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The region also shares a maritime border with Gorontalo and North Sulawesi provinces of Indonesia. The region has extensive coastlines, valleys and mountain ranges. Known for its river system, the region is the drainage basin of Mindanao, particularly at the Cotabato Basin, a large depression surrounded by mountain ranges on three sides.
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.
Region Highest Point Highest elevation 1 XI-Davao Region: Mount Apo: 2,954 m 9,692 ft XII-SOCCSKSARGEN: 2 X-Northern Mindanao: Mount Dulang-dulang: 2,941 m 9,649 ft 3 II-Cagayan Valley: Mount Pulag: 2,922 m 9,587 ft Cordillera Administrative Region: 4 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Mount Ragang: 2,815 m 9,236 ft 5 IV-B ...
Cotabato covers a total area of 9,008.90 square kilometres (3,478.36 sq mi) [17] occupying the northeastern tip of Region XII and is centrally located in Mindanao. It is bounded on the north by the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Bukidnon , on the east by Davao City and Davao del Norte , on the west by Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del ...
Poverty incidence of Lanao del Sur 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 2006 44.72 2009 56.59 2012 73.77 2015 77.09 2018 71.16 2021 7.40 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Education Mindanao State University, located in Marawi City Mindanao State University – Lanao National College of Arts and Trades, located in Panggao Saduc, Marawi City Jamiatu Muslim Mindanao, located in Matampay, Marawi City ...
Shariff Kabunsuan (2006–2008) – Republic Act No. 9054 conferred to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao expanded powers, especially the capacity to create provinces (Article VI, Section 19). [41] Based on this, the ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly enacted Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 201 on August 28, 2006.
ISO 3166-2:PH is the entry for the Philippines in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
An administrative region is a grouping of geographically adjacent LGUs that may be established, disestablished, and modified by the president of the Philippines based on the need to formulate coherent economic development policies, more efficiently provide national government services, and coordinate activities beneficial to the development of ...