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In the turn of the 15th century, Sariph Kabungsuan of Arabia arrived in Cotabato Province in Mindanao with his religious teachers to introduce Mohammedanism. He also established himself as the Sultan of Mindanao untril the coming of the Americans in the early part of the 20th century.
When the first batch of Christian settlers came to the province in 1914, to what is now Glan along Saragani Bay, what they saw was a land sparsely inhabited by Muslims, B'laanns, Manobos, T'boli, Tagabilis, and other ethnic groups living in peaceful coexistence. In 1920, the first batch of Ilocanos landed in Kiamba at the other end of the bay. In 1939, under the National Land Settlement Administration's Program, the late General Paulino Santos led the largest batch of pioneering Christian settlers mostly from Luzon to resettle in the vast plains of Cotabato. Gen. Santos and his pioneers cultivated the vast fertile lands and laid a foundation for a progressive province. Thousands more settlers from Luzon (Tagalog, Ilocanos, Capampangans, etc.) and Visayas (Ilonggos, Cebuanos, Boholanos, etc.) came soon after.
During the resettlement years, Gereral Paulino Santos made the district of Buayan as his NLSA Administrative seat. In 1948, Buayan became a full pledge minicipality. Its territorial boundaries included Glan, Malapatan, Alabel, Malungon, and Polomolok, now all municipalities of South Cotabato and Sarangani Province. In June 1945, the municipality of Buayan was renamed General Santos. Since then, its industries cotinued to flourish under the able leadership of its series of mayors. A move to convert the municipality into a city by virtue of R.A. No. 5412, while retaining its name. Since then, its progress continued, becoming the first class city that is now.
As you can see, General Santos City has evolved into an entrepot of various regional ethnic and cultural groups all living in peaceful coexistence. Aside from its pioneering traditions, this cultural pluralism is what makes the area distincly unique.
Source: [http://www.trek-site.com/gen_santos/gensan_history.htm]
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