Soccsksargen

SOCCSKSARGEN, also officially known as Region XII, is a region in central . It is also known as Central Mindanao. The regional center is in at the province of South Cotabato.
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or "GenSan" is a city in the province of South Cotabato in Soccsksargen. 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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is the capital city of Cotabato Province with a rapidly growing population of more than 161,000.

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, officially the City of and also known as Marbel, is a component city and capital of the province of , . According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 201,844 people.

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is a town of almost 100,000 people. It is also the capital of the province of Sultan Kudarat. Every August 30, the municipality of conducts the Hamungaya Festival to celebrate its foundation.

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is a town in South Cotabato, Soccsksargen. It is home of the country's largest pineapple plantation.

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, officially the City of , is a component city in the province of , . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 109,319 people.

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, officially the Municipality of , is a municipality in the province of , . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 81,221 people.

Soccsksargen

Latitude of center
6.4736° or 6° 28′ 25″ north
Longitude of center
124.9036° or 124° 54′ 13″ east
Population
4,460,000
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
Geo­Names ID
7521298
Wiki­data ID
Q13701
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Soccsksargen” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሶክክስሳርጂን”
  • Asturian: “Soccsksargen”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sokksargen”
  • Balinese: “Soccsksargen”
  • Banjar: “Soccsksargen”
  • Basque: “Soccsksargen”
  • Bengali: “সোককসার্গেন”
  • Bosnian: “Регион XII”
  • Capiznon: “Soccsksargen”
  • Catalan: “Soccsksargen”
  • Catalan: “SOCCSKSARGEN”
  • Cebuano: “Soccsksargen”
  • Central Bikol: “Soccsksargen”
  • Chavacano: “Soccsksargen”
  • Chinese: “SOCCSKSARGEN”
  • Chinese: “中棉蘭老”
  • Chinese: “南哥苏库萨将区”
  • Chinese: “南哥苏库萨将大区”
  • Chinese: “索科斯克薩爾根”
  • Croatian: “Soccsksargen”
  • Czech: “Soccsksargen”
  • Dutch: “Soccsksargen”
  • Dutch: “SOCCSKSARGEN”
  • Esperanto: “Centramindanao”
  • Esperanto: “Soccsksargen”
  • Finnish: “Soccsksargen”
  • French: “Soccsksargen”
  • French: “XII”
  • German: “Region XII”
  • German: “Region Ⅻ”
  • German: “Soccsksargen”
  • German: “SOCCSKSARGEN”
  • Gorontalo: “Soccsksargen”
  • Hausa: “Soccsksargen”
  • Hiligaynon: “Soccsksargen”
  • Hindi: “सोकसारजेन”
  • Iloko: “Rehion XII”
  • Iloko: “Soccsksargen”
  • Iloko: “Tengnga a Mindanao”
  • Indonesian: “Kemindanauan Tengah”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Batu Raya”
  • Indonesian: “Soccsksargen”
  • Italian: “Regione XII”
  • Italian: “Soccsksargen”
  • Japanese: “ソクサージェン地方”
  • Japanese: “中部ミンダナオ地方”
  • Javanese: “Soccsksargen”
  • Kazakh: “Soccsksargen”
  • Kinaray-A: “Soccsksargen”
  • Kirghiz: “Соккскаргөн”
  • Korean: “소크사르젠 지방”
  • Latin: “Soccsksargen”
  • Latin: “SOCCSKSARGEN”
  • Latvian: “Soksksarhena”
  • Lithuanian: “Soccsksargen”
  • Lithuanian: “Soksksarchenas”
  • Macedonian: “Сокксксарген”
  • Macedonian: “СОККСКСАРГЕН”
  • Malay: “Soccsksargen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Soccsksargen”
  • Minangkabau: “Soccsksargen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Soccsksargen”
  • Norwegian: “SOCCSKSARGEN”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Soccsksargen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “SOCCSKSARGEN”
  • Oromo: “Soccsksargen”
  • Pampanga: “Keragúlang Cotabato”
  • Pampanga: “Keragúlang Kotabátu”
  • Pampanga: “Soccsksargen”
  • Pangasinan: “Soccsksargen”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੋਕਸਸਾਰਜੇਨ”
  • Persian: “سوکسسارجن”
  • Polish: “Soccsksargen”
  • Portuguese: “Soccsksargen”
  • Pushto: “سوکسارجن”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Soccsksargen”
  • Russian: “Сокксксархен”
  • Russian: “СОККСКСАРХЕН”
  • Slovenian: “12. regija”
  • Slovenian: “Rgion XII”
  • Slovenian: “Soccsksargen”
  • Somali: “Soccsksargen”
  • Spanish: “Gran Cotabato”
  • Spanish: “Mindanao Central”
  • Sundanese: “Soccsksargen”
  • Swahili: “Soccsksargen”
  • Swedish: “Soccsksargen”
  • Tagalog: “Kalakhang Cotabato”
  • Tagalog: “Rehiyon 12”
  • Tagalog: “Rehiyon XII”
  • Tagalog: “Rehiyon Ⅻ”
  • Tagalog: “Soccsksargen”
  • Tajik: “Сокксаржен”
  • Tamil: “சொக்ஸ்சர்ஜென்”
  • Tatar: “Соккссаржен”
  • Tetum: “Soccsksargen”
  • Thai: “เขตโซกซาร์เจน”
  • Ukrainian: “Сокксксарген”
  • Ukrainian: “СОККСКСАРХЕН”
  • Urdu: “سوکسارگین”
  • Uzbek: “Sokkssargen”
  • Vietnamese: “Soccsksargen”
  • Vietnamese: “SOCCSKSARGEN”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Soccsksargen”
  • Yue Chinese: “中棉蘭老”

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