Place:General Santos City, South Cotabato, SOCCSKSARGEN, Philippines

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NameGeneral Santos City
Alt namesBuayansource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) V, 175
Dadiangassource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
General Santossource: Getty Vocabulary Program
GenSansource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Located inSouth Cotabato, SOCCSKSARGEN, Philippines
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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General Santos, officially known as the City of General Santos, and abbreviated as GenSan, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Soccsksargen, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 697,315 people.

It is located on the island of Mindanao, it is the southernmost and 15th-most populous city in the Philippines. It is the regional center for commerce and industry of the Soccsksargen region, and is geographically located within the province of South Cotabato but administered independently of it.

It is formerly known as Dadiangas, the city was named after Gen. Paulino Santos, a former Commanding General of the Philippine Army and the settlement's leading pioneer.

source: Family History Library Catalog
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