Kabacan
Kabacan | |
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| Municipality of Kabacan | |
Kabacan bus terminal | |
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Map of Cotabato with Kabacan highlighted | |
Interactive map of Kabacan | |
Kabacan Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 7°06′31″N 124°49′25″E / 7.108597°N 124.823478°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Soccsksargen |
| Province | Cotabato |
| District | 3rd district |
| Founded | August 18, 1947 |
| Barangays | 24 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Evangeline Pascua-Guzman |
| • Vice Mayor | Herlo P. Guzman, Jr |
| • Representative | Jose I. Tejada |
| • Electorate | 47,633 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 330.92 km2 (127.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2024 census) | |
• Total | 77,945 |
| • Density | 235.54/km2 (610.05/sq mi) |
| • | 17,891 |
| Demonym | Kabaqueño/a |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 29.19 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 487.2 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 753.4 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 390.2 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 128.2 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Cotabato Electric Cooperative (COTELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 9407 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)64 |
| Native languages | Hiligaynon Cebuano Maguindanao Ilianen Tagalog |
| Website | kabacan |
Kabacan officially the Municipality of Kabacan (Maguindanaon: Inged nu Kabakan, Jawi: ايڠد نو كباكن; Ilocano: Ili ti Kabacan; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Kabacan; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Kabacan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Kabacan), is a municipality in the province of Cotabato, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,164 people.
The town is predominantly composed of rice farms made possible by the influx of Ilocano-speaking people from northern Philippines. The University of Southern Mindanao is in Kabacan. It is strategically located between the cities of Cotabato and Davao from west to east and the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan from the north and General Santos from the south.