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Pulau Mindanao adalah pulau yang bergunung-gunung.
Namun diantara gunung-gunung itu juga terdapat teluk dan dataran rendah.
Dataran rendah yang terbilang luas terdapat pantai barat dimana terdapat kota Cotabato.
Nama "Cotabato" disebut merujuk dari kata Maguindanao ‘kuta wato’,
atau kemungkinan dari kata Melayu "kota batu". Penduduk asli disebut
orang Maguindanao, bagian dari kelompok etnis Moro. Nama manguindano berarti
“penghuni dataran banjir”.
Cotabato, officially the Province of Cotabato and formerly but still colloquially known as North Cotabato (Hiligaynon: Aminhan Cotabato; Cebuano: Amihanang Cotabato; Maguindanaon: Pangutaran Kutawatu; Filipino: Hilagang Cotabato), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Soccsksargen region in Mindanao. Its capital is the city of Kidapawan. Some of its barangays are under the jurisdiction of the nearby Bangsamoro Autonomous Region. Cotabato derives its name from the Maguindanaon word kuta watu (from Malay - "Kota Batu"), meaning "stone fort", referring to the stone fort which served as the seat of Sultan Muhammad Kudarat in what is now Cotabato City (which the province derives its name from). Islam was introduced in this part of the country in the later part of the 15th century by Sharif Mohammed Kabungsuwan, an Arab-Malay Muslim warrior-missionary. Sharif Kabungsuwan invaded Malabang in 1475, facing armed resistance from the non-Muslim natives, nevertheless successfully vanquishing and subjugating them to his (Islamic) rule through the might of his Samal warriors. Christianity was introduced in 1596, but the Spaniards were unable to penetrate into the region until the second half of the 19th century. The district of Cotabato was formed in 1860, covering the areas of what is now Cotabato, Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provinces with its capital at Tamontaka. Fort Pikit was established by the Spaniards in 1893 as they continued their conquest of the remnants of Maguindanao Sultanate, which would soon be the site of one of the province's oldest towns, Pikit. (Wikipedia)
Lantas bagaimana sejarah geomorfologi teluk
Kota Cotabato di pulau Mindanao? Seperti disebut di atas, kota Cotabato ini terhubung
dengan danau-danau pedalaman melalui sungai Tamontoka hingga ke danau Buluan. Lalu bagaimana sejarah geomorfologi
teluk Kota Cotabato di pulau Mindanao? Seperti kata ahli sejarah tempo doeloe,
semuanya ada permulaan. Untuk menambah pengetahuan dan meningkatkan wawasan
sejarah nasional, mari kita telusuri sumber-sumber tempo doeloe.





