My hometown COTABATO CITY

Kutang Bato. . .  Kutawato. . . .  Cotabato is a city where commercialism flourished in the island of Mindanao particularly in the South and Central Mindanao. 

Growing up here has given me the opportunity to discover its treasures, its faces and its places.  I came to see and experience the culture of different tribes who in one way or another has a part of making this place as colorful as other places in the country.

According to its historical accounts the source of the city's present name for "Kuta" means "Fort" and "Bato" means "Stone" hence the name "Fort of Stone" which later on became Cotabato.

The city is a convergence of different tribes from all over the country.  Many Mindanaoan has savored the conglomerate of cultures from many parts of the regions.  I cannot also discount the places that made the City known like the PC Hill where the famous cave in the heart of the city is located  and many other landmarks which made the city known all over the country.

Today, Cotabato City is the seat of two administrative regions: Region XII and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.   Though after some areas of Region XI like General Santos City was transferred to Region XII where some Regional Offices of the different government agencies were transferred to Koronadal City,  Cotabato continued to be the center for economic support activities (trade and finance), education and other support services such as social, physical, cultural and other basic services of Central Mindanao are offered in the city.