Highly urbanized city

General Santos City

General Santos City is a highly urbanized city in South Cotabato, SOCCSKSARGEN, Philippines. Its population was 722,059 in the 2024 census, and it has 26 barangays.

Population: 2024 Census
Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
Page updated: October 2, 2026

PlacesPeopleDensityGrowth

People · 2024 Census

Under 690
690 to 1,100
1,100 to 1,800
1,800 to 3,100
3,100 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

Under 160
160 to 340
340 to 700
700 to 2,600
2,600 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

Fell by more than 1% a year
Fell, by up to 1% a year
Grew, by under 1% a year
Grew by 1 to 2% a year
Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary^[3]Open in OpenStreetMap

PeopleSources
722,059
people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
Up 34.2% from 2010 to 2024
Rank by peopleSources
1st
of the 12 cities and municipalities of South Cotabato by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
Inside itSources
26
barangays
LandSources
502.80 km²
of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: General Santos City's land would fill a square about 22.4 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary
Average density, 2024: 1,436 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 14 people per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary
HomesSources
184,938
households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
3.9 people in each, on average, in 2024
Town or countrySources
98.9%
About 99 of every 100 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary: 1230800000^[5]Formerly 126303000
ZIP code: 9500^{[18, 19, 20]}

People

General Santos City had 722,059 people in the 2024 census, up 34.2% from 2010.

People at each census since 1970

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

General Santos City had the most people of the 12 cities and municipalities of South Cotabato in 2024^[1]

1General Santos City722,059
2Koronadal City201,844
3Polomolok176,671
4T'Boli105,296
5Banga91,536
6Surallah91,412
7Lake Sebu84,252

All 12 cities and municipalities of South Cotabato

In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 77 of every 100 of its people^[2]

Calumpang90,48013 in 100
Labangal81,22311 in 100
Fatima78,47811 in 100
San Isidro66,9719 in 100
Lagao56,4038 in 100
Apopong54,0967 in 100
Mabuhay38,7505 in 100
Tambler33,6785 in 100
Bula31,3564 in 100
City Heights24,5393 in 100

See all 26 barangays of General Santos City

Age structure · 2024 Census^[4]People living in households, by age and sex

About 28 of every 100 are children under 15 (27.8%)
About 67 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (67%)
About 5 of every 100 are 65 or older (5.2%)

MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
Age	People	Men	Women
Under 5	65,768	34,045	31,723
5 - 9	64,941	33,755	31,186
10 - 14	69,374	35,703	33,671
15 - 19	71,425	35,872	35,553
20 - 24	68,997	34,702	34,295
25 - 29	59,682	30,094	29,588
30 - 34	56,222	28,462	27,760
35 - 39	50,781	26,162	24,619
40 - 44	45,593	23,416	22,177
45 - 49	41,373	21,342	20,031
50 - 54	36,062	18,342	17,720
55 - 59	29,168	14,313	14,855
60 - 64	23,524	11,380	12,144
65 - 69	16,458	7,658	8,800
70 - 74	10,587	4,753	5,834
75 - 79	5,652	2,240	3,412
80 - 84	2,999	1,004	1,995
85 and over	2,032	644	1,388

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 722,059^{[1, 2]}
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary: 184,938^{[1, 2]}
People in each household, 2024: 3.9 on average^{[1, 2]}
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 98.9% (714,449 people)^[6]
Men and women, 2024: 363,887 men, 356,751 women^[4]People living in households

Population at each census, with its source
Census	Population	Growth since the census before	Households	People per household
2024as of July 1, 2024	722,059^{[1, 2]}	0.84% a year	184,938	3.9
2020as of May 1, 2020	697,315^[1]	3.41% a year	—	—
2015as of August 1, 2015	594,446^[1]	1.91% a year	—	—
2010as of May 1, 2010	538,086^[1]	—	—	—
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then	529,542^[41]	3.53% a year	—	—
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders	411,822^{[41, 42]}	5.05% a year	—	—
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then	327,173^[41]	5.14% a year	—	—
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then	250,389^[41]	5.30% a year	—	—
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then	149,396^[41]	10.37% a year	—	—
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then	91,154^[41]	1.21% a year	—	—
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then	85,861^[41]	—	—	—

Barangays

General Santos City is made up of 26 barangays.

