Magpet, Cotabato
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| Coordinates: 7°07′N 125°07′E / 7.12°N 125.12°ECoordinates: 7°07′N 125°07′E / 7.12°N 125.12°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII) |
| Province | Cotabato |
| District | 2nd District of Cotabato |
| Incorporated | June 22, 1963 |
| Barangays | 32 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Florentino Gonzaga |
| • Vice Mayor | Rogelio Marañon |
| Area | |
| • Total | 755.36 km2 (291.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 49,201 |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Magpeteños |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 9404 |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)64 |
| Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| 124706000 | |
| Electorate | 30,515 voters (2016) |
Magpet is a first class municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 49,201 people.
Magpet is located in the eastern part of Cotabato province and in the foothills of Mt Apo with generally sloping and mountainous terrain. It is bordered in the south by Kidapawan City and on the north by the Municipality of Arakan.
Magpet is politically subdivided into 32 barangays.
Magpet derived its name from the word “malotpot” which means “a place where people gather in fellowship to partake of their packed lunch wrapped in banana leaves”.
An anonymous lexicographer inadvertently shortened the word “Linoppot” to “Maupot”. Much later and further spelled into “MAGPET” by a certain forester in his survey report. Consequently, the word “Magpet” stuck not only to mean the place but also the stream of the cool, fresh and clean water. By the present connotation, Magpet means “the verdant lands of countless waters”.
The life of the early year’s settlers and inhabitants of Magpet was a tale of survival and fortitude. Their lives were always in danger. Bloodthirsty malarial mosquito’s attacked them. Grandparents often told their grandchildren the stories “about eating their meals inside the mosquito nets” because “mosquitoes were as big as bees”.
Yet, all the hardships and suffering, and even death of the early settlers only served to strengthen their decision to stay and utilize the vast natural resources of Magpet. The land was very fertile and varieties of fishes were found in the rivers and streams, and on the woodlands, wild pigs, deer and birds are plentiful. Food was not a problem during that period, but rather, marketing of production surplus and purchase of basic commodities. They traveled for days and weeks in order to sell their crops to the nearest trading centers and they needed salt, sugar, matches and soap for daily needs.
In the 2015 census, the population of Magpet, Cotabato, was 49,201 people, with a density of 65 inhabitants per square kilometre or 170 inhabitants per square mile.
Several rivers located in Magpet are being tapped for irrigation development and potential for hydro power plants. Others are the major tributaries to Kabacan River, which flows to many barangays of Magpet, to the Municipalities of Pres. Roxas, Matalam, Kabacan, Carmen and connects with Pulangi River. As a major source of water supply, it served for irrigation purposes, servicing thousands of hectares of rice fields not only in the Municipality of Magpet, but also in the various areas of the Province as well. Magpet is serviced with public water system (Level III) by the Metro Kidapawan Water District. Under this system, 1,242 households were connected with individual faucet. The Barangay Water Sanitation, or BAWASA, has a communal faucet (Level II) connected to 2,381 households. 2,978 households draw their water from developed springs (Level I).
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