Soccsksargen
Sign in to saveSoccsksargen (officially stylized in all caps; ), designated as Region XII, is an administrative region of the Philippines. Formerly known as Central Mindanao, it is located in south-central Mindanao and comprises four provinces: Cotabato, Sarangani, South Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat, and one highly urbanized city, General Santos. The regional center is Koronadal in South Cotabato, while the center of commerce and industry is General Santos, the most populous city in the region.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Soccsksargen
- Settlement.other_name
- Region XII (Central Mindanao)
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- Region
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the Philippines
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Philippines
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Island group
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mindanao
- Settlement.seat_type
- Regional center
- Settlement.seat
- Koronadal
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- GDP
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- Total
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- US$11.8 billion
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- Per capita
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- US$2,598
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Administrative divisions
- Provinces
- Governors and vice governors
- Cities
- Component cities
- Highly urbanized city
- History
- Central Mindanao
- Soccsksargen
- Koronadal as new regional center
- Special Cotabato barangays and Cotabato City exit
- Demographics
- Economy
- Musical heritage
- Government
- Notable people
- Notes
- References
- External links
Soccsksargen (officially stylized in all caps; ), designated as Region XII, is an administrative region of the Philippines. Formerly known as Central Mindanao, it is located in south-central Mindanao and comprises four provinces: Cotabato, Sarangani, South Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat, and one highly urbanized city, General Santos. The regional center is Koronadal in South Cotabato, while the center of commerce and industry is General Santos, the most populous city in the region.
==Geography== The region is bounded on the north by the province of Bukidnon in Northern Mindanao, on the east by the Davao Region, on the northwest and west by the Bangsamoro region, and on the southwest by the Celebes Sea. The region also shares a maritime border with Gorontalo and North Sulawesi provinces of Indonesia.