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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#During_the_Marcos_dictatorship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>During the Marcos dictatorship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-During_the_Marcos_dictatorship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-1986" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-1986"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Post-1986</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-1986-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administrative_divisions" class="vector-toc-list-item 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officials</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Elected_provincial_officials-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88" title="كوتاباتو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كوتاباتو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88" title="کوتاباتو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کوتاباتو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinz_Cotabato" title="Provinz Cotabato – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Provinz Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Cotabato" title="Provincia de Cotabato – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88" title="کوتاباتو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوتاباتو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato_(province)" title="Cotabato (province) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cotabato (province)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%94%ED%83%80%EB%B0%94%ED%86%A0%EC%A3%BC" title="코타바토주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="코타바토주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="कोताबातो प्रान्त – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कोताबातो प्रान्त" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Cotabato" title="Provincia di Cotabato – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="კოტაბატოს პროვინცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კოტაბატოს პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato_(provincia)" title="Cotabato (provincia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Cotabato (provincia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotabato_(province)" title="Kotabato (province) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kotabato (province)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE" title="Котабато – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Котабато" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato_(provincie)" title="Cotabato (provincie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Cotabato (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%90%E3%83%88%E5%B7%9E" title="コタバト州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コタバト州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato_(provins)" title="Cotabato (provins) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Cotabato (provins)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato_(prowincja)" title="Cotabato (prowincja) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Cotabato (prowincja)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE" title="Котабато – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Котабато" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotabato" title="Cotabato – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Cotabato" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Paniki_Falls_side_view_located_at_Umpan%2C_Village_Barangay_Balabag%2C_Kidapawan_City.jpg/186px-Paniki_Falls_side_view_located_at_Umpan%2C_Village_Barangay_Balabag%2C_Kidapawan_City.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Paniki_Falls_side_view_located_at_Umpan%2C_Village_Barangay_Balabag%2C_Kidapawan_City.jpg/248px-Paniki_Falls_side_view_located_at_Umpan%2C_Village_Barangay_Balabag%2C_Kidapawan_City.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Apo.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Mount_Apo.JPG/124px-Mount_Apo.JPG" decoding="async" width="124" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Mount_Apo.JPG/186px-Mount_Apo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Mount_Apo.JPG/248px-Mount_Apo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_venado.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Lake_venado.JPG/124px-Lake_venado.JPG" decoding="async" width="124" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Lake_venado.JPG/186px-Lake_venado.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Lake_venado.JPG/248px-Lake_venado.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Road_of_gold.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Road_of_gold.jpg/124px-Road_of_gold.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Road_of_gold.jpg/186px-Road_of_gold.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Road_of_gold.jpg/248px-Road_of_gold.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:transparent;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North_Cotabato_Provincial_Capitol_front_(Davao-Cotabato_Road,_Amas,_Kidapawan,_North_Cotabato;_08-17-2023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/North_Cotabato_Provincial_Capitol_front_%28Davao-Cotabato_Road%2C_Amas%2C_Kidapawan%2C_North_Cotabato%3B_08-17-2023%29.jpg/250px-North_Cotabato_Provincial_Capitol_front_%28Davao-Cotabato_Road%2C_Amas%2C_Kidapawan%2C_North_Cotabato%3B_08-17-2023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/North_Cotabato_Provincial_Capitol_front_%28Davao-Cotabato_Road%2C_Amas%2C_Kidapawan%2C_North_Cotabato%3B_08-17-2023%29.jpg/375px-North_Cotabato_Provincial_Capitol_front_%28Davao-Cotabato_Road%2C_Amas%2C_Kidapawan%2C_North_Cotabato%3B_08-17-2023%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/North_Cotabato_Provincial_Capitol_front_%28Davao-Cotabato_Road%2C_Amas%2C_Kidapawan%2C_North_Cotabato%3B_08-17-2023%29.jpg/500px-North_Cotabato_Provincial_Capitol_front_%28Davao-Cotabato_Road%2C_Amas%2C_Kidapawan%2C_North_Cotabato%3B_08-17-2023%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3552" data-file-height="2664" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">(from top: left to right) <a href="/wiki/Mount_Apo" title="Mount Apo">Mount Apo Rainforest</a>, Paniki Falls in <a href="/wiki/Kidapawan" title="Kidapawan">Kidapawan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Venado" title="Lake Venado">Lake Venado Campsite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Venado" title="Lake Venado">Lake Venado</a>, Provincial road in <a href="/wiki/Carmen,_Cotabato" title="Carmen, Cotabato">Carmen</a> and Cotabato Provincial Capitol.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PH-NCO_Flag.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Cotabato"><img alt="Flag of Cotabato" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/PH-NCO_Flag.png/100px-PH-NCO_Flag.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/PH-NCO_Flag.png/150px-PH-NCO_Flag.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/PH-NCO_Flag.png/200px-PH-NCO_Flag.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ph_seal_cotabato.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Cotabato"><img alt="Official seal of Cotabato" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/56/Ph_seal_cotabato.png/80px-Ph_seal_cotabato.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/56/Ph_seal_cotabato.png/120px-Ph_seal_cotabato.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/56/Ph_seal_cotabato.png/160px-Ph_seal_cotabato.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cotabato_in_Philippines.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in the Philippines"><img alt="Location in the Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Cotabato_in_Philippines.svg/250px-Cotabato_in_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Cotabato_in_Philippines.svg/375px-Cotabato_in_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Cotabato_in_Philippines.svg/500px-Cotabato_in_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1869" data-file-height="2465" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in the Philippines</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;">OpenStreetMap</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-overlays="["_b20777e1c555cc0318d5702f298dba50310d408d"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Cotabato&revid=1258489907&groups=_b20777e1c555cc0318d5702f298dba50310d408d" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Cotabato&revid=1258489907&groups=_b20777e1c555cc0318d5702f298dba50310d408d 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.2_N_124.85_E_region:PH_type:adm1st"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°12′N</span> <span class="longitude">124°51′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.2°N 124.85°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.2; 124.85</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Soccsksargen" title="Soccsksargen">Soccsksargen</a>*</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Foundation</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li>September 1, 1914 <span style="font-size:85%;">(founded as the <a href="/wiki/Cotabato_(historical_province)" title="Cotabato (historical province)">Empire Province of Cotabato</a>)</span></li><li>November 22, 1973 <span style="font-size:85%;">(Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat were carved out)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">and largest city</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kidapawan" title="Kidapawan">Kidapawan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Cotabato" title="Governor of Cotabato">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Tali%C3%B1o-Mendoza" title="Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza">Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nacionalista_Party" title="Nacionalista Party">NP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Vice_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Governor">Vice Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Efren F. Piñol (<a href="/wiki/PDP%E2%80%93Laban" class="mw-redirect" title="PDP–Laban">PDP–Laban</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panlalawigan" title="Sangguniang Panlalawigan">Legislature</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cotabato_Provincial_Board" title="Cotabato Provincial Board">Cotabato Provincial Board</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-nscblist_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscblist-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">9,008.90 km<sup>2</sup> (3,478.36 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">6th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Mount_Apo" title="Mount Apo">Mount Apo</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,954 m (9,692 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020 census)<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–12_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–12-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,275,185</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">22nd out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">140/km<sup>2</sup> (370/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">57th