Cotabato City
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Cotabato is a city in the Philippines located on the southern island of Mindanao.
The city is a regional center and seat of government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ( ARMM ). Cotabato itself but is an exclave of the SOCCSKSARGEN region.
Origin of the name
The town takes its name from a stone fortress, because the name is derived from the word kuta from the Maguindanao language, which means fortress and Wato stone. Through the Spanish colonialists, the term kota wato walked in today Cotabato.
Geography
Cotabato City is located 1294 km away from Manila and in the north by the Rio Grande de Mindanao, the longest river in Mindanao, separate from the administrative municipality of Sultan Kudarat. In the East, the community Kabuntalan and to the south the municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat adjacent to the city. To the west lies the Gulf of Moro.
Demography and language
More than 50 % of the population regard themselves as part of the ethnic group of Maguindanaon. About 14% are quoted against it as Cebuano, Tagalog than 10%, while more than 7% describe themselves as Iranon. 19 % belong to other ethnic groups or to include any of the foregoing.
In terms of their economic roles migrants from Luzon and the Visayas are mostly represented in the hairdressing trade, the cotton industry, agriculture and domestic companies. The Maguindanao Muslims, however, are more fishermen, dock workers, goldsmiths and farmers.
The view expressed in the city of the Chinese minority has the monopoly on the commercially oriented business types.
Barangays
Cotabato City is politically subdivided into 37 barangays.
- Bagua
- Kalanganan
- Poblacion
- Rosary Heights
- Tamontaka
- Bagua I
- Bagua II
- Bagua III
- I Kalanganan
- Kalanganan II
- Poblacion I
- Poblacion II
- Poblacion III
- Poblacion IV
- Poblacion V
- Poblacion VI
- Poblacion VII
- Poblacion VIII
- Poblacion IX
- Rosary Heights I
- Rosary Heights II
- Rosary Heights III
- Rosary Heights IV
- Rosary Heights V
- Rosary Heights VI
- Rosary Heights VII
- Rosary Heights VIII
- Rosary Heights IX
- Rosary Heights X
- Rosary Heights XI
- Rosary Heights XII
- Rosary Heights XIII
- I Tamontaka
- Tamontaka II
- Tamontaka III
- Tamontaka IV
- Tamontaka V
Note: Población (Spanish for population) referred to the Philippines several lying in the center of an urban municipality barangays.
History
The history of Cotabato goes back to the 15th century. 1475 the Arab missionary Shariff Mohammed Kabungsuwan reached the banks of the Rio Grande de Mindanao and had the locals after his arrival in the teachings of Islam a. The faith of Islam was the one who helped the early settlers to a communal way of life and established the Sultanate of Maguindanao in the plains of Cotabato. His heyday the Sultanate in the 17th century under the leadership of Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat at a time when developed Cotabato to the capital of Maguindanao.
The influence of the Sultanate began to be smaller than in 1789 and 1794 respectively peace treaties were signed between the Spaniards. Sultan " Kawasa " Anwar ud- Din was also a 1805 on a peace offering of the Spaniards. However, all peace treaties did not last long, they brought the displeasure of the Muslim inhabitants with it. By Sultan Quadrahtullah eventually trade relations were introduced by the Spanish colonial authorities, which led to the establishment of a trading house in Cotabato.
In the 19th century, under the reign of Sultan Makakua, streets and yards were built, which already formed the backbone of today's Cotabatos. 1851 the Spaniards occupied the port of Polluc and around 1860 by the Spanish military government of Mindanao, the formation of a central district with Polluc and Cotabato organized. However, the later community Cotabato was only developed in the late 19th century, when the Spaniards a military post in Baranggay Tamontaka, one of the first Christian settlements established.
On June 1, 1903, during the American era, the Moro Province was established in Mindanao with the Act No. 787. This consisted of five district provinces, one of which represented the province of Cotabato. On October 29, 1903, the legislative body of the province ordered the formation of communities Cotabato and Makaramong.
On 1 June 1950, the Municipality of Cotabato was raised with the Executive Order No. 466 to an administrative community of the first income category. Nine years later, on June 20, 1959, was in contact force of the Republic Act No 2364 of the municipality a recorded town.
At the time of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao district on 1 August 1989 used with the Republic Act No. 6734, followed by a vote in the provinces and cities in Mindanao on a membership to the new, self-governing district. While the inhabitants of the province of Maguindanao voted in majority for a membership, the residents of Cotabato City rejected this. On 6 November 1990, the district ARMM was officially inaugurated and Cotabato City appointed interim district capital, which it still is until now.
Today, Cotabato City is thus the seat of two district administrations: The District XII SOCCSKSARGEN, and of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The city is the center of economic activities, such as trade and finance, and education and it is the social and cultural center of Zentralmindanao.
Climate
The climate in the urban area can be characterized by recurrent rainfall throughout the year. Compared to other regions of the Philippines Cotabato has the lowest number on cloudy or overcast days.
The average temperature is 25.5 ° C. In April, the temperatures can rise to 27 ° C in the monthly average.
Attractions
- The Kutang Bato caves
- The Cotabato City Hall
- Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto
- Tantawan Hills & Garden
- The Rio Grande de Mindanao
- Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Masjid