page_title: Cotabato (historical province)
section_title: Establishment and composition
hierarchical_section_title: Cotabato (historical province) / History / Establishment and composition
caption_attribution_description: Español: División territorial de la Isla de Mindanao en 5 Distritos. Año de 1880
context_page_description: Cotabato, also known as the Empire Province of Cotabato, was a historical province of the Philippines established in 1914 that existed until its dissolution in 1973. The province's capital from 1920–1967 was Cotabato City while Pagalungan became its capital from 1967–1973.
  Originally a district of the former Moro Province, on September 1, 1914, the defunct Department of Mindanao and Sulu provided with autonomous government through Act No. 2408 enacted on July 23, 1914, converted the district into a province along with other former Moro Province districts: Davao, Lanao, Sulu, Zamboanga, and its former sub-province Bukidnon. Davao, Lanao and Zamboanga were then later split and partitioned into different current provinces while Sulu and Bukidnon remain what it is today.
  The province was one of the largest provinces of the Philippines, with an area of 2,296,791 hectares. It was dissolved on 1973, comprising what are now the provinces of Cotabato, South Cotabato, Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, and Sarangani.
context_section_description: Upon its separation from the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, Cotabato comprised the municipalities of Cotabato (the provincial capital), Dulawan, and Midsayap, and the following municipal districts:
  Awang
  Balatikan
  Balut
  Banisilan
  Barira
  Buayan
  Bugasan
  Buldun
  Buluan
  Carmen
  [Daguma]
  Dinaig
  [Dulawan]
  Gambar
  Glan
  [Isulan]
  Kabakan
  Kalanganan
  Kiamba
  Kidapawan
  Kitubud
  Kling
  Koronadal
  Lebak
  [Libuangan]
  Liguasan
  [Maganui]
  Nuling
  Parang
  Pikit-Pagalungan
  [Reina Regente]
  Salaman
  Sebu
  Silik
  Subpangan
  [Talayan]
  Tumbau
  On June 18, 1966, South Cotabato was separated from the province through Republic Act No. 4849. That very same day, the provincial capital was moved from Cotabato City to Pagalungan.
caption: Gobierno de Mindanao: The 5 Districts created by Royal Decree of July 30, 1860.
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