Cotabato City
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Cotabato City

Administration
Full nameCotabato
Settlement typeCity
CountryPhilippines
RegionSOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII)
Province-
DistrictLone District of Maguindanao
CityhoodJune 20, 1959
Government
MayorJapal "JoJo" Guiani
Vice-MayorDatu Muslimin G. Sema
Geography
Total Area67.9 sq mi (176.00 km2)
Demography
Total Population259153 (2007)
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zonePHT (UTC+8)
Income class2nd class city

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Cotabato City is one of the cities of the Philippines located in Mindanao. Cotabato City is an exclave of the SOCCSKSARGEN region found within the boundaries of Maguindanao province, but is independent of that province. Cotabato City is distinct from and should not be confused with the province of Cotabato.

Cotabato City is the regional center of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao but the city is actually part of the SOCCSKSARGEN region and does not belong to the ARMM.

Cotabato's population was about 259,153 in 2007 census.

Cotabato is approximately 698.9 nautical miles (1294 km) from Manila, the country's capital, and is bounded by the municipalities of Sultan Kudarat to the north-with Rio Grande de Mindanao separating the two-Kabuntalan to the east, and Datu Odin Sinsuat to the south. The city faces Illana Bay, part of the Moro Gulf, to the west. Cotabato City has a total land area of 176.0 square kilometers.

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2 schools torched in N. Cotabato; defeated bets' men eyed - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net---COTABATO CITY-, Philippines - Armed men, believed to be supporters of defeated barangay (village) candidates, torched two school buildings in a village in ... - Date : Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:11:23 GMT+00:00
Marines deployed to rein in violence - GulfNews Tweet this news
GulfNews--Manila: Marines were despatched to -Cotabato City- in southern Philippines to reinforce army troops tasked to keep ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:11:20 GMT+00:00
Supporters of losing bets go on rampage in some Mindanao areas - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net---COTABATO CITY-, Philippines� (UPDATE) Suspected supporters of losing barangay (village) candidates went on a rampage in several Central Mindanao places and ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:41:27 GMT+00:00
Mom of youth council bet stabbed during poll row in Cotabato - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net--MANILA, Philippines � A mother of a candidate for Sangguniang Kabataan (youth council) chairman was stabbed during an argument in -Cotabato City- Monday, ... - Date : Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:50:49 GMT+00:00
Teenager placed bomb in bus that killed 10 in Cotabato City - Manila Standard Today Tweet this news
Manila Standard Today--“(He) revealed his companions in the bombing operations who were in -Cotabato City-,” Hao said. Citing initial reports from the police, the boy was allegedly ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:04:15 GMT+00:00
Criminal complaint filed vs 2 suspects in Cotabato bus blast - GMANews.TV Tweet this news
GMANews.TV--Police arrested four people, including Torex and Shiang, in their hideout in Nayon Shariff Kabungsuwan, -Cotabato City-. They were later brought to the ... - Date : Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:44:41 GMT+00:00
3 bus bombing suspects seized in Cotabato - Philippine Star Tweet this news
Philippine Star---COTABATO CITY-, Philippines (Xinhua) - Police and military have arrested three suspects believed to have been involved in Thursday's bombing of a passenger ... - Date : Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:06:04 GMT+00:00
1 killed, 1 wounded as election-related violence continues in Cotabato - Philippine Star Tweet this news
Philippine Star---COTABATO CITY-, Philippines (Xinhua) - Gunmen stormed a village early Saturday in the southern Philippines, leaving one dead and a local official wounded as ... - Date : Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:16:36 GMT+00:00
Gunmen murder town councilor in General Santos - Philippine Star Tweet this news
Philippine Star---COTABATO CITY-, Philippines (Xinhua) - Gunmen murdered a town councilor late Friday in the southern Philippines, police said on Saturday. ... - Date : Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:01:25 GMT+00:00
2 Village Officials Killed by Muslims - Manila Bulletin Tweet this news
Manila Bulletin---COTABATO CITY-, Philippines (Xinhua) - Two village officials were killed in an attack staged by suspected Muslim rebels on Thursday night in the southern ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:14:21 GMT+00:00

Component local government units of Maguindanao

Municipalities: Ampatuan * Barira * Buldon * Buluan * Datu Abdullah Sangki * Datu Anggal Midtimbang * Datu Blah T. Sinsuat * Datu Hoffer Ampatuan * Datu Montawal * Datu Odin Sinsuat * Datu Paglas * Datu Piang * Datu Salibo * Datu Saudi-Ampatuan * Datu Unsay * Gen. S. K. Pendatun * Guindulungan * Kabuntalan * Mamasapano * Mangudadatu * Matanog * Northern Kabuntalan * Pagalungan * Paglat * Pandag * Parang * Rajah Buayan * Shariff Aguak * Shariff Saydona Mustapha * South Upi * Sultan Kudarat * Sultan Mastura * Sultan sa Barongis * Talayan * Talitay * Upi ----
Independent component city: Cotabato City
(Administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Maguindanao by the [http://www.census.gov.ph National Statistics Office])

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