Barangays of General Santos City. Each column heading sorts the table.
	^{[2, 3, 6, 7, 8]}	Share (2024)			Urban or rural
Apopong	54,096	7.49%	−1.78% a year	about 20.65 km²	Urban
Baluan	14,079	1.95%	4.20% a year	about 12.03 km²	Urban
Batomelong	3,776	0.52%	5.95% a year	about 5.19 km²	Rural
Buayan	11,748	1.63%	0.54% a year	about 4.81 km²	Urban
Bula	31,356	4.34%	0.39% a year	about 3.01 km²	Urban
Calumpang	90,480	12.53%	0.75% a year	about 8.93 km²	Urban
City Heights	24,539	3.4%	0.19% a year	about 4.85 km²	Urban
Conel	17,555	2.43%	2.36% a year	about 52.33 km²	Urban
Dadiangas East	3,345	0.46%	−0.30% a year	about 0.616 km²	Urban
Dadiangas North	6,731	0.93%	−0.25% a year	about 0.969 km²	Urban
Dadiangas South	4,755	0.66%	−0.30% a year	about 0.63 km²	Urban
Dadiangas West	13,009	1.8%	−0.15% a year	about 0.845 km²	Urban
Fatima	78,478	10.87%	1.88% a year	about 22.81 km²	Urban
Katangawan	18,047	2.5%	0.94% a year	about 19.77 km²	Urban
Labangal	81,223	11.25%	1.27% a year	about 9.56 km²	Urban
Lagao	56,403	7.81%	1.18% a year	about 12.03 km²	Urban
Ligaya	7,232	1%	1.89% a year	about 6.23 km²	Urban
Mabuhay	38,750	5.37%	0.71% a year	about 43.97 km²	Urban
Olympog	4,534	0.63%	0.42% a year	about 13.93 km²	Urban
San Isidro	66,971	9.28%	0.73% a year	about 14.95 km²	Urban
San Jose	13,767	1.91%	0.46% a year	about 61.30 km²	Urban
Siguel	15,985	2.21%	0.45% a year	about 37.11 km²	Urban
Sinawal	19,223	2.66%	0.97% a year	about 81.18 km²	Urban
Tambler	33,678	4.66%	1.59% a year	about 44.66 km²	Urban
Tinagacan	8,465	1.17%	0.35% a year	about 24.46 km²	Urban
Upper Labay	3,834	0.53%	0.47% a year	about 17.72 km²	Rural

Areas are approximate: each is measured inside the barangay's border on UN OCHA's map, which is a guide, not the legal boundary.

Land & Environment

General Santos City covers 502.80 km² of land, 1,436 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 852 m above the sea and it has 37.9 km of coast.

Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: 502.80 km²^[7]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary: 1,436 people per km²^[7]
Coordinates: 6.09190° N, 125.09094° E^[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.

Height above the sea^[37]

Lowest: 1 m
Average: 201 m
Highest: 852 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

37.9 km of coastline^[38]

Rivers^[38]

Makar River20.7 km
Tinagacan River13.5 of 30.1 km
Buayan River12.7 of 62.1 km
Sinawal River9.0 km
Klinan River8.8 of 16.3 km
Silway River8.3 of 43.3 km
Banwalan Riverdries up7.5 km
Kalaha Riverdries up4.5 km

The longest inside it: 10 in all.

Lakes^[38]

Tinagacan Lake0.14 km²

Peaks^[38]

Buko Buko Peak723 m
Sanchez Peak700 m
Base Peakvolcano606 m
Malyango Peak590 m
Nopol Hill578 m
Nipple Peakheight not mapped

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type IV^[39]

Rain spread fairly evenly through the year, with no dry season.

Covers about 93 of every 100 parts of its land. Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At General Santos, the nearest PAGASA station, 4 km away^[40]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 958 mm of rain on 106 days a year; 27.9 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at General Santos, 1991 to 2020, by month
Month	Rain	Rainy days	Average	High	Low
January	97 mm	9	27.5 °C	32.3 °C	22.6 °C
February	53 mm	7	27.9 °C	32.9 °C	22.8 °C
March	55 mm	6	28.5 °C	34.0 °C	23.0 °C
April	54 mm	6	28.9 °C	34.3 °C	23.5 °C
May	72 mm	8	28.5 °C	33.5 °C	23.6 °C
June	102 mm	12	27.7 °C	32.2 °C	23.1 °C
July	98 mm	11	27.2 °C	31.7 °C	22.8 °C
August	91 mm	11	27.3 °C	31.7 °C	22.8 °C
September	83 mm	10	27.5 °C	32.2 °C	22.8 °C
October	100 mm	10	27.7 °C	32.6 °C	22.8 °C
November	78 mm	8	27.9 °C	32.8 °C	23.0 °C
December	75 mm	8	27.8 °C	32.6 °C	23.0 °C
The year	958 mm	106	27.9 °C	32.7 °C	23.0 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 132 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

General Santos City's economy made ₱179.3 billion of goods and services in 2025, ₱232,712 for each person. About 8 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2023.

