Cotabato City

Cotabato City, officially the City of Cotabato (Malay: Kota Batu; Maguindanaoan: Kuta Wato; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Cotabato; Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Cotabato; Filipino: Lungsod ng Cotabato; Spanish:Ciudad de Cotabato), is one of the independent component cities located in Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 299,438.

Cotabato City is the regional center of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) but the city is administratively part of the Soccsksargen region, which is composed of the provinces of South Cotabato,(North) Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Saranggani, as well as the highly urbanized city of General Santos. For geographical purposes, it is grouped with the province of Maguindanao, or for statistical reasons sometimes grouped with the province of Cotabato, and does not belong to the ARMM.

Cotabato City is distinct from and should not be confused with the province of Cotabato.