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Key facts
- 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 )
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlungsod
- Mayor
- Mohammad Ali Dela Cruz Matabalao
- Vice mayor
- Johair S. Madag ( UBJP )
- Representative
- Sittie Shahara "Dimple" I. Mastura ( Lakas )
- City council
- Members Florante "Popoy" L. Formento Jonas Mohammad Datu Raiz Sema Michael Datumanong Anwar Malang Faidz Edzla Guiadzuri Midtimbang II Mohamad Ali Mangelen Joven Pangilan Shalimar Candao
- Electorate
- 135,999 voters
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
City of Cotabato
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Part of
- Bangsamoro
- Official name
- City of Cotabato
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Bangsamoro
- Population
- 383383
- Area
- 176.00
- Elevation
- 102
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Capital of
- Bangsamoro
- Shares border with
- Datu Odin Sinsuat
- Official website
- ecotabatocity.ph
- Image
- Cotabato City Marker PC Hill.jpg
- Households
- 63452
- Dialing code
- 64
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- Commons category
- Cotabato City
- twinned administrative body
- Naga
- topic's main category
- Category:Cotabato City
- postal code
- 9600
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- poverty incidence
- 31.30
- different from
- Cotabato
- native label
- Kuta Watu
- electorate
- 135999
- total assets
- 3613076166.53
- total liabilities
- 1357873439.19
- total expenditure
- 1563330635.84
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 1841133379.23
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cotabato City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.