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General Santos

General Santos or "GenSan" is a city in the province of in the . It is known as "The Tuna Capital of the Philippines" due to its tuna industry. Perhaps its biggest claim to fame is that boxer Manny Pacquiao is a native.
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  • Type: City with 697,000 residents
  • Description: City in the Philippines
  • Also known as: “Buayan”, “City of General Santos”, “Gen. Santos”, “Gen. Santos City”, “General Santos City”, “Gensan”, “GenSan”, “GSC”, and “Rajah Buayan”
  • Historically known as: “Dadiangas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Port of General Santos.

The , also known as the Makar Port, is a seaport in General Santos in the . The port is used to transport cargo in and out of General Santos, serving the wider region.

General Santos

Latitude
6.1122° or 6° 6′ 44″ north
Longitude
125.1722° or 125° 10′ 20″ east
Population
697,000
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Inception
August 18th, 1947
Named after
Paulino Santos
IATA airport code
GES
United Nations Location Code
PH GES
Open location code
6QR7456C+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3191185968
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1713022
Wiki­data ID
Q594275
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In Other Languages

From Amis to Zulu—“General Santos” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “General Santos”
  • Arabic: “جنرال سانتوس”
  • Balinese: “General Santos”
  • Banjar: “General Santos”
  • Basque: “General Santos”
  • Batak Toba: “General Santos”
  • Bengali: “জেনারেল স্যান্টোস”
  • Bengali: “ম্যাবালকেট”
  • Buginese: “General Santos”
  • Capiznon: “General Santos”
  • Catalan: “General Santos”
  • Cebuano: “Dakbayan sa General Santos”
  • Cebuano: “General Santos City”
  • Cebuano: “General Santos”
  • Cebuano: “GenSan”
  • Cebuano: “HenSan”
  • Central Bikol: “General Santos”
  • Chavacano: “General Santos”
  • Chinese: “三投斯将军市”
  • Chinese: “三投斯將軍市”
  • Chinese: “桑托斯将军城”
  • Chinese: “桑托斯將軍城”
  • Chinese: “桑托斯將軍市”
  • Dagbani: “General Santos”
  • Danish: “General Santos”
  • Dimli (individual language): “General Santos”
  • Dutch: “General Santos City”
  • Dutch: “General Santos”
  • Esperanto: “General Santos”
  • Fijian: “General Santos”
  • Finnish: “General Santos”
  • French: “General Santos”
  • Georgian: “გენერალ-სანტოსი”
  • German: “General Santos City”
  • German: “General Santos”
  • Gorontalo: “General Santos”
  • Greek: “Τζένεραλ Σάντος”
  • Gujarati: “જનરલ સેંન્ટોસ”
  • Hausa: “General Santos”
  • Hiligaynon: “General Santos”
  • Hindi: “जनरल सांतोस”
  • Hindi: “जनरल सैंटोस”
  • Hiri Motu: “General Santos”
  • Hungarian: “General Santos”
  • Igbo: “General Santos”
  • Iloko: “Dakbayan sa Heneral Santos”
  • Iloko: “General Santos”
  • Indonesian: “General Santos”
  • Indonesian: “Kota General Santos”
  • Irish: “General Santos”
  • Italian: “General Santos”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “General Santos”
  • Japanese: “ジェネラル・サントス”
  • Japanese: “ゼネラル・サントス”
  • Javanese: “General Santos”
  • Kannada: “ಜನರಲ್ ಸ್ಯಾಂಟೋಸ್”
  • Kinaray-A: “General Santos”
  • Kongo: “General Santos”
  • Korean: “제너널산토스”
  • Korean: “제너럴 산토스”
  • Korean: “제너럴산토스”
  • Korean: “제네럴 산토스”
  • Korean: “제네럴산토스”
  • Korean: “헤네랄 산토스”
  • Korean: “헤네랄산토스”
  • Latvian: “Ģeneral-Santosa”
  • Latvian: “Generol-Santosa”
  • Latvian: “Heneralsantosa”
  • Lithuanian: “Cheneral Santosas”
  • Lithuanian: “Generolas Santosas”
  • Malagasy: “General Santos”
  • Malay: “General Santos”
  • Maori: “General Santos”
  • Marathi: “जनरल सैंटोस”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “General Santos”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “仙道斯將軍市”
  • Minangkabau: “General Santos”
  • Mingrelian: “GenSan”
  • Mingrelian: “გენერალ-სანტოს-სიტი”
  • Mingrelian: “გენერალ-სანტოსი”
  • Nauru: “General Santos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “General Santos”
  • Norwegian: “General Santos”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “General Santos”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “General Santos”
  • Oromo: “General Santos”
  • Paiwan: “General Santos”
  • Pampanga: “General Santos Lakanbalen”
  • Pampanga: “General Santos”
  • Pangasinan: “General Santos”
  • Pangasinan: “Siyudad na Heneral Santos”
  • Persian: “جنرال سانتوس”
  • Polish: “General Santos”
  • Portuguese: “General Santos”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “General Santos”
  • Russian: “Генерал-Сантос”
  • Russian: “Хенераль-Сантос-сити”
  • Russian: “Хенераль-Сантос”
  • Sakizaya: “General Santos”
  • Samoan: “General Santos”
  • Scots: “General Santos”
  • Silesian: “General Santos”
  • Sinhala: “ජෙනරල් සන්ටොස්”
  • Sinhala: “ජෙනරල් සැන්ටෝස්”
  • Spanish: “Dadiangas”
  • Spanish: “General Santos City”
  • Spanish: “General Santos”
  • Spanish: “GenSan”
  • Sundanese: “General Santos”
  • Swahili: “General Santos”
  • Swedish: “General Santos City”
  • Swedish: “General Santos”
  • Tagalog: “Dakbayan sa Heneral Santos”
  • Tagalog: “General Santos City”
  • Tagalog: “General Santos”
  • Tagalog: “Heneral Santos”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod Gen. Santos”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng General Santos”
  • Tahitian: “General Santos”
  • Tamil: “ஜெனரல் சந்தோஷ்”
  • Tatar: “Хенераль-Сантос”
  • Telugu: “జెనరల్ సాంటోస్”
  • Tetum: “General Santos”
  • Thai: “เจเนอรัล ซานโตส”
  • Thai: “เฮเนรัลซันโตส”
  • Tok Pisin: “General Santos”
  • Turkish: “General Santos”
  • Ukrainian: “Генерал-Сантос”
  • Ukrainian: “Хенераль-Сантос”
  • Urdu: “جنرل سانتوس”
  • Vietnamese: “General Santos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “General Santos City”
  • Waray (Philippines): “General Santos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Syudad han General Santos”
  • Welsh: “General Santos”
  • Xhosa: “General Santos”
  • Yoruba: “General Santos”
  • Zulu: “General Santos”
  • “General Santos”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “General Santos”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.