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	Overview of Cotabato Province
		The original Cotabato Province known as the "Empire Province of Cotabato" used to be the largest in the country in terms of land area until November 22, 1973 when PD 341 was issued creating the new provinces of Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao.
		Cotabato at present strategically lies in the central portion of Mindanao.
		Cotabato Province is bounded on the North by the provinces of Bukidnon and Lanao del Sur; on the South by the province of Davao del Sur; on the West by Maguindanao and on the Southwest by the province of Sultan Kudarat.
	www.nscb.gov.ph /ru12/OVERVIEW/Cot_Prov.HTM (237 words)

	Hotel in Cotabato City, Philippines
		Cotabato is bounded on the north by the province of Bukidnon, on the northwest by Lanao del Sur, on the southwest by Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat to the south, and on the east by Davao del Sur.
		Cotabato is located on the north side of the delta of the Río Grande de Mindanao (formerly Cotabato River).
		Cotabato is the main commercial center of southwestern Mindanao Island, but its swampy delta and remoteness have kept it from achieving the commercial importance of other cities on Mindanao, such as Davao and Zamboanga.
	www.asiatravel.com /cotabato.html (621 words)

	Archdiocese of Cotabato
		In 1967, the large single province of Cotabato was subdivided politically into two provinces: Cotabato Province forming upper half and Cotabato del Sur the lower half.
		On August 11, 1950, while the Cotabatos were still one province with Cotabato City as the capital, the Prelature of Cotabato was established, coming under the jurisdiction of Cagayan de Oro.
		After the subdivision of the Cotabatos, the Prelature of Marbel was established in Cotabato del Sur.
	www.cbcponline.org /jurisdictions/cotabato.html (540 words)

	Welcome to North Cotabato: "The Fastest Growing Economy in Central Mindanao"
		Cotabato Province is strategically linked to the major "Arterial Road System" that traversed and connects the province to Davao City - SOCSKSARGEN - Cotabato Corridor and the Cotabato via Kabacan - Maramag - Kibawe, Bukidnon (Cagayan de Oro/Iligan City Corridor) Sayre Highway.
		Given the province's road length, the road density in relation to the province's land area was 0.80 kilometer per square kilometer.
		Power utility in the province is generally dependent on two energy sources - the NAPOCOR Agus Grid in Iligan transmitted through its Tacurong Substations and the Mindanao 1 Geothermal Power Plant at the foot of Mt. Apo in Ilomavis, Kidapawan City.
	www.cotabatoprov.gov.ph /facts_infra.html (536 words)

	RDC XII Official Website - Socio-Economic Profile
		The region was composed of the provinces of Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao and the cities of Iligan, Cotabato and Marawi.
		The province of Lanao del Norte and Iligan City of the old Region XII were transferred to Region X. The provinces of South Cotabato, Saranggani, and the cities of Koronadal and Gen. Santos of Region XI became part of the new Region XII.
		Region XII is situated in the central and southwestern parts of Mindanao, bounded on the north by the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Bukidnon; on the northwest, by Maguindanao; on the southwest, by Mindanao Sea; and on the east, by Davao del Sur and Davao City.
	neda12.neda.gov.ph /sep.html (4179 words)

	Cotabato Province - Biocrawler
		Cotabato, formerly North Cotabato, is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao.
		Cotabato is subdivided into 17 municipalities and 1 city.
		Cotabato \| Sarangani \| South Cotabato \| Sultan Kudarat
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Cotabato_Province (145 words)

	SOCCSKSARGEN, Philippines
		The Philippine province of Cotabato, like the rest of southern and western Mindanao, was part of the Maguindanao Sultanate, which established its freedom from Spain by treaty in 1645 under Sultan Mohammed Kudarat.
		The Province of Cotabato was formerly much larger; when it was reduced to its present dimensions in 1973 it was named "North Cotabato," and the name survives in popular use.
		North of the Philippine Province of South Cotabato is Sultan Kudarat in Region XII, Central Mindanao.
	www.fotw.net /flags/ph-xii.html (715 words)

