Cotabato
[key], city, Maguindanao prov., W Mindanao, the Philippines, near the
mouth of the Mindanao River on Moro Gulf. It has long been a Muslim center.
Its port serves a vast, fertile farm area which, as the object of a
government colonization program, has had a great population increase since
World War II. Cotabato prov. is a focus of coffee cultivation and has
important pineapple and peanut crops. Rubber is also produced, and lumbering
is a major industry. The provincial capital is Pagalungan.
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