out of 81</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Divisions<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#Independent_cities" title="Cities of the Philippines">Independent cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">Component cities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;"><div>1</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Kidapawan" title="Kidapawan">Kidapawan</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Municipalities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;text-align:left;background-color:WhiteSmoke;"><div>25</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Alamada,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamada, Cotabato">Alamada</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Aleosan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleosan, Cotabato">Aleosan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Antipas,_Cotabato" title="Antipas, Cotabato">Antipas</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Arakan,_Cotabato" title="Arakan, Cotabato">Arakan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Banisilan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Banisilan, Cotabato">Banisilan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Carmen,_Cotabato" title="Carmen, Cotabato">Carmen</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Kabacan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabacan, Cotabato">Kabacan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Kadayangan" title="Kadayangan">Kadayangan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Kapalawan" title="Kapalawan">Kapalawan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Libungan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Libungan, Cotabato">Libungan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Ligawasan" title="Ligawasan">Ligawasan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/M%27lang,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="M'lang, Cotabato">M'lang</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Magpet,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Magpet, Cotabato">Magpet</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Makilala,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Makilala, Cotabato">Makilala</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Malidegao" title="Malidegao">Malidegao</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Matalam,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Matalam, Cotabato">Matalam</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Midsayap,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Midsayap, Cotabato">Midsayap</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Nabalawag" title="Nabalawag">Nabalawag</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Old_Kaabakan" title="Old Kaabakan">Old Kaabakan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Pahamuddin" title="Pahamuddin">Pahamuddin</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Pigcawayan" title="Pigcawayan">Pigcawayan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Pikit,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Pikit, Cotabato">Pikit</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/President_Roxas,_Cotabato" title="President Roxas, Cotabato">President Roxas</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Tugunan" title="Tugunan">Tugunan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Tulunan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulunan, Cotabato">Tulunan</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">Barangays</a></th><td class="infobox-data">606</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Cotabato" title="Legislative districts of Cotabato">Legislative districts of Cotabato</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ZIP_codes_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ZIP codes in the Philippines">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">9400–9417</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_direct_dialing" title="International direct dialing">IDD</a><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>:<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Philippines" title="Telephone numbers in the Philippines">area code</a> </span></span></th><td class="infobox-data">+63 (0)64</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">PH-NCO</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spoken languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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title="Ilianen language">Ilianen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tagalog_language" title="Tagalog language">Tagalog</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Income classification</th><td class="infobox-data">1st class</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cotabatoprov.gov.ph/">cotabatoprov<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ph</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> * <i>excluding <a href="/wiki/Special_geographic_area_of_Bangsamoro" class="mw-redirect" title="Special geographic area of Bangsamoro">8 municipalities under BARMM</a></i> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cotabato</b>, formerly and still commonly referred to as <b>North Cotabato</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and officially the <b>Province of Cotabato</b>, is a landlocked <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">province</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Soccsksargen" title="Soccsksargen">Soccsksargen</a> <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">region</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a>. Its capital is the city of <a href="/wiki/Kidapawan" title="Kidapawan">Kidapawan</a>, the most populous in the province. <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro_barangays_in_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangsamoro barangays in Cotabato">Some of its municipalities</a> are under the jurisdiction of the nearby <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro" title="Bangsamoro">Bangsamoro Autonomous Region</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Kuta Watu</i> in <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao_language" title="Maguindanao language">Maguindanaon</a> (or <i>Kota Batu</i> in <a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a>) means "stone fortress". </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mindanao_burial_urn_2_SF_Asian_Art_Museum.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Mindanao_burial_urn_2_SF_Asian_Art_Museum.JPG/220px-Mindanao_burial_urn_2_SF_Asian_Art_Museum.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Mindanao_burial_urn_2_SF_Asian_Art_Museum.JPG/330px-Mindanao_burial_urn_2_SF_Asian_Art_Museum.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Mindanao_burial_urn_2_SF_Asian_Art_Museum.JPG/440px-Mindanao_burial_urn_2_SF_Asian_Art_Museum.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>7th-century urn made of limestone, from Cotabato</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Cotabato_(historical_province)" title="Cotabato (historical province)">Cotabato (historical province)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maguindanao_Sultanate">Maguindanao Sultanate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Maguindanao Sultanate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Maguindanao" title="Sultanate of Maguindanao">Sultanate of Maguindanao</a></div> <p>According to Maguindanao royal records, Islam was introduced to the Maguindanaos in the late 15th century by Sharif <a href="/wiki/Sharif_Kabungsuwan" title="Sharif Kabungsuwan">Muhammad Kabungsuan</a>, a Johorean Malay Muslim noble and missionary of Arab descent. Sharif Kabungsuan invaded <a href="/wiki/Malabang" title="Malabang">Malabang</a> in 1475, facing armed resistance from the principality, nevertheless successfully vanquishing and subjugating it to his Islamic rule through the employment of <a href="/wiki/Samal_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Samal people">Samal</a> forces.<sup id="cite_ref-Halili-PhilippineHistory_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halili-PhilippineHistory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cotabato became the capital of the Maguindanao Sultanate. The city became the seat of power of Sultan <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Kudarat" title="Muhammad Kudarat">Muhammad Kudarat</a> in 1619. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spanish_invasion">Spanish invasion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Spanish invasion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_Philippines" title="Christianity in the Philippines">Christianity</a> was introduced in 1596, but the Spaniards were unable to penetrate into the region until the second half of the 19th century. The district of Cotabato was formed in 1860,<sup id="cite_ref-CotabatoGovPH-History_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CotabatoGovPH-History-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> covering the areas of what is now Cotabato, <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao" title="Maguindanao">Maguindanao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Kudarat" title="Sultan Kudarat">Sultan Kudarat</a> provinces with its capital at <a href="/wiki/Cotabato_City" title="Cotabato City">Tamontaka</a>. <i>Fort Pikit</i> was established by the Spaniards in 1893 as they continued their conquest of the remnants of <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao_Sultanate" class="mw-redirect" title="Maguindanao Sultanate">Maguindanao Sultanate</a>, which would soon be the site of one of the province's oldest towns, <a href="/wiki/Pikit,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Pikit, Cotabato">Pikit</a>. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93Moro_conflict" title="Spanish–Moro conflict">Spanish–Moro conflict</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_rule">American rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: American rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coming of the Americans ushered in the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Moro_Province" title="Moro Province">Moro Province</a> on July 15, 1903, through <i>Act No. 787</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Commission" title="Philippine Commission">Philippine Commission</a>. Cotabato, covering what are now the provinces of Cotabato, <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao" title="Maguindanao">Maguindanao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Kudarat" title="Sultan Kudarat">Sultan Kudarat</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Cotabato" title="South Cotabato">South Cotabato</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sarangani" title="Sarangani">Sarangani</a>, became a district of the huge Moro province. During the American period, large companies were established in Cotabato to exploit the vast timber resources of the region. By the 1930s, settlers from Luzon and Visayas established homesteads in Cotabato. