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General Santos | |
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| City of General Santos | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Jawi | جنرل سنتوس |
  .jpg) .jpg) From top, left to right: Aerial view of urban GenSan, Robinsons Place GenSan, Dadiangas skyline, and Pioneer Avenue | |
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| Nickname: Tuna Capital of the Philippines[1] | |
| Anthem: Himno ng Heneral Santos (English: General Santos Hymn) | |
 Map of South Cotabato with General Santos highlighted | |
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.svg)  General Santos Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 6°07′N 125°10′E / 6.12°N 125.17°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Soccsksargen |
| Province | South Cotabato (geographically only) |
| District | Lone district of General Santos |
| Founded | |
| Renamed | June 15, 1954[4] (as General Santos) |
| Cityhood | July 8, 1968 |
| Highly urbanized city | September 5, 1988 |
| Named after | General Paulino Santos |
| Barangays | 26 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
| • Mayor | Lorelie G. Pacquiao |
| • Vice Mayor | Rosalita T. Nuñez |
| • Representative | Loreto B. Acharon |
| • City Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 360,232 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 492.86 km2 (190.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 197 m (646 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 869 m (2,851 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[7] | |
• Total | 697,315 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi) |
| • Households | 175,345 |
| Demonym | Gensanon |
| Economy | |
| • Gross domestic product (GDP) | ₱129.015 billion (2022)[8] $2.279 billion (2022)[9] |
| • Income class | 1st city income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 9.90 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 3,957 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 9,751 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 2,983 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 2,371 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | South Cotabato 2 Electric Cooperative (SOCOTECO 2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 9500 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)83 |
| Native languages | Hiligaynon Cebuano Tboli Blaan Tagalog Maguindanaon |
| Website | www |
General Santos, officially the City of General Santos[note 1] and abbreviated as GenSan, is a highly urbanized city in the region of Soccsksargen, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 697,315 people making it the most populous city in Soccsksargen Region.[7]
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 it is also the only coastal as well as the largest city in the province of South Cotabato wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority but administered independently of it.
- ^ "DTI features 'best of the seas' at the IFEX PH 2018". Philippine Information Agency. DTI/PIA-NCR. May 26, 2018. Archived from the original on May 26, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ "[Act No. 21] AN ACT Providing for the establishment of the municipalities of Mati, Davao, Makar, Cottabato, Malabang, Dapitan, Cateel, Baganga and Caraga, and enlarging the municipalities of Iligan and Zamboanga" (PDF). Report of the Governor of the Moro Province.: 29–30. October 29, 1903. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
- ^ "EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 82: ORGANIZING INTO TEN MUNICIPALITIES ALL, EXCEPT THREE, MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS IN THE PROVINCE OF COTABATO AND ANNEXING THE SAID THREE MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF COTABATO". August 18, 1947. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
- ^ "[Act No. 21] AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUAYAN, IN THE PROVINCE OF COTABATO, TO GENERAL SANTOS". June 15, 1954. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
- ^ City of General Santos | (DILG)
- ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region XII (Soccsksargen)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "City of General Santos Posts the Fastest Growth Among Economies in SOCCSKSARGEN in 2022".
- ^ "PH₱56.598 per dollar (per International Monetary Fund on Representative Exchange Rates for Selected Currencies for December 2022)". IMF. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
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