South Cotabato, Philippines: where I grew up

South Cotabato is a province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao. Its capital is Koronadal City, and it borders Sultan Kudarat to the north and west, Sarangani to the south and east, and Davao del Sur to the east. To the southeast lies Sarangani Bay.
The people of South Cotabato are multilingual, able to communicate in Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Tagalog and English. The indigenous tribes, in addition, use their own tribal dialects. A situation wherein several people, each speaking solely in his own dialect and are still able to communicate with the others, is not unheard of.

South Cotabato is subdivided into 10 municipalities and 1 component city. General Santos City is a highly-urbanized city that is administered independently from the province.

Cities
* Koronadal City

Municipalities

* Banga
* Lake Sebu
* Norala
* Polomolok
* Santo Niño
* Surallah
* Tampakan
* Tantangan
* T'Boli
* Tupi