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Province in Soccsksargen, Philippines · Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

Cotabato

Cotabato, and also still commonly referred to as North Cotabato and officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked province in the Philippines primarily located in the Soccsksargen region in Mindanao.

Cotabato
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The place

Cotabato, and also still commonly referred to as North Cotabato and officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked province in the Philippines primarily located in the Soccsksargen region in Mindanao. Its capital is the city of Kidapawan, the most populous in the province. Some of the barangays in its municipalities are under the jurisdiction of the nearby Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eat

Where to eat

A46 Picnic Grove, (UK Peak) Aleosan, Cotabato Province. They serve snacks and burger with patties made of local meat.

From Wikivoyage: Cotabato, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Cotabato

Airports
Francisco Bangoy (DVO), 88 km · General Santos (GES), 130 km · Laguindingan (CGY), 163 km
  • Davao → Cotabato
    152 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · ₱530–700
  • General Santos → Cotabato
    160 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · ₱440–580
  • Laguindingan → Cotabato
    152 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · ₱570–760
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Cotabato

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cotabato. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    SiquijorPH

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    261 km
  2. 02
    DumaguetePH

    9 ways of moving, 46 sources

    290 km
  3. 03
    Tagbilaran and BoholPH

    12 ways of moving, 45 sources

    294 km
  4. 04
    SiargaoPH

    10 ways of moving, 33 sources

    325 km
  5. 05
    Leyte IslandPH

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    400 km

If you know how people move in Cotabato – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Cotabato

Cotabato is 42 km from Malingao, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.