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Moro_Province" title="Moro Province">Moro Province</a> and <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Mindanao_and_Sulu" title="Department of Mindanao and Sulu">Department of Mindanao and Sulu</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Japanese_invasion">Japanese invasion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Japanese invasion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Cotabato" title="Special:EditPage/Cotabato">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2016</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In December 1941, Japanese planes bombed and invaded Cotabato. In 1942, Cotabato was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Imperial_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Imperial forces">Japanese Imperial forces</a>. A military headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Commonwealth_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Commonwealth Army">Philippine Commonwealth Army</a> existed in Cotabato from January 3, 1942, to June 30, 1946, and the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Constabulary" title="Philippine Constabulary">Philippine Constabulary</a> 10th Constabulary Regiment was stationed in Cotobato from October 28, 1944, to June 30, 1946. Moro guerrilla fighters operating in the province of Cotabato helped local forces of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and the Philippine Constabulary 10th Constabulary Regiment fight against the Imperial Japanese Army until 1944. The Moro guerrillas fought the Japanese troops until liberation. In 1945, Cotabato was recaptured from the Japanese Imperial forces by the combined Filipino and American troops together with the recognized Moro guerrilla units. The guerrillas used the traditional Moro <a href="/wiki/Kampilan" title="Kampilan">Kampilan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barong_(knife)" class="mw-redirect" title="Barong (knife)">Barong</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kris" title="Kris">Kris</a> swords as their weapons. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maguindanao" title="Battle of Maguindanao">Battle of Maguindanao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cotabato_(1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Cotabato (1945)">Battle of Cotabato (1945)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postwar_Era">Postwar Era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Postwar Era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The pace of settlement in the region accelerated in the 1950s and 1960s. The <a href="/wiki/Cotabato_Province_(1914-1973)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cotabato Province (1914-1973)">former province of Cotabato</a> was once the largest in the Philippines. In 1966, <a href="/wiki/South_Cotabato" title="South Cotabato">South Cotabato</a> was created as a separate province.<sup id="cite_ref-ChanRobles-RA4849_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChanRobles-RA4849-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mindanao, including Cotabato, was relatively peaceful in the 1950s and the mid-1960s. While there were some ethnic tensions, there was essentially no presence of secessionist groups in Mindanao yet.<sup id="cite_ref-MiclatinArguillas_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MiclatinArguillas-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="During_the_Marcos_dictatorship">During the Marcos dictatorship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: During the Marcos dictatorship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Martial_law_under_Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos">Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moro_conflict" title="Moro conflict">Moro conflict</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manili_massacre" title="Manili massacre">Manili massacre</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_abuses_of_the_Marcos_dictatorship" title="Human rights abuses of the Marcos dictatorship">Human rights abuses of the Marcos dictatorship</a></div> <p>The relative peace of the postwar era began to change in the last years of President <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Ferdinand Marcos">Ferdinand Marcos</a>' <a href="/wiki/First_term_of_the_presidency_of_Ferdinand_Marcos" title="First term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos">first term</a>, when news about the <a href="/wiki/Jabidah_massacre" title="Jabidah massacre">Jabidah massacre</a> ignited a furor in the Moro community, and ethnic tensions encouraged with the formation of secessionist movements.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> None of these groups had enough followers to form a viable opposition until Marcos declared Martial Law,<sup id="cite_ref-RevoltinMindanao:_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RevoltinMindanao:-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but when political parties were dissolved upon the proclamation of Martial Law in September 1972, it became easy for the armed secessionist group known as the <a href="/wiki/Moro_National_Liberation_Front" title="Moro National Liberation Front">Moro National Liberation Front</a> to consolidate power, and the decades-long <a href="/wiki/Moro_conflict" title="Moro conflict">Moro conflict</a> began in earnest.<sup id="cite_ref-BetweenIntegrationandSecession_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BetweenIntegrationandSecession-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One major event of Martial law which took place in Cotabato was the <a href="/wiki/Manili_massacre" title="Manili massacre">Manili massacre</a>, which saw the <a href="/wiki/Mass_murder" title="Mass murder">mass murder</a> of 70<sup id="cite_ref-pcij_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pcij-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 79<sup id="cite_ref-Arguillas_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arguillas-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Moro_people" title="Moro people">Moros</a>, including women and children, committed in a <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a> in Manili, <a href="/wiki/Carmen,_Cotabato" title="Carmen, Cotabato">Carmen</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="North Cotabato">North Cotabato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> on June 19, 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-lar_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lar-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Muslim residents of the town had gathered in their mosque to participate in a supposed peace talk with <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> groups when a group of armed men suspected to be part of the <a href="/wiki/Ilaga" title="Ilaga">Ilaga</a> militant group<sup id="cite_ref-pcij_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pcij-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> opened fire on them.<sup id="cite_ref-lar_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lar-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 22, 1973, through <i>Presidential Decree No. 341</i>, what remained of the old Cotabato was further divided into the provinces of <i>North Cotabato</i>, <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao" title="Maguindanao">Maguindanao</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Kudarat" title="Sultan Kudarat">Sultan Kudarat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-decree341_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decree341-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>North Cotabato</i> was later renamed <i>Cotabato</i> through <i>Batas Pambansa Blg. 660</i> approved on March 7, 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-batas660_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batas660-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-1986">Post-1986</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Post-1986"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/2019_Bangsamoro_autonomy_plebiscite" title="2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite">plebiscite</a> to form the autonomous administrative region of <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro" title="Bangsamoro">Bangsamoro</a> in February 2019, 63 barangays from Cotabato's western municipalities, all of which inhabited mostly by Muslim natives, opted to join the newly formed region.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_Philippines_Staff_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN_Philippines_Staff-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This will result in the reduction of the number of barangays the province currently administers after the national midterm elections on May 13, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Carolyn_O._Arguillas_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carolyn_O._Arguillas-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cotabato now comprises the capital city of <a href="/wiki/Kidapawan" title="Kidapawan">Kidapawan</a> and 25 municipalities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cotabato covers a total area of 9,008.90 square kilometres (3,478.36 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> occupying the northeastern tip of <a href="/wiki/Soccsksargen" title="Soccsksargen">Region XII</a> and is centrally located in <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a>. It is bounded on the north by the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Lanao_del_Sur" title="Lanao del Sur">Lanao del Sur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bukidnon" title="Bukidnon">Bukidnon</a>, on the east by <a href="/wiki/Davao_City" title="Davao City">Davao City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Davao_del_Norte" title="Davao del Norte">Davao del Norte</a>, on the west by <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao_del_Norte" title="Maguindanao del Norte">Maguindanao del Norte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao_del_Sur" title="Maguindanao del Sur">Maguindanao del Sur</a>, on the south by <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Kudarat" title="Sultan Kudarat">Sultan Kudarat</a>, and on the southeast by <a href="/wiki/Davao_del_Sur" title="Davao del Sur">Davao del Sur</a>. </p><p>Cotabato is strategically linked to the major "Arterial Road System" that traverses and connects the province to Davao City - Soccsksargen - Cotabato Corridor. The Cotabato via Kabacan - Maramag - Kibawe, Bukidnon <a href="/wiki/Sayre_Highway" title="Sayre Highway">Sayre Highway</a> meanwhile serves as its link to the <a href="/wiki/Cagayan_de_Oro" title="Cagayan de Oro">Cagayan de Oro</a>-<a href="/wiki/Iligan" title="Iligan">Iligan</a> City Corridor. The <a href="/wiki/Pan-Philippine_Highway" title="Pan-Philippine Highway">Pan-Philippine Highway</a> <b>(AH26)</b> traverses through the municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Midsayap" title="Midsayap">Midsayap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Libungan" title="Libungan">Libungan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pigcawayan" title="Pigcawayan">Pigcawayan</a>. </p><p>Cotabato stretches from the east at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Apo" title="Mount Apo">Mount Apo</a>, which separates it from Davao, to the <a href="/wiki/Mount_Ragang" title="Mount Ragang">Piapayungan</a> Range on its boundary with Lanao in the west.