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General Santos, officially the City of General Santos [note 1] and abbreviated as GenSan, is a highly urbanized city in the region of Soccsksargen, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 697,315 people making it the most populous city in Soccsksargen Region.
General Santos, the only coastal city/town located on the shores of Sarangani Bay, is the largest city in both the province and the region (by population), but is governed independently from the province. The province of Sarangani used to be part of South Cotabato until it was made an independent province in 1992.
When General Santos finally became a city under the same name on June 15, 1968, by virtue of Republic Act No. 5412, it remained part of the representation of South Cotabato in accordance with Section 104 of its city charter. [4] South Cotabato was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region XI from 1978 to 1984.
Even after becoming a highly urbanized city independent from South Cotabato in 1988, General Santos remained part of the province's congressional representation. The city only gained a separate representative with the passage of Republic Act No. 11243 on March 11, 2019, [ 1 ] which segregated General Santos from the first congressional district ...
City Area (km 2) Population as of 2020 Tax collection as of 2012 [12] IRA as of 2015 Income class 1. General Santos: 492.86 697,315 P1.175 billion Php 1,086.25 million 1st 2. † Koronadal: 277.00 195,398 P917 million (including South Cotabato) Php 504.77 million 3rd 3. Kidapawan: 358.47 160,791 P554 million (including Cotabato Province) Php ...
The General Santos Metropolitan Area or Metro General Santos is a metropolitan area encompassing the highly urbanized city of General Santos, The Regional Agro-Industrial Center of Alabel, the towns of Glan, Kiamba, Maasin, Maitum, Malapatan and Malungon and the neighboring provinces of South Cotabato adding Metro General Santos adding Lake ...
The Municipality of General Santos (formerly Buayan) was incorporated. On August 21, 1957, the Municipality of Polomolok was created by virtue of a Presidential Executive Order No. 264 signed by President Carlos P. Garcia. It started functioning as a regular and independent municipality on September 10, 1957, as a 6th class municipality.
The district covers its southern municipalities of Polomolok, Tampakan and Tupi, and, until 2022, the independent city of General Santos. [4] [5] [6] It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Isidro Lumayag of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas. [7]