General Santos City, or GenSan for short, is a city in Mindanao in the Philippines. It is the major port of the province of South Cotabato and is surrounded by Mount Mautum and Mount Magolo on the north, and Sarangani Bay to the south. The city has 26 barangays and a land area of 492.86 square kilometers, with a population of 327,123 in 1995. A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... South Cotabato is a province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao. ... A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
GeneralSantosCity is bounded by three municipalities of Sarangani Province and two municipalities of South Cotabato, namely Alabel, Malungon, Maasim, Polomolok and T'boli.
GeneralSantosCity is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country.
GeneralSantosCity is known as the Tuna Capital of the Philippines.
GeneralSantosCity, over the years has positioned itself as one of the fastest growing cities in the country.
GeneralSantosCity's ideal geographic location with access to the rich fishing grounds of the south and the fertile valleys of Cotabato, makes the city undeniably the center of tripolar activities of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Davao del Sur.
Now the city is positioning itself to be an investor's haven in Mindanao, and the expansive role of the port of GeneralSantos in the city's ascent as one of the major investment and agro-processing centers of Region XI is highly recognized.