Patikul

Patikul, officially the (Tausūg: "Dāira sin Patikul"; ), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sulu, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 62,287 people.
The municipality is known for being a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf insurgent group.
Geography.
Barangays.
Patikul is politically subdivided into 30 barangays. 
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.