Cotabato

[ kaw-tah-bah-taw ]

noun

1. a city on W central Mindanao, in the S Philippines.

Example Sentences

“This is the good side of coming out and laying down your guns; You can now live peacefully with your loved ones,” Rillera told the militants, who surrendered in a ceremony on Thursday in South Cotabato province adjacent to Maguindanao province, where the military offensive was carried out the following day.

From Seattle Times

Others were killed in South Cotabato and Davao Occidental province, while 13 people were injured from the tremor, which sent scores of people into panic and damaged more than 50 houses and other buildings.

From Reuters

Agripino Dacera, disaster office chief of General Santos City in the province of South Cotabato, told Reuters that three people had been reported dead there.

From Reuters

In Bangsamoro, which is predominantly Muslim and relatively impoverished, more than 330,000 people had been affected by the storm in Cotabato City, said Bruce Matabalao, the mayor.

From New York Times

There is extensive flooding in and around the city of Cotabato.

From BBC