Economy, 2025Gross domestic productThe value of all the goods and services made in a place in a year: the size of its economy. The PSA measures it for every region, province and highly urbanized city. Counted at 2018 prices, it leaves out the rise in prices, so one year can be set beside another.More in the glossary: ₱179.3 billion^[23]Its gross domestic product at current prices; ₱152.6 billion at 2018 prices.
Growth, 2024–2025: 8.0%^[24]How much more it made than the year before, at 2018 prices.
For each person, 2025: ₱232,712^[25]Its economy divided by its projected population, at current prices, as the PSA works it out.
Poverty, 2023Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary: 8.2% of people^[26]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's survey.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary: 1st class^[5]

About 8 of every 100 people in General Santos City lived below the poverty line in 2023 (8.2%)^[26]

The PSA's survey puts it between 5.8% and 10.6%, with 95% confidence. The poverty line was ₱28,580 a person for the year.

The PSA notes: Those with CVs higher than 10% in 2023 poverty incidence among population should be used with caution.

Public places

98government offices
22hospitals and health centres
133schools
83places of worship
5markets
8stations and terminals
13parks
1beach
2monuments and memorials

Counted from OpenStreetMap^{[3, 9]}. Schools, places of worship, barangay halls and places known only by a common name, such as a chapel, are listed on each barangay's page.

Where a kind has more than 8, this page shows 6: first those with “General Santos” in their name, then one in each of its most populous barangays.

Government offices75

69 more government offices are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 26 barangays of General Santos City

Hospitals and health centres22

16 more hospitals and health centres are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 26 barangays of General Santos City

Markets5

Stations and terminals8

Parks13

7 more parks are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 26 barangays of General Santos City

Beaches1

Villa Beach · Dadiangas South

Monuments and memorials2

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads General Santos City. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (the city council), led by the vice mayor. The mayor, the vice mayor and the council's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.^{[16, 17]}

City classCity classA highly urbanized city or an independent component city governs itself apart from the province around it: its voters do not elect the governor. A component city is part of its province.More in the glossary: Highly urbanized city: it governs itself apart from the province of South Cotabato^[5]
Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary: Lone district of General Santos City^{[21, 22]}

Leaders

The mayor and vice mayor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

2025–2028In office as of February 2026
Mayor
Lorelie Geronimo Pacquiao^[27]
Vice mayor
Jose Edgar Jamerlan Yumang^[27]
2022–2025
Mayor
Lorelie Geronimo Pacquiao^[28]
Vice mayor
Rosalita Tolibas Nuñez^[28]
2019–2022
Mayor
Ronnel Chua Rivera^[29]
Vice mayor
Loreto Busgano Acharon^[29]
2016–2019
Mayor
Ronnel Chua Rivera^[30]
Vice mayor
Shirlyn Legario Bañas-Nograles^[30]
2013–2016
Mayor
Ronnel Chua Rivera^[31]
Vice mayor
Shirlyn Legario Bañas Nograles^[31]
2010–2013
Mayor
Darlene M Ricasa Antonino-Custodio^[32]
Vice mayor
Shirlyn Legario Bañas^[32]
2007–2010
Mayor
Pedro Busgano Acharon Jr.^[33]
Vice mayor
Florentina Lopez-Ramis Congson^[33]
2004–2007
Mayor
Pedro Acharon Jr.^[34]
Vice mayor
Florentina Congson^[34]
2001–2004
Mayor
Pedro B. Acharon Jr.^[35]
Vice mayor
Florentino L. Congson^[35]

Mayors and vice mayors of General Santos City, by term
Term	Mayor	Vice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026	Lorelie Geronimo Pacquiao^[27]	Jose Edgar Jamerlan Yumang^[27]
2022–2025	Lorelie Geronimo Pacquiao^[28]	Rosalita Tolibas Nuñez^[28]
2019–2022	Ronnel Chua Rivera^[29]	Loreto Busgano Acharon^[29]
2016–2019	Ronnel Chua Rivera^[30]	Shirlyn Legario Bañas-Nograles^[30]
2013–2016	Ronnel Chua Rivera^[31]	Shirlyn Legario Bañas Nograles^[31]
2010–2013	Darlene M Ricasa Antonino-Custodio^[32]	Shirlyn Legario Bañas^[32]
2007–2010	Pedro Busgano Acharon Jr.^[33]	Florentina Lopez-Ramis Congson^[33]
2004–2007	Pedro Acharon Jr.^[34]	Florentina Congson^[34]
2001–2004	Pedro B. Acharon Jr.^[35]	Florentino L. Congson^[35]

Before 2001

The heads of General Santos City before COMELEC's lists begin, newest first, as the local government's own page lists them, with the office as that page writes it ("Not given" where it names no single office). "From" a year: the page gives only when the term began.