<sup id="cite_ref-FastFactsPhilProv-Cotabato_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FastFactsPhilProv-Cotabato-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between these highlands is the <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">basin</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pulangi_River" title="Pulangi River">Pulangi River</a> or <a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_de_Mindanao" title="Rio Grande de Mindanao">Rio Grande de Mindanao</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FastFactsPhilProv-Cotabato_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FastFactsPhilProv-Cotabato-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the second longest in the Philippines at 373 kilometres (232 mi), which rises in Bukidnon and flows south to Maguindanao and <a href="/wiki/Illana_Bay" title="Illana Bay">Illana Bay</a>. The province's fertile plains are traversed by <a href="/wiki/Tributaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Tributaries">tributaries</a> of this great river. </p><p>Typhoons do not pass through Cotabato and rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year.<sup id="cite_ref-FastFactsPhilProv-Cotabato_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FastFactsPhilProv-Cotabato-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Cotabato </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.5<br />(88.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.3<br />(90.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB33; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.7<br />(89.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFF88; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #2626FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">167 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Storm247<sup id="cite_ref-Storm247-Cotabato_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Storm247-Cotabato-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Special_Geographic_Area" title="Special Geographic Area">Special Geographic Area</a></div> <p>Cotabato comprises 25 <a href="/wiki/Philippine_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine municipality">municipalities</a> and one <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">city</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nscb_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, 8 municipalities are under the jurisdiction of <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro" title="Bangsamoro">Bangsamoro</a> as part of its <a href="/wiki/Special_Geographic_Area" title="Special Geographic Area">special geographic area</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Cotabato_provinces_with_municipalities.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Cotabato_provinces_with_municipalities.svg/240px-Map_of_Cotabato_provinces_with_municipalities.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Cotabato_provinces_with_municipalities.svg/360px-Map_of_Cotabato_provinces_with_municipalities.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Map_of_Cotabato_provinces_with_municipalities.svg/480px-Map_of_Cotabato_provinces_with_municipalities.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1107" data-file-height="1042" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Political map of Cotabato</b></div></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CCFFCC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> † </span> <span style="font-size:90%;">Provincial capital and component city</span></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FDFDFD; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <span style="font-size:90%;">Municipality</span></li></ul></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="120pt">City <span style="font-size:85%;">or</span> municipality </th> <th width="80pt"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Cotabato" title="Legislative districts of Cotabato">District</a><sup id="cite_ref-nscb_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nscb-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="80pt">Population (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-psa2020revised_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-psa2020revised-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="80pt">Area (km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th width="80pt"><abbr title="Total number of barangays">No. of Barangay(s)</abbr> </th> <th width="200pt"><a href="/wiki/Coordinates" class="mw-redirect" title="Coordinates">Coordinates</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_Coordnone"><a href="#endnote_Coordnone">[A]</a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alamada,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamada, Cotabato">Alamada</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td>68,659 </td> <td>787.50 </td> <td>17 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.3900_N_124.5498_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Alamada"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°23′24″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°32′59″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.3900°N 124.5498°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.3900; 124.5498</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Alamada</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aleosan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleosan, Cotabato">Aleosan</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td>36,892 </td> <td>199.409 </td> <td>17 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.1523_N_124.5813_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Aleosan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°09′08″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°34′53″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.1523°N 124.5813°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.1523; 124.5813</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Aleosan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Antipas,_Cotabato" title="Antipas, Cotabato">Antipas</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>26,817 </td> <td>552.50 </td> <td>13 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.2450_N_125.0539_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Antipas"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°14′42″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°03′14″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.2450°N 125.0539°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.2450; 125.0539</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Antipas</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arakan,_Cotabato" title="Arakan, Cotabato">Arakan</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>50,558 </td> <td>693.22 </td> <td>28 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.3514_N_125.1262_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Arakan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°21′05″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°07′34″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.3514°N 125.1262°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.3514; 125.1262</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Arakan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Banisilan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Banisilan, Cotabato">Banisilan</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>46,995 </td> <td>577.22 </td> <td>20 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.5058_N_124.6947_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Banisilan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°30′21″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°41′41″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.5058°N 124.6947°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.5058; 124.6947</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Banisilan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carmen,_Cotabato" title="Carmen, Cotabato">Carmen</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>79,140 </td> <td>929.81 </td> <td>21 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.2045_N_124.7953_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Carmen"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°12′16″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°47′43″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.2045°N 124.7953°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.2045; 124.7953</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Carmen</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kabacan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabacan, Cotabato">Kabacan</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>77,164 </td> <td>448.09 </td> <td>17 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.1166_N_124.8166_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Kabacan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°07′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°49′00″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.1166°N 124.8166°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.1166; 124.8166</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Kabacan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kadayangan" title="Kadayangan">Kadayangan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Geographic_Area" title="Special Geographic Area"><i>SGA</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-sga_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sga-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>25,573 </td> <td>41.60 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.1230_N_124.4761_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Kadayangan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°07′23″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°28′34″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.1230°N 124.4761°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.1230; 124.4761</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Kadayangan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kapalawan" title="Kapalawan">Kapalawan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Geographic_Area" title="Special Geographic Area"><i>SGA</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-sga_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sga-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>28,643 </td> <td>180.62 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.2605_N_124.7893_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Kapalawan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°15′38″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°47′21″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.2605°N 124.7893°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.2605; 124.7893</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Kapalawan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Kidapawan_City,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidapawan City, Cotabato">Kidapawan City</a> <sup>†</sup> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>160,791 </td> <td>358.47 </td> <td>40 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.0083_N_125.0916_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Kidapawan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°00′30″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°05′30″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.0083°N 125.0916°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.0083; 125.0916</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Kidapawan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Libungan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Libungan, Cotabato">Libungan</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td>56,269 </td> <td>172.50 </td> <td>20 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.2403_N_124.5198_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Libungan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°14′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°31′11″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.2403°N 124.5198°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.2403; 124.5198</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Libungan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ligawasan" title="Ligawasan">Ligawasan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Geographic_Area" title="Special Geographic Area"><i>SGA</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-sga_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sga-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>29,784 </td> <td>111.60 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=6.9951_N_124.7050_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Ligawasan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°59′42″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°42′18″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.9951°N 124.7050°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.9951; 124.7050</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Ligawasan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Magpet,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Magpet, Cotabato">Magpet</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>53,800 </td> <td>755.36 </td> <td>32 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.1023_N_125.1245_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Magpet"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°06′08″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°07′28″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.1023°N 125.1245°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.1023; 125.1245</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Magpet</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Makilala,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Makilala, Cotabato">Makilala</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>87,927 </td> <td>343.57 </td> <td>38 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=6.9613_N_125.0858_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Makilala"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°57′41″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°05′09″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.9613°N 125.0858°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.9613; 125.0858</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Makilala</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Malidegao" title="Malidegao">Malidegao</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Geographic_Area" title="Special Geographic Area"><i>SGA</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-sga_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sga-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>36,438 </td> <td>115.45 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.1741_N_124.6906_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Malidegao"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°10′27″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°41′26″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.1741°N 124.6906°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.1741; 124.6906</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Malidegao</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matalam,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Matalam, Cotabato">Matalam</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>81,355 </td> <td>476.00 </td> <td>34 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=6.9613_N_125.0858_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Matalam"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°57′41″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°05′09″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.9613°N 125.0858°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.9613; 125.0858</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Matalam</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Midsayap,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Midsayap, Cotabato">Midsayap</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td>117,365 </td> <td>186.47 </td> <td>44 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.1891_N_124.5349_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Midsayap"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°11′21″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°32′06″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.1891°N 124.5349°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.1891; 124.5349</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Midsayap</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M%27lang,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="M'lang, Cotabato">M'lang</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>98,195 </td> <td>312.13 </td> <td>37 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=6.9463_N_124.8783_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=M%27lang"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°56′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°52′42″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.9463°N 124.8783°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.9463; 124.8783</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">M'lang</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nabalawag" title="Nabalawag">Nabalawag</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Geographic_Area" title="Special Geographic Area"><i>SGA</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-sga_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sga-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>28,239 </td> <td>86.05 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.0985_N_124.4932_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Nabalawag"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°05′55″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°29′36″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.0985°N 124.4932°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.0985; 124.4932</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Nabalawag</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Kaabakan" title="Old Kaabakan">Old Kaabakan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Geographic_Area" title="Special Geographic Area"><i>SGA</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-sga_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sga-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>16,658 </td> <td>117.17 </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.1642_N_124.8455_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Old+Kaabakan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°09′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°50′44″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.1642°N 124.8455°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.1642; 124.8455</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Old Kaabakan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pahamuddin" title="Pahamuddin">Pahamuddin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Geographic_Area" title="Special Geographic Area"><i>SGA</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-sga_22-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sga-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>19,627 </td> <td>50.13 </td> <td>12 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.1684_N_124.3645_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Pahamuddin"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°10′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°21′52″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.1684°N 124.3645°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.1684; 124.3645</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pahamuddin</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pigcawayan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Pigcawayan, Cotabato">Pigcawayan</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td>52,744 </td> <td>289.98 </td> <td>28 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.2791_N_124.4242_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Pigcawayan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°16′45″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°25′27″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.2791°N 124.4242°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.2791; 124.4242</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pigcawayan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pikit,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Pikit, Cotabato">Pikit</a> </td> <td>1st </td> <td>67,024 </td> <td>277.27 </td> <td>20 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.0537_N_124.6722_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Pikit"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°03′13″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°40′20″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.0537°N 124.6722°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.0537; 124.6722</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Pikit</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/President_Roxas,_Cotabato" title="President Roxas, Cotabato">President Roxas</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>52,512 </td> <td>618.25 </td> <td>25 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.1543_N_125.0554_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=President+Roxas"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°09′15″N</span> <span class="longitude">125°03′19″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.1543°N 125.0554°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.1543; 125.0554</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">President Roxas</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tugunan" title="Tugunan">Tugunan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Special_Geographic_Area" title="Special Geographic Area"><i>SGA</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-sga_22-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sga-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>30,651 </td> <td>102.60 </td> <td>9 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=7.0403_N_124.6121_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Tugunan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°02′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°36′44″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.0403°N 124.6121°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.0403; 124.6121</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Tugunan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulunan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulunan, Cotabato">Tulunan</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>60,978 </td> <td>343.08 </td> <td>29 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cotabato&params=6.8305_N_124.8728_E_region:PH-NCO_type:city&title=Tulunan"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">6°49′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">124°52′22″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">6.8305°N 124.8728°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">6.8305; 124.8728</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Tulunan</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th width="120pt">Total </th> <th width="80pt"> </th> <th width="80pt">1,275,185 </th> <th width="80pt">9,008.90 </th> <th width="80pt">543 </th> <th width="200pt"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Hiligaynon_language" title="Hiligaynon language">Hiligaynon</a>: <i lang="hil">Aminhan Cotabato</i>; <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao_language" title="Maguindanao language">Maguindanaon</a>: <i>Utara Kutawatu</i>, <a href="/wiki/Jawi_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Jawi alphabet">Jawi</a>: اوتار كوتوات; <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a>: <i lang="ceb">Amihanang Cotabato</i>; <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a>: <i lang="ceb">Amihanang Cotabato</i>; <a href="/wiki/Ilocano_language" title="Ilocano language">Ilocano</a>: <i lang="ilo">Amianan a Cotabato</i>; <a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a>: <i lang="fil">Hilagang Cotabato</i>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sga-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sga_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sga_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sga_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sga_22-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sga_22-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sga_22-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sga_22-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sga_22-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The municipalities of Kadayangan, Kapalawan, Ligawasan, Malidegao, Nabalawag, Old Kaabakan, Pahamuddin and Tugunan are under the administration of <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro" title="Bangsamoro">Bangsamoro</a> as part of its <a href="/wiki/Special_Geographic_Area" title="Special Geographic Area">special geographic area</a> despite being geographically grouped under the province of Cotabato.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-luwaran_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-luwaran-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reduction_due_to_the_establishment_of_the_Bangsamoro">Reduction due to the establishment of the Bangsamoro</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Reduction due to the establishment of the Bangsamoro"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 2001 Referendum for inclusion to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, 2 out of 28 barangays of <a href="/wiki/Carmen,_Cotabato" title="Carmen, Cotabato">Carmen, Cotabato</a> chose to be part of ARMM, but were excluded because they are not connected to the main region of ARMM. During 2010-2016 Administration, the Bangsamoro ideal sprouted and a newly proposed region was in the making. According to the agreements signed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Administration of Noynoy Aquino, Carmen will be included in Bangsamoro because of the two out of twenty-eight barangays that voted in favor of joining the Muslim region back in 2001. Unfortunately, Bangsamoro was not implemented before the term of Aquino ended. Despite this, the current administration aims to establish a Federal Government, where Bangamoro will be realized into a State of the Philippines wherein Carmen will be included in Bangsamoro. </p><p>Plans to establish a new municipality in the south of Carmen so that the indigenous and Christian central and northern part of Carmen will be retained in North Cotabato has yet to be confirmed. The idea arose because once the entire municipality of Carmen is included in <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro" title="Bangsamoro">Bangsamoro</a>, the province of North Cotabato will be cut into half, leaving three towns (<a href="/wiki/Banisilan" title="Banisilan">Banisilan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alamada" title="Alamada">Alamada</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Libungan" title="Libungan">Libungan</a>) at its west without connection to the center of North Cotabato, isolating these towns in the process. </p><p>The issue was partially resolved when the second part of the plebiscite was conducted on February 6, 2019, when 63 barangay from the towns of <a href="/wiki/Pigcawayan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Pigcawayan, Cotabato">Pigkawayan</a>, Libungan, <a href="/wiki/Midsayap" title="Midsayap">Midsayap</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aleosan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleosan, Cotabato">Aleosan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carmen,_Cotabato" title="Carmen, Cotabato">Carmen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banisilan,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Banisilan, Cotabato">Banisilan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pikit,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Pikit, Cotabato">Pikit</a> opted to join the new administrative autonomous region of <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro" title="Bangsamoro">Bangsamoro</a> after the results of the <a href="/wiki/2019_Bangsamoro_autonomy_plebiscite" title="2019 Bangsamoro autonomy plebiscite">region's formation plebiscite</a> were confirmed three days later on February 9.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_Philippines_Staff_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN_Philippines_Staff-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These barangays are to join either the adjacent province of <a href="/wiki/Maguindanao" title="Maguindanao">Maguindanao</a> as parts of the said province's nearby and respective municipalities or to cluster on their own as new municipalities within the said province after the <a href="/wiki/2019_Philippine_general_election" title="2019 Philippine general election">national midterm elections</a> on May 13, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Carolyn_O._Arguillas_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carolyn_O._Arguillas-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The size and population of Cotabato province had officially diminished on November 20, 2019, as the barangays which voted to join the Bangsamoro made their exit from the province and their respective mother municipalities and were officially turned over to the Bangsamoro government as <a href="/wiki/Bangsamoro_Special_Geographic_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangsamoro Special Geographic Area">an interim province</a> within the autonomous region divided into several clusters.<sup id="cite_ref-psaboardresono13_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-psaboardresono13-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:auto;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Population census of Cotabato</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1903 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,988</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1918 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">16,165</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.78%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">50,012</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.53%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1948 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">87,236</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.38%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">279,478</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.19%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">468,354</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.29%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">472,302</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.17%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">564,599</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.63%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">763,995</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.07%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">862,666</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.30%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">958,643</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.29%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,121,974</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.19%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,226,508</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.29%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,379,747</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.27%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,275,185</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.54%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–12_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–12-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–12_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–12-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO07-12_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO07-12-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWUA-PopulationData_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWUA-PopulationData-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> 2020 Census count was revised as per PSA Board Resolution <br />No. 13 Series of 2021 adopted on November 9, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-psa2020revised_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-psa2020revised-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-psaboardresono13_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-psaboardresono13-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Spoken languages in Cotabato</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Languages</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">percentage</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Hiligaynon</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Red; width:46%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">46%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Maguindanao</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Brown; width:38%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">38%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Cebuano</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Blue; width:8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Ilocano</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Indigo; width:4%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>Based on the 2020 census, Cotabato has an overall population of 1,275,185.