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Cotabato (historical province)

Province of Cotabato
Former province of the Philippines

1914–1973
 

 

 

 

Location of Cotabato
Map of the province in 1918, comprising the present-day Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat
Capital
History
 •  Established 23 July 1914
 •  Disestablished 22 November 1973
Area 22,967.91 km2(8,868 sq mi)
Political subdivisions
Today part of

Cotabato, also known as the Empire Province of Cotabato, was a historical province of the Philippines established in 1914 that existed until its dissolution in 1973. The province's capital from 1920-1967 was Cotabato City while Pagalungan became its capital from 1967-1973.

Originally a district of the former Moro Province, on September 1, 1914, the defunct Department of Mindanao and Sulu provided with autonomous government through Act No. 2408 enacted on July 23, 1914, converted the district into a province along with other former Moro Province districts:Davao, Lanao, Sulu, Zamboanga, and its former sub-province Bukidnon. Davao, Lanao and Zamboanga were then later split and partitioned into different current provinces while Sulu and Bukidnon remain what it is today.

The empire province was one of the largest provinces of the Philippines, with an area of 2,296,791 hectares (22,967.91 km2). It was dissolved on 1973, comprising what are now the provinces of Cotabato, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao.

Upon its separation from the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, Cotabato comprised the municipalities of Cotabato (the provincial capital), Dulawan, and Midsayap, and the following municipal districts:


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