General Santos

General Santos or "GenSan" is a city in the province of South Cotabato in . 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.
  • City with about 722,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code GES
  • …is named after Paulino Santos
  • Description: City in the Philippines
  • Also known as
    “City of General Santos”
    “Gen. Santos”
    “Gen. Santos City”
    “General Santos City”
    “GenSan”
    “GSC”
  • Historically known as
    “Buayan”
    “Dadiangas”
    “Rajah Buayan”
  • Established: August 18, 1947

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Latitude
6.1122° or 6° 6′ 44″ north
Longitude
125.1722° or 125° 10′ 20″ east
UN/LOCODE
PH GES
Open location code
6QR7456C+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Amis to Zulu—“General Santos” goes by many names.
General SantosAmis
جنرال سانتوسArabic
General SantosBalinese
General SantosBanjar
General SantosBasque
General SantosBatak Toba
জেনারেল স্যান্টোসBengali
ম্যাবালকেটBengali
General SantosBuginese
General SantosCapiznon
General SantosCatalan
Dakbayan sa General SantosCebuano
General SantosCebuano
General Santos CityCebuano
GenSanCebuano
HenSanCebuano
General SantosCentral Bikol
General SantosChavacano
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Chinese
General SantosDagbani
General SantosDanish
General SantosDimli (individual language)
General SantosDutch
General Santos CityDutch
General SantosEsperanto
General SantosFijian
General SantosFinnish
გენერალ-სანტოსიGeorgian
General SantosGorontalo
Τζένεραλ ΣάντοςGreek
જનરલ સેંન્ટોસGujarati
General SantosHausa
General SantosHiligaynon
जनरल सांतोसHindi
जनरल सैंटोसHindi
General SantosHiri Motu
General SantosHungarian
General SantosIgbo
Dakbayan sa Heneral SantosIloko
General SantosIloko
General SantosIndonesian
Kota General SantosIndonesian
General SantosIrish
General SantosItalian
General SantosJamaican Creole English
ジェネラル・サントスJapanese
ゼネラル・サントスJapanese
General SantosJavanese
ಜನರಲ್ ಸ್ಯಾಂಟೋಸ್Kannada
General SantosKinaray-A
General SantosKongo
제너널산토스Korean
제너럴 산토스Korean
제네럴 산토스Korean
헤네랄 산토스Korean
Ģeneral-SantosaLatvian
Generol-SantosaLatvian
HeneralsantosaLatvian
Cheneral SantosasLithuanian
Generolas SantosasLithuanian
General SantosMalagasy
General SantosMalay
General SantosMaori
जनरल सैंटोसMarathi
General SantosMin Nan Chinese
仙道斯將軍市Min Nan Chinese
General SantosMinangkabau
GenSanMingrelian
გენერალ-სანტოს-სიტიMingrelian
გენერალ-სანტოსიMingrelian
General SantosNauru
General SantosNorwegian
General SantosNorwegian Bokmål
General SantosOccitan (post 1500)
General SantosOld English (ca. 450-1100)
General SantosOromo
General SantosPaiwan
General SantosPampanga
General Santos LakanbalenPampanga
General SantosPangasinan
Siyudad na Heneral SantosPangasinan
جنرال سانتوسPersian
General SantosPolish
General SantosRinconada Bikol
Генерал-СантосRussian
Хенераль-СантосRussian
Хенераль-Сантос-ситиRussian
General SantosSakizaya
General SantosSamoan
General SantosScots
General SantosSilesian
ජෙනරල් සැන්ටෝස්Sinhala
General SantosSundanese
General SantosSwahili
General SantosSwedish
General Santos CitySwedish
Dakbayan sa Heneral SantosTagalog
General SantosTagalog
General Santos CityTagalog
Heneral SantosTagalog
Lungsod Gen. SantosTagalog
Lungsod ng General SantosTagalog
General SantosTahitian
Хенерал-СантосTajik
ஜெனரல் சந்தோஷ்Tamil
Хенераль-СантосTatar
జెనరల్ సాంటోస్Telugu
เจเนอรัล ซานโตสThai
เฮเนรัลซันโตสThai
General SantosTok Pisin
General SantosTurkish
Генерал-СантосUkrainian
Хенераль-СантосUkrainian
جنرل سانتوسUrdu
General SantosVietnamese
General SantosWaray (Philippines)
General Santos CityWaray (Philippines)
Syudad han General SantosWaray (Philippines)
General SantosWelsh
General SantosXhosa
General SantosYoruba
General SantosZulu

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