Heads of General Santos City before 2001, newest first
Years	Name	Office
1955–1959	Pedro Acharon, Sr.^[36]	Mayor

History & Identity

Stories that tell of General Santos City

General Santos City is part of this Story, told from its own place.

Film, 0:59
SOCCSKSARGEN
SOCCSKSARGEN: five names, one empire province
SOCCSKSARGEN's letters match its provinces and city. Nearly all of it was once one huge province, Cotabato, whose name the province traces to kuta wato, the stone fort.
Why It's Called That

And from Mindanao, which General Santos City is part of:

Film, 0:59
Mindanao
Before it was Mindanao, it had at least three other names
Cesarea Karoli, the Filipina Island, Bindanao: Europeans tried several names before the local one won. Magindanao, Saleeby wrote in 1905, is the place that floods.
Why It's Called That

All Stories

Old photographs of General Santos City

Each with the archive that holds it, its date and its rights, on its own page.

In the Archive

General Santos City's fiesta and days

Kalilangan FestivalFestival · Every 20 February · next 20 to 27 February 2027
Charter Day of the City of General SantosLocal special day · Every 15 June · next Tuesday, 15 June 2027

Everything listed for General Santos City in Now

Official name: City of General Santos^[5]
Former name: Dadiangas^[5]
Created: General Santos was created a city by Republic Act No. 5412, its charter, approved on 15 June 1968 and effective on approval.^[10]

How it got its name

Local traditionThe earlier name Dadiangas is said to come from a thorny tree that the B'laan called the Dadiangas tree, which was common in the area before the settlers came.^[11]

The city carries the name of General Paulino Santos, who led the first group of settlers in 1939. Congress had earlier renamed the municipality of Buayan as General Santos (Republic Act No. 1107, approved 15 June 1954).^{[12, 13]}

Its story

On 27 February 1939 the first batch of Christian settlers under General Paulino Santos landed from the S/S Basilan at the Sarangani shore (Silway) to start the land settlement project of President Quezon.^[11]

The National Land Settlement Administration made Lagao the supply and administration centre of the settlement. It began with 62 settlers and 14 employees and had grown to 582 settlers by 1941.^[14]

By April 1942 many settlers had evacuated from Lagao after the Filipino-American surrender to Japan.^[14]

In 1947 Executive Order No. 82 organized Buayan, made up of the former municipal districts of Buayan and Glan, as one of ten independent municipalities of Cotabato.^[15]

The municipality was renamed General Santos in 1954 and became a city in 1968.^{[10, 12]}

Timeline

27 February 1939
The first batch of settlers led by General Paulino Santos landed at Silway on Sarangani Bay.^[11]
28 June 1939
President Manuel L. Quezon visited Dadiangas by yacht to encourage the early settlers.^[11]
18 August 1947
Executive Order No. 82 organized the municipality of Buayan.^[15]
15 June 1954
Republic Act No. 1107 renamed the municipality of Buayan as General Santos.^[12]
15 June 1968
Republic Act No. 5412 created the City of General Santos.^[10]

Nearby

General Santos City shares a border with 5 places.

How it compares

General Santos City beside South Cotabato, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of South Cotabato.

General Santos City beside South Cotabato
Figure	General Santos City	South Cotabato	Rank among the cities and municipalities of South Cotabato
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary	722,059^{[1, 2]}	1,010,009	1st of 12
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary	0.84% a year^{[1, 2]}about the same	0.84% a year	6th of 12
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary	1,436^[7]more crowded	249	1st of 12
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary	502.80 km²^[7]	4,052.29 km²	3rd of 12
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary	3.9^{[1, 2]}higher	3.6	not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary	98.9%^[6]higher	62.2%	not ranked

Shares a border with^[3]

How far, in a straight line^[3]

Koronadal City, the capital of South Cotabato: 50.2 km northwest
Manila: 1,046.9 km northwest

In a straight line between the points inside each place farthest from its edges, not by road.

The nearest towns and cities^[3]

PolomolokSouth Cotabato18.1 km north
MaasimSarangani22.8 km southwest
T'BoliSouth Cotabato22.9 km west
AlabelSarangani28.8 km east
TupiSouth Cotabato30.4 km northwest
MalapatanSarangani33.2 km east

Sources

Page updated October 2, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.

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