Bangsamoro Autonomous Region

The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, usually called Bangsamoro or BARMM, is an autonomous region of the Philippines in the southwestern part of the island of Mindanao. It replaced the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao after voters ratified the Bangsamoro Organic Law in a two-part plebiscite held on January 21 and February 6, 2019, and it is the only Muslim-majority autonomous region in the country. The region grew out of years of peace talks between the Philippine government and autonomist groups, above all the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro. In 2019, 63 barangays of Cotabato province were added to its territory, and in 2024 the Supreme Court largely upheld the organic law but ruled that Sulu is not part of the region.