Geographical Location

The City is situated in the northeastern part of the province of south Cotabato lying between 6 degrees 24 minutes to 6 degrees and 34 minutes north and longitude 124 degrees and 47 minutes to 124 degrees and 58 minutes east. The city is bounded in the northwest by the municipality of Tangtangan, South Cotabato and the municipality of Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat in the northeast; on the southwest, by the municipality of Banga and on the southeast, by the municipality of Tupi and Tampakan, South Cotabato. The City is bounded by Roxas Mountain range on the southwest and Quezon Mountain range on the northeast. Roxas Mountain Range extends from as far as Barangay saravia on the southeast to Barangay Morales on the north, cutting through the Barangays of carpenter Hill, San Isidro, Sta. Cruz, Mambucal and the Poblacion. Quezon Mountain Range on the other side extends along the Barangays of San Jose, Mabini, Ezperanza, Cacub and Topland.

Topography

Koronadal has several distinct physiographic features. The mountain ranges of Roxas and Quezon sorround the city with their peaks reaching as high as 700-800meters above sea level and gradually dropping towards the center of the city. In general, Koronadal has a level to gently sloping terrain, or 50.18% of the total land area is predominantly flat. Details of the slope classification of Koronadal

Political Subdivision

The City of Koronadal has a total land area of 27,700 has. With 27 baranagys and 330 puroks and sitios. The area contributed 7.47% to the total land area of South cotabato of 370,600 hectares. The biggest barangay is Barangay Cacub with the land area of 3,068 hectares or 1.08% of the total land area of Koronadal. barangay Zone I is the smallest barangay with an area of 62.70 hectares. The corresponding distances of each barangay from the city business center are indicated in the table. Barangay Cacub is the farthest barangay with a distance of 17 kilometers. The data show that urban barangays are more likely nearer to the center of the city than the rural barangays.

Langauges and Dialects

The first settlers in Koronadal were the Ilonggos. Ilonggos have formed extended families in the town, thus the Ilonggos dominate the populace. As a dominant tribe, their dialect known as Hiligaynon is the most spoken. The next dominant dialects are Cebuano and Ilocano. (Source: CDP 2000-2009. City of Koronadal)

Climate

The climate condition of the City of Koronadal is mild and sub-total which belong to the fourth type of climate. The place is typhoon free. Rainy months are from June to October. Based on the climatic data of philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Adminitration (PAGASA), the highest rainfall is 225.60 mm in August 2003, and the lowest rainfall is 3.0 mm in April 2003. The relative humidity of the locality generally vaies depending on the raifall pattern. Highest relative humidity ranging from 82% to 84% falls within the months of June to October 2001 to 2006. The month of April in 2006 has the lowest relative humidity at 74%. Warmest temperatures in the city occur during the month of April. Maximum temperature was observed at 35.20 degrees in March 2004, while the coolest was observed at 22.10 degrees in November 2003. Data on four weather parameters rainfall amount, relative humidity, maximum temperature and minimum temperature for six years 2001 to 2006 based on the records of PAGASA at General Santos City Station.