Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Cotabato can refer to three places in Mindanao in the Philippines: The province of Cotabato (formerly North Cotabato) The province of South Cotabato Cotabato City All three places are distinct from each other and are part of the SOCCSKSARGEN region. The name came from the Tagalog phrase, kutang bato, meaning fort of rock. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.