<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–12_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–12-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average population growth rate was 2.27% in the period 2010–2015, which is higher than the national average of 1.72%. The province had a density of 140 inhabitants per square kilometre or 360 inhabitants per square mile. </p><p>Cotabato is an ethnolinguistically diverse province. The first <a href="/wiki/Visayan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Visayan people">Visayan</a> settlers reached the town of <a href="/wiki/Pikit,_Cotabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Pikit, Cotabato">Pikit</a> in 1913, and since then, Christian migrants have moved and lived in Cotabato, cohabitating the province with the local indigenous groups. 71% of Cotabato's population descended from settlers who migrated from the Visayas and Luzon, while the remaining 18% belong to the communities of Magindanaons, Iranuns, Ilianens, Dulangan Manobo, Obo, Tagabawa, and Tboli. The major languages spoken are Hiligaynon (46%), Maguindanao (38%), Cebuano (8%), and Ilocano (4%).<sup id="cite_ref-FastFactsPhilProv-Cotabato_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FastFactsPhilProv-Cotabato-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Philippines" title="Religion in the Philippines">Religion in the Philippines</a></div><div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religion in Cotabato (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">percentage</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_Philippines" title="Catholic Church in the Philippines">Catholic</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Gold; width:52.77%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">52.77%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_the_Philippines" title="Islam in the Philippines">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Green; width:19.32%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">19.32%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Baptist Church">Southern Baptist Church</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#304590; width:3.73%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.73%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo" title="Iglesia ni Cristo">Iglesia ni Cristo</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Red; width:2.2%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Grey; width:21.98%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">21.98%</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="padding:5px; text-align:left;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Excludes 63 barangays under the Special Geographic Area</span> </li> </ol></div></div></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Catholicism">Catholicism</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Catholicism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cotabato's population is predominantly Catholic. According to the 2020 census,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 52.77% of the population are <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in the Philippines">Roman Catholic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Islam">Islam</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslims</a> form 26% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, the Philippine Statistics Authority recorded Islam followed by 39.28% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-PSA_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 2020, Islam form 19% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Others">Others</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The other significant minorities are <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Christians" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Christians">Evangelical Christians</a> at 8.4% of the population, Southern Baptist Church with 3.7% of the population, and Iglesia Ni Cristo which forms 2.2% of the Province population.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-left"><div><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Poverty incidence of Cotabato</b></p> <table style="font-size:85%;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding-top:10px;margin-top:1em;max-width:420px;" class="chart noresize"> <div style="position:relative;min-height:300px;min-width:420px;max-width:420px;"> <div style="float:right;position:relative;min-height:220px;min-width:320px;max-width:320px;border-left:1px black solid;border-bottom:1px black solid;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:7.5px;top:105px;height:114px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Cotabato: 31.38"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:60.5px;top:108px;height:111px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Cotabato: 30.64"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:113.5px;top:28px;height:191px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Cotabato: 52.36"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:166.5px;top:62px;height:157px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Cotabato: 43.17"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:219.5px;top:113px;height:106px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Cotabato: 29.25"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:272.5px;top:133px;height:86px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Cotabato: 23.6"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;height:220px;min-width:100px;max-width:100px;"> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:173px;padding:0 2px">10</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:183px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:137px;padding:0 2px">20</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:147px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:100px;padding:0 2px">30</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:110px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:63px;padding:0 2px">40</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:73px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:27px;padding:0 2px">50</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:37px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:-10px;padding:0 2px">60</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:0px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;top:220px;left:100px;width:320px;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:1px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2006 <br /> 31.38</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:26.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:54px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2009 <br /> 30.64</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:79.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:107px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2012 <br /> 52.36</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:132.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:160px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2015 <br /> 43.17</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:185.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:213px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2018 <br /> 29.25</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:238.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:266px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2021 <br /> 23.60</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:291.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="margin-left: 20px;"> <b>Source:</b> <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <p>Cotabato is considered a major food basket in Mindanao. It is a top producer of cereals, tropical fruits, vegetables, sugarcane, coconut, coffee, freshwater fish and livestock. </p><p>It is also one of the country's leading producers of raw and semi-processed rubber and industrial trees,<sup id="cite_ref-MindaNews-Rubber_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MindaNews-Rubber-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with markets in Asia and Europe. </p><p>Among its major natural assets are <a href="/wiki/Mt._Apo" class="mw-redirect" title="Mt. Apo">Mt. Apo</a>, the country's highest peak at 9,692 feet (2,954 m) above sea level, the <a href="/wiki/Pulangi_River" title="Pulangi River">Pulangi River</a> which is a major contributor to Mindanao's irrigation system and hydro-electric energy, and the vast <a href="/wiki/Liguasan_Marsh" title="Liguasan Marsh">Liguasan Marsh</a> which not only supplies a bounty of <a href="/wiki/Freshwater_fish" title="Freshwater fish">freshwater fish</a> and organic fertilizer but considered as a possible source as well of <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a>. </p><p>Power utility in the province comes from two energy sources - the <i><a href="/wiki/National_Power_Corporation" title="National Power Corporation">NAPOCOR</a> Agus Grid</i> in <a href="/wiki/Iligan" title="Iligan">Iligan</a> transmitted through its <a href="/wiki/Tacurong" title="Tacurong">Tacurong</a> Substations and the <a href="/wiki/Mount_Apo_Geothermal_Power_Plant" title="Mount Apo Geothermal Power Plant">Mount Apo Geothermal Power Plant</a> at the foot of Mt. Apo in Ilomavis, <a href="/wiki/Kidapawan_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidapawan City">Kidapawan City</a> which produces 97 megawatts of electricity. Power distribution is handled by <a href="/wiki/Cotabato_Electric_Cooperative" class="mw-redirect" title="Cotabato Electric Cooperative">Cotabato Electric Cooperative</a>, Inc. (COTELCO). </p><p>The province has a 4,131.32-kilometre (2,567.08 mi) road network connecting the major centers to each other and the outlying barangays, and communication linkage through NDD-IDD, fax, cellular phone and the internet is available. </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>President <a href="/wiki/Benigno_Aquino_III" title="Benigno Aquino III">Benigno Aquino III</a> signed the law dividing to new 3 legislative district of Cotabato on September 14, 2012. The representative shall continue to serve until next national election.