Cotabato

Cotabato, and also still commonly referred to as North Cotabato and officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked province in the Philippines primarily located in the Soccsksargenregion in Mindanao. Its capital is the city of Kidapawan, the most populous in the province. Some of the barangays in its municipalities are under the jurisdiction of the nearby Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.