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South Cotabato, [a] officially the Province of South Cotabato, is a province in the Philippines located in the Soccsksargen region in Mindanao.Its capital is Koronadal (also the regional center of Soccsksargen), and it borders Sultan Kudarat to the north and west, Sarangani to the south and northeast, and Davao del Sur to the far northeast.
Poverty incidence of Cotabato 10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 33.61 2003 32.10 2006 31.38 2009 30.64 2012 52.36 2015 43.17 2018 29.25 2021 23.60 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority 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. It is also one of the country's leading ...
Folk etymologies explaining the origin of the name include: misa-misa, a phrase that the natives used in the early days of Christianization of the northern coast of Mindanao to welcome priests that visited the area to celebrate mass; [79] and kuyamis, Subanon for a variety of sweet coconut that used to be the food staple of the natives. [80]
Located in south-central Mindanao, its name is an acronym that stands for the region's four provinces and one highly urbanized city (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos).
Koronadal, officially the City of Koronadal (Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa sang Koronadal; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Koronadal; Ilocano: Siudad ti Koronadal; Maguindanaon: Kuta nu Kurunadal, Filipino: Lungsod ng Koronadal) and also known as Marbel, is a 1st Class component city and capital of the province of South Cotabato, Philippines.
Cotabato: from tida pawan, a Manobo phrase which means "highland spring". Koronadal: South Cotabato: from koron nadal, a B'laan phrase which means "grass plain." La Carlota: Negros Occidental: the Spanish municipality of La Carlota. Lamitan: Basilan: from lami-lamihan, a Yakan word which means "merry-making." [21] Laoag: Ilocos Norte: Ilocano ...
Region XI, then known as Southern Mindanao, originally covered 6 provinces (Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, South Cotabato and Sarangani), and the cities of Davao, Digos, Panabo, Tagum, Samal, General Santos and Koronadal. [22] Surigao del Sur was moved to the newly created region Caraga on February 23, 1995.
A Maguindanaon dance performed during the T'nalak Festival in Koronadal, South Cotabato. The literary elements of the Maguindanao include folk speech and folk narratives. The folk speech is expressed in the antuka/pantuka/paakenala (riddles) and bayok (lyric poems), while the narratives may be divided into the Islamic and folk traditions.