<sup id="cite_ref-Inquirer_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inquirer-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_provincial_officials">Elected provincial officials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Elected provincial officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>House of Representatives</li></ul> <ol><li>1st District — Rep. Joselito S. Sacdalan</li> <li>2nd District — Rep. Rudy Caodagan</li> <li>3rd District — Rep. Maria Alana Samantha Talino Santos</li></ol> <ul><li>Governor: Emmylou "Lala" Talino-Mendoza</li> <li>Vice Governor: Efren Pinol</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Pi%C3%B1ol" title="Emmanuel Piñol">Emmanuel Piñol</a> – Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Mindanao_Development_Authority" title="Mindanao Development Authority">Mindanao Development Authority</a>, 2019–2021; Secretary of <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Agriculture_(Philippines)" title="Department of Agriculture (Philippines)">Agriculture</a>, 2016–2019; Governor of Cotabato, 1998–2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Tekla" title="Super Tekla">Super Tekla</a> – Actor, comedian and television Host</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Jean_Lastimosa" title="Mary Jean Lastimosa">Mary Jean Lastimosa</a> – Actress, model, and <a href="/wiki/Binibining_Pilipinas_2014" title="Binibining Pilipinas 2014">Miss Universe Philippines 2014</a>, reaching the Top 10 in <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_2014" title="Miss Universe 2014">Miss Universe 2014</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cotabato&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-nscblist-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nscblist_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130117174921/http://nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/listprov.asp">"List of Provinces"</a>. <i>PSGC Interactive</i>. 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title="History of the Philippines (1898–1946)">American period</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Philippines" title="Japanese occupation of the Philippines">Japanese occupation</a></li> <li>Postcolonial era <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_(1946%E2%80%931965)" title="History of the Philippines (1946–1965)">Third Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_(1965%E2%80%931986)" title="History of the Philippines (1965–1986)">Marcos presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_(1986%E2%80%93present)" title="History of the Philippines (1986–present)">Fifth Republic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_Philippines" title="Geography of the Philippines">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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Philippines">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecoregions_in_the_Philippines" title="Ecoregions in the Philippines">Ecoregions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_the_Philippines" title="Extreme points of the Philippines">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_groups_of_the_Philippines" title="Island groups of the Philippines">Island groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_Philippines" title="List of islands of the Philippines">islands</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_the_Philippines" title="List of lakes of the Philippines">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_the_Philippines" title="List of mountains in the Philippines">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_the_Philippines" title="List of protected areas of the Philippines">Protected areas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_Philippines" title="List of national parks of the Philippines">National parks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ramsar_sites_in_the_Philippines" title="List of Ramsar sites in the Philippines">Ramsar sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_the_Philippines" title="List of rivers of the Philippines">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_volcanoes_in_the_Philippines" title="List of active volcanoes in the Philippines">Volcanoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_the_Philippines" title="Wildlife of the Philippines">Wildlife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Philippines" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Philippines">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Philippines" title="Politics of the Philippines">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table 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codes">Legal codes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_families_in_the_Philippines" title="List of political families in the Philippines">Political families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_Philippines" title="List of political parties in the Philippines">Political parties</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Government" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Philippines" title="Government of the Philippines">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Executive <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_Philippines" title="Cabinet of the Philippines">Cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cabinets_of_the_Philippines" title="List of cabinets of the Philippines">lists</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_departments_of_the_Philippines" title="Executive departments of the Philippines">Executive departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_President_of_the_Philippines" title="Office of the President of the Philippines">Executive office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_National_Police" title="Philippine National Police">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">President</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Philippines" title="Congress of the Philippines">Legislative</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_the_Philippines" title="Senate of the Philippines">Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">House of Representatives</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_the_Philippines" title="Judiciary of the Philippines">Judicial</a> 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Philippines" title="Economy of the Philippines">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_the_Philippines" title="Agriculture in the Philippines">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_the_Philippines" title="Automotive industry in the Philippines">Automotive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Business_process_outsourcing_in_the_Philippines" title="Business process outsourcing in the Philippines">Business process outsourcing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_the_Philippines" title="Census in the Philippines">Census</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangko_Sentral_ng_Pilipinas" title="Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas">Central bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_labor_in_the_Philippines" title="Child labor in the Philippines">Child labor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_the_Philippines" title="Energy in the Philippines">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiscal_policy_of_the_Philippines" title="Fiscal policy of the Philippines">Fiscal policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_debt_of_the_Philippines" title="National debt of the Philippines">National debt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor_policy_in_the_Philippines" title="Labor policy in the Philippines">Labor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_peso" title="Philippine peso">Peso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_the_Philippines" title="Science and technology in the Philippines">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Stock_Exchange" title="Philippine Stock Exchange">Stock 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Philippines">ZIP codes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_Philippines" title="Category:Society of the Philippines">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_the_Philippines" title="Abortion in the Philippines">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Censorship_in_the_Philippines" title="Censorship in the Philippines">Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_Philippines" title="Corruption in the Philippines">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_Philippines" title="Crime in the Philippines">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Philippines" title="Demographics of the Philippines">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divorce_in_the_Philippines" title="Divorce in the Philippines">Divorce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_Philippines" title="Education in the Philippines">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Higher_education_in_the_Philippines" title="Higher education in the Philippines">Higher education</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_the_Philippines" title="Environmental issues in the Philippines">Environmental issues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_Philippines" title="Climate change in the Philippines">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deforestation_in_the_Philippines" title="Deforestation in the Philippines">Deforestation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_Philippines" title="Ethnic groups in the Philippines">Ethnic groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Philippines" title="Indigenous peoples of the Philippines">Indigenous peoples</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genetic_studies_on_Filipinos" title="Genetic studies on Filipinos">Genetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_the_Philippines" title="Health in the Philippines">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_the_Philippines" title="Human trafficking in the Philippines">Human trafficking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sex_trafficking_in_the_Philippines" title="Sex trafficking in the Philippines">Sex trafficking</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_the_Philippines" title="Immigration to the Philippines">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_Philippines" title="Income inequality in the Philippines">Income inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_kinship" title="Philippine kinship">Kinship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines" title="Languages of the Philippines">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overseas_Filipino_Worker" title="Overseas Filipino Worker">Overseas workers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_the_Philippines" title="Poverty in the Philippines">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_Philippines" title="Prostitution in the Philippines">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Philippines" title="Refugees of the Philippines">Refugees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_Philippines" title="Religion in the Philippines">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexuality_in_the_Philippines" title="Sexuality in the Philippines">Sexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatting_in_the_Philippines" title="Squatting in the Philippines">Squatting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Philippines" title="Women in the Philippines">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinoy" title="Pinoy">Pinoy</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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