General Santos

City in the Philippines
Organization highly_urbanized_city Q594275
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General Santos

Summary

General Santos is a highly urbanized city[1]. It draws 1,975 Wikipedia views per month (highly_urbanized_city category, ranking #12 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • General Santos is located in Soccsksargen[3].
  • General Santos is in the country of Philippines[4].
  • General Santos's head of government is recorded as Ronnel Rivera[5].
  • General Santos's instance of is recorded as highly urbanized city[6].
  • General Santos's shares border with is recorded as Malungon[7].
  • General Santos's shares border with is recorded as Alabel[8].
  • General Santos's shares border with is recorded as Malapatan[9].
  • Paulino Santos is named after General Santos[10].
  • General Santos's twinned administrative body is recorded as Q2207[11].
  • General Santos's postal code is recorded as 9500[12].
  • General Santos's Commons category is recorded as General Santos[13].
  • General Santos's local dialing code is recorded as 83[14].
  • August 18, 1947 marks the founding of General Santos[15].
  • General Santos's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.1166666666667, 'lon': 125.16666666667}[16].
  • General Santos's official website is recorded as http://www.gensantos.gov.ph/[17].
  • General Santos's topic's main category is recorded as Category:General Santos[18].
  • General Santos has a population of {'amount': '+33'}[19].
  • General Santos has a population of {'amount': '+9787'}[20].
  • General Santos has a population of {'amount': '+14115'}[21].
  • General Santos has a population of {'amount': '+32019'}[22].
  • General Santos has a population of {'amount': '+84988'}[23].
  • General Santos has a population of {'amount': '+85861'}[24].
  • General Santos has a population of {'amount': '+91154'}[25].
  • General Santos has a population of {'amount': '+149396'}[26].
  • General Santos has a population of {'amount': '+250389'}[27].

Body

Founding

August 18, 1947 marks the founding of General Santos[15].

Identity

General Santos's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'City of it'}[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for General Santos include General Santos International Airport[29], an international airport[30], in Philippines[31], founded in 1996[32].

Why It Matters

General Santos draws 1,975 Wikipedia views per month (highly_urbanized_city category, ranking #12 of 27).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include General Santos International Airport[29], an international airport[30], in Philippines[31], founded in 1996[32].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . nap.psa.gov.ph. nap.psa.gov.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . 1903 Census of the Philippines. psa.gov.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . 1918 Census of the Philippines. psa.gov.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . 1939 Census of the Philippines. psa.gov.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . 1948 Census of the Philippines. psa.gov.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 1960 Census of the Philippines. psa.gov.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 1970 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . 1975 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 1980 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 1990 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . laws.chanrobles.com. laws.chanrobles.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Jhe098 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total liabilities {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+473321963.73'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+1011784355.04'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+1320810101.51'} +8
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  2. 5d ago · Turistaboy · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total liabilities {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+473321963.73'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+1011784355.04'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+1320810101.51'} +8
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2138]]: 290,027,537.52 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258044|batch #258044]]"
  3. 6d ago · AeeyJaeyPH · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total assets {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+3223756734.11'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+3556316831.35'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+4193238996.98'} +8
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  4. 7d ago · JasDolt · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total assets {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+3223756734.11'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+3556316831.35'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+4193238996.98'} +8
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2403]]: 10,254,062,705.83 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257971|batch #257971]]"
  5. 10d ago · WishywizPH · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total assets {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+3223756734.11'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+3556316831.35'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+4193238996.98'} +8
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2403]]: 3,042,191,200.42 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257805|batch #257805]]"
  6. 10d ago · WishywizPH · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total assets {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+3223756734.11'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+3556316831.35'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+4193238996.98'} +8
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2403]]: 2,596,919,982.23 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257803|batch #257803]]"
  7. 16d ago · MadayawDavao · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag image Flag of General Santos, South Cotabato (2022-present).png
    Country
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+492.86'}
    Language used Hiligaynon, Cebuano, Tboli +2
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P158]]: General Santos City seal.jpg"
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