	The Provincial Profile of Cotabato
		Cotabato is bounded on the north by the province of Bukidnon, on the northwest by Lanao del Sur, on the southwest by Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat to the south, and on the east by Davao del Sur.
		Cotabato comes from the Maguindanao kuta wato, or stone fort, and bespeaks of the long tradition of courage and resistance that marks the history of the Pulangi River basin.
		Cotabato was once part of the extensive realm of the Sultan of Maguindanao.
	www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/cotabato.htm (1459 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kidapawan City is located at the southeastern portion of Cotabato province, located almost midway between the cities of Davao and Cotabato at a distance of 110 and 120 km., respectively.
		The city belongs to the second district of Cotabato province, with 40 barangays.
		Cotabato is primarily an agricultural area (50% of total land area devoted to agri-production) with major crops that include rubber, grains, sugarcane, and exotic fruits like durian, rambutan, mango, banana, lanzones and mangosteen.
	www.wowphilippines.com.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=101 (317 words)

	Province of Zamboanga del Norte Brief History
		And later on was changed into Zamboanga from the capital town of the province which derived it's name from the Malay word Sambangan meaning a place where wild flowers grow.
		The entire peninsula was later called Zamboanga Peninsula although the easternmost part of the peninsula belong to the Province of Misamis.
		It created the Province of Zamboanga del Sur with Pagadian as its capital and Province of Zamboanga del Norte and with Dipolog as the capital town.
	zamboangadelnorte.com /History.htm (634 words)

	Sarangani - Echo - Newsletter of the LEDF
		The province is bounded on the north by South Cotabato and Davao del Sur, on the east also by Davao del Sur, on the west by Sultan Kudarat, and on the south by the Celebes Sea.
		The province of Sarangani should not be confused with Sarangani Island, which is in the southern part of Davao del Sur province.
		Aquaculture activities are primarily focused on prawn farming along the eastern and western shores of the province.
	www.care2x.org /echo/sarangan.php (504 words)

	The Provincial Profile of Maguindanao
		The province of Lanao del Sur bounds the province to the northwest, Cotabato lies to the northeast and Sultan Kudarat to the south.
		Maguindanao continued to be a part of the province of Cotabato until November 1973 when the province was divided into the three provinces of Maguindanao, North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 341.
		The province of Maguindanao is the site of the Regional Industrial Center for the ARMM and is strategically located at the center of two growth areas in Mindanao, the Cagayan Iligan Industrial Corridor and the South Cotabato-Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat- General Santos City Project.
	www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/maguindanao.htm (1346 words)

	ARCHDIOCESE OF COTABATO, PHILIPPINES (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The weather in Cotabato is another contributing factor – the province lies outside the country’s “typhoon belt,” so there is no damage to crops due to seasonal tropical storms.
		On August 11, 1950, while the Cotabatos were still one province with Cotabato City as the capital, the Prelature of Cotabato was established, coming under the jurisdiction of Cagayan de Oro. When it was elevated to a diocese in 1976 it remained a suffragan of Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.
		After the subdivision of the Cotabatos, the prelature of Marbel was established in South Cotabato.
	www.archdioceseofcotabato.org /index.htm (384 words)

	WowCotabato » News
		COTABATO CITY—The defeat of Moro leader Nur Misuari in the gubernatorial race for Sulu was a setback for peace efforts in Sulu, his loyal aides said yesterday.
		Bernardo said the people of North Cotabato made their choice based not on their being Pinol but because they have performed well in the past and they have better platforms than their opponents.
		PRESIDENT ROXAS, North Cotabato — Police authorities in this town are still clueless as to the identity of the suspects responsible for the Tuesday killing of a soldier of the 39th Infantry Battalion.
	wowcotabato.com /?cat=1&paged=2 (705 words)

	Province of Cotabato
		These resettlement project covers three (3) municipalities and part of these was the North Cotabato Resettlement Project No. 1.
		As years passed, hundreds of landless and qualified families coming from almost all parts of the country were resettled in the project.
		he creation of the North Cotabato Resettlement Project No. 1 (formerly made-up of eight (8) barangays now twenty (20) located in the upper northern portion of Carmen) has greatly helped in the solution of the country's problems particularly in Land Reforms Program.
	www.banisilan-cotabatoprov.gov.ph (235 words)

