South Cotabato (Filipino:Timog Kotabato) is a province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKARGEN region in Mindanao and is one of the fast growing provinces in the Philippines.
The people of South Cotabato have diverse heritages. Ilonggos from Panay and Negros in the Visayas settled the municipalities of Norala, Banga, Surallah, Sto. Niño and the province's capital, Koronadal.On the other hand, people from the Ilocano speaking regions of Luzon settled in Tampakan, Tantangan and Tupi, and the Ilocano language may still be heard spoken in these towns. The Visayan language, Cebuano is also the main ethnic ethnolinguistic group of the municipality of Polomolok and is one of the main ethnolinguistic groups of Tupi (along with Ilonggo and Tagalog, which slightly differs from Manila Tagalog.
The people of South Cotabato are multilingual, able to communicate in T'boli, as well as in Hiligaynon and/or , Cebuano as well as in both Tagalog and English. Other languages spoken are Ilocano and Ilonggo. The indigenous tribes, in addition, use their own tribal dialects.
South Cotabato is subdivided into: 10 municipalities namely Banga, Lake Sebu, Norala, Polomolok,Santo Niño, Surallah, T’boli, Tampakan, Tantangan and Tupi; 1 highly-urbanized city General Santos City and 1 component city Koronadal.
Tourist attractions in South Cotabato include
Lake Sebu,
Mt. Matutum,
Koronadal Valley and the beautiful surroundings of pao-pao.
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