Cotabato City
Also known as City of Cotabato, Cotabato
city of the Philippines
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- Jawi
- كوتوات
- Hokkien
- 古島
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Bangsamoro
- Province
- Maguindanao del Norte (geographically only)
- District
- Lone district of Maguindanao del Norte ( shared with Cotabato City )
- Reinstituted under spanish rule
- April 30, 1861
- Established municipality
- October 29, 1903
- Cityhood
- June 20, 1959
- Highly urbanized city
- December 22, 1979
- Founded by
- Apo Mamalu and Apo Tabunaway
- Barangays
- 37 (see Barangays )
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Cotabato City, officially the City of Cotabato, is an independent component city in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 383,383 people, making it the most populated city under the independent component city status.
Cotabato City was formerly a part and the regional center of Region XII, but due to the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, it is now part of Bangsamoro and serves as the regional center. Being an independent component city, it is not subject to regulation from the Provincial Government of Maguindanao del Norte where it is geographically located. The Philippine Statistics Authority also lists Cotabato City as statistically independent. It was the capital of the Sultanate of Maguindanao.
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1862 establishments in the PhilippinesCities in BangsamoroCotabato CityFormer provincial capitals of the PhilippinesIndependent component cities in the PhilippinesPopulated places established in 1862Populated places in Maguindanao del NortePopulated places on the Rio Grande de MindanaoSource attributionUse Philippine English from January 2023