Kalamansig

Kalamansig lies on the western coast of Mindanao, where wooded mountains descend toward the waters of Illana Bay and the Celebes Sea. Its coast belongs to a region of fishing settlements and inland communities, with sea routes linking the shores of the bay. Across the wider Cotabato basin, the Maguindanao sultanate developed connections with the maritime world of the southern Philippines. Mountainous country separated many interior communities from the coastal centres of power.