	Situation Reports: Philippines, GOP - UN Multi-Donor Programme Phase 3 Programme Update 1
		In Pikit town alone in the Province of Cotabato a total of 6,583 families or a total of 39,498 individuals have been displaced.
		Another 10,817 families or a total of 50,626 individuals are also in different evacuation centers in several municipalities of the Province of Maguindanao.
		A total of 2,000 families have been served in the Municipalities of Pagalungan, Datu Paglas and SK Pendatun in the Province of Maguindanao.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-64BKMC?OpenDocument (1109 words)

	PROFILE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kidapawan City is located at the southeastern portion of Cotabato province, located almost midway between the cities of Davao and Cotabato at a distance of 110 and 120 km., respectively.
		The city belongs to the second district of Cotabato province, with 40 barangays.
		Cotabato is primarily an agricultural area (50% of total land area devoted to agri-production) with major crops that include rubber, grains, sugarcane, and exotic fruits like durian, rambutan, mango, banana, lanzones and mangosteen.
	www.kidapawan.com /profileinsert.htm (260 words)

	Hotel in Cotabato City, Philippines
		Cotabato is located on the north side of the delta of the Río Grande de Mindanao (formerly Cotabato River).
		Cotabato's port is 18 km (11 mi) north at Parang, on Poloc Harbor, an arm of Illana Bay.
		Cotabato is the main commercial center of southwestern Mindanao Island, but its swampy delta and remoteness have kept it from achieving the commercial importance of other cities on Mindanao, such as Davao and Zamboanga.
	asiatravel.com /cotabato.html (621 words)

	DIOCESE OF MARBEL, PHILIPPINES
		HISTORY OF DIOCESE OF On December 17, 1960 a new ecclesiastical jurisdiction separated from the Prelature of Cotabato was erected.
		Cotabato Province in 1939 consisted of a vast area of about 90,000 square miles, the biggest in the Philippines that time.
		In spite of the war years (1941-1945), and soon after the war, the Church in Cotabato had grown so tremendously that in 1950, Cotabato was made into a new ecclesiastical jurisdiction and was called the Prelature Nullius of Cotabato.
	marbeldiocese.freeservers.com /history.htm (3393 words)

	Official Website of a General Santos City (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Centuries ago, the area that would be South Cotabato was sparsely inhabited by Malay pioneers which later evolved into various ethnic groupings that still exist in the province today.
		Cotabato's vast lands and rich natural resources caught the attention of pioneers from four corners of the Philippine archipelago who later came and tilled the fertile and vast land of South Cotabato.
		The "Golden Fields" of the province, it is the Rice Granary of South Cotabato.
	www.gensantos.gov.ph /tourism/sotcot.php (298 words)

	Sun.Star Davao - Cotabato closes doors to miners (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mining, he said, is not ideal in Cotabato province.
		Cotabato also lies near the mines development site of the Australian-backed firm Sagittarius Mines, Inc, the subject lately of tirades from Sultan Kudarat officials as well as Church leaders and civic organizations in the area.
		Sagittarius is presently conducting a pre-feasibility study of copper and gold deposits straddling the towns of Tampakan in South Cotabato, Columbio in Sultan Kudarat and Kiblawan in Davao del Sur.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/dav/2006/07/03/bus/cotabato.closes.doors.to.miners.html (279 words)

	Region XII
		The province of Cotabato, which used to be the largest province in the country, was divided into two in 1967 – north and south.
		Topography: The province is in the volcanic portion of the mountains of Mindanao.
		The province of Cotabato, which used to be the largest province in the Philippines, was divided into three provinces on November 22, 1973 by Presidential Decree 341.
	www.livinginthephilippines.com /region12.html (1301 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Cotabato Province
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		Cotabato, formerly North Cotabato, is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao.
		Cotabato is subdivided into 17 municipalities and 1 city.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Cotabato_Province (224 words)

