General Santos
Also known as GenSan, City of General Santos, General Santos City, Gen. Santos, Gen. Santos City
City in the Philippines
Key facts
- Badlit
- ᜄᜒᜈᜒᜍᜎ᜔ ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Soccsksargen
- Province
- South Cotabato (geographically only)
- District
- Lone district of General Santos
- Founded
- October 29, 1903 (as Makar ) August 18, 1947 (as Buayan)
- Renamed
- June 15, 1954 , (as General Santos)
- Cityhood
- July 8, 1968
- Highly urbanized city
- September 5, 1988
- Named after
- General Paulino Santos
- Barangays
- 26 (see Barangays )
- Type
- Sangguniang Panlungsod
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General Santos, officially the City of General Santos and abbreviated as GenSan, is a highly urbanized city in the region of Soccsksargen, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 722,059 people making it the most populous city in Soccsksargen Region.
It is located on the island of Mindanao, it is the southernmost and 13th-most populous city in the Philippines. It is the regional center for commerce and industry of the Soccsksargen region, and it is also the only coastal as well as the largest city in the province of South Cotabato wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority but administered independently of it.
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