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Cotabato
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- This article is about a province in the Philippines. For the city of the same name surrounded by the province of Maguindanao, see Cotabato City. For other uses, see Cotabato (disambiguation).
| Province of Cotabato | |
 Provincial seal of Cotabato |
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 Map of the Philippines with Cotabato highlighted |
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| Region | SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII) |
| Capital | Kidapawan City |
| Divisions | |
| - Highly urbanized cities | 0 |
| - Component cities | 1 |
| - Municipalities | 17 |
| - Barangays | 543 |
| - Congressional districts | 2 |
| Population | 26th largest |
| - Total (2000) | 958,643 |
| - Density | 146/km² (26th lowest) |
| Area | 9th largest |
| - Total | 6,565.9 km² |
| Founded | May 8, 1967 |
| Spoken languages | Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Maguindanao |
| Governor | Jesus Sacdalan (Lakas-CMD) |
Cotabato, formerly North Cotabato, is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao. Its capital is Kidapawan City and borders Lanao del Sur and Bukidnon to the north, Davao del Sur and Davao City, Sultan Kudarat to the south, and Maguindanao to the west.
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Cotabato is subdivided into 17 municipalities and 1 city.
The name "Cotabato" is derived from either the Maguindanao kuta wato or Malay kota batu, meaning "stone fort", giving somewhat an insight into its precolonial history.
The former province of Cotabato was once the largest in the Philippines. In 1966, South Cotabato was branched off as a separate province. On November 22, 1973, a Presidential Decree divided the remaining province into North Cotabato, Maguindanao, and Sultan Kudarat.
North Cotabato was renamed Cotabato on December 19, 1983.
The native Maguindanaon of Cotabato province have a fascinating culture that revolves around kulintang music, a specific type of gong music, found among both Muslim and non-Muslim groups of the Southern Philippines.
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