	Archdiocese of Cotabato
		It was only in the early 1900's that Cotabato began to show a semblance of a new awakening.
		In 1967, the large single province of Cotabato was subdivided politically into two provinces: Cotabato Province forming upper half and Cotabato del Sur the lower half.
		After the subdivision of the Cotabatos, the Prelature of Marbel was established in Cotabato del Sur.
	www.cbcponline.net /jurisdictions/cotabato.html (540 words)

	GENERAL SANTOS CITY
		Sarangani Province constitutes the seven municipalities formerly under South Cotabato Province, such as the coastal municipalities of Glan, Alabel, Malapatan, Kiamba, Maasim, and Maitum and the upland Municipality of Malungon.
		Between the Eastern and Western parts of the Province is General Santos City, which separates the western municipalities of Maitum, Kiamba and Maasim from the eastern municipalities of Alabel, Glan, Malapatan, and Malungon.
		With the Province’s total land area of 4,441.79 sq.km., approximately 68.46% is classified as forest land while 31.54% is classified as alienable and disposable land.
	www2.mozcom.com /~gemgsc/gem_ssg/Sarangani_Province.html (1911 words)

	Regiona XII- Cotobato City - Profile
		The region has an extensive and long coastline which are located in the provinces of Sultan Kudarat and Lanao del Norte and in the cities of Iligan and Cotabato.
		Apo, the highest peak in the country is located between the boundaries of Davao and Cotabato provinces.
		The Moro Province organized by the Americans in 1902 was basically patterned after the central district.
	www.da.gov.ph /agencies/reg_fld_unts/unit12/rfu12.htm (635 words)

	Maguindanao
		In Maguindanao province, which accounts for 76% of the total Maguindanao population, they are settled in Barira, Buldon, Parang, Sultan Kudarat, Kabuntalan, Dindig, North Upi, Matanog, Cotabato City, Buluan, Datu Panglas, Pagalungan, Ampatuan, Maganoy, Datu Piang, Talayan, Sultan sa Barongis, General Salipada Pendatun, and South Upi.
		In Cotabato, Datu Ambang of Kidapawan attempted to incite a jihad (holy war) against the Americans and the Christian Filipinos.
		Negotiations resumed in 1977, and the following points were agreed upon: the proclamation of a Presidential Decree creating autonomy in 13 provinces; the creation of a provisional government; and the holding of a referendum in the autonomous areas to determine the administration of the government.
	litera1no4.tripod.com /maguindanao_frame.html (4824 words)

	eircom net - 2006-10-10 164133
		Federico Dulay, police chief of North Cotabato province, said a homemade bomb, fashioned from a mortar round, killed 12 people and injured dozens when it exploded at around 8pm local time during a festival in Makilala town.
		But Emmanuel Pinol, governor of the province, said six people were killed and 26 wounded when the bomb exploded in a bar in the town.
		Colonel Ruperto Pabustan, army brigade commander in North Cotabato province, said the bombing in Makilala was "a signature JI attack".
	home.eircom.net /content/irelandcom/breaking/9065351?view=Printer (215 words)

	"Region XI"
		The province is not within the typhoon belt and dry periods are not extreme as to cause drought even during the warm month of April.
		Davao Oriental is the easternmost province among the Davao provinces.
		Topography: The province is dominated by the highlands of the Pacific Cordillera running from north to south of the province.
	www.livinginthephilippines.com /region11.html (1543 words)

	ABS-CBN Interactive (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A suspected Moro insurgent was killed while 100 families were evacuated in a village in Cotabato province after a firefight broke out between civilian volunteers and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) over the weekend, ANC reported Monday.
		COTABATO CITY â“ While jailed former Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari lost his bid for the Sulu governorship, the MNLF has won a seat in the House of Representatives.
		The victory of Lakas-CMD and its allies in the House of Representatives, provinces, cities and towns all over the country is a vote of confidence in the administration of President Arroyo, a ranking party official said on Saturday.
	www.abs-cbnnews.com /storypage.aspx?StoryId=35838 (702 words)

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