Kabacan

Kabacan
Municipality of Kabacan
Kabacan bus terminal
Nicknames: 
  • Heart of Cotabato
  • Crossroads of Mindanao
Map of Cotabato with Kabacan highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Kabacan
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 7°07′N 124°49′E / 7.12°N 124.82°E / 7.12; 124.82
CountryPhilippines
RegionSoccsksargen
ProvinceCotabato
District 3rd district
FoundedAugust 18, 1947
Barangays24 (see Barangays)
Government
  TypeSangguniang Bayan
  MayorEvangeline Pascua-Guzman
  Vice MayorHerlo P. Guzman, Jr
  RepresentativeJose I. Tejada
  Electorate47,633 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
 (2020 census)
  Total
77,164
  Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
  
17,891
DemonymKabaqueño/a
Economy
  Income class1st municipal income class
  Poverty incidence
29.19
% (2021)
  Revenue487.2 million (2022)
  Assets753.4 million (2022)
  Expenditure390.2 million (2022)
  Liabilities128.2 million (2022)
Service provider
  ElectricityCotabato Electric Cooperative (COTELCO)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
9407
PSGC
IDD:area code+63(0)64
Native languagesHiligaynon
Cebuano
Maguindanao
Ilianen
Tagalog
Websitekabacan.gov.ph

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.