CENTRAL MINDANAO
CENTRAL MINDANAO
- GENERAL INFORMATION
- LOCATION
It is situated in the heart of Central Mindanao in the Philippines, sprawling over 9,856.5 square kilometers of land. The climate is tropical with an average day time temperature of 35 degrees Celsius. It is a typhoon free zone and is practically out of the earthquake belt
- PROVINCES
Lanao del Norte, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato
- CITIES
Cotabato, Kidapawan, and Marawi
- EXISTING SECTORS/PRODUCTS
Garments, furniture (wood & bamboo), woodcraft, brassware, processed food, ceramics, consumer good manufacturing, handloom weaving, manufacturing & processing of coco-based products, herbal pharmaceutical and beauty care products and rubber
Potentials - Agri-based products
- LABOR FORCE (as of 2001)
1.54 million
- SKILLS
Loom weaving, brassware, ceramics manufacturing, woodcraft, furniture making, food processing
- TRADE FACILITIES
- Awang Airport in Cotabato City
- Iligan Port and Cotabato wharf
- SME Business Centers (provinces)
- LOCATION
