||||||||||||||
