Municipality of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

MUNICIPALITY OF KIDAPAWAN

PROVINCE OF COTABATO

Year Approved: 1999


SHIELD - derived from the provincial seal of Cotabato where the City belongs: protects and prevents without let-up the City and its people from hunger and poverty, and other calamities—natural or man-made; denotes the city’s strength and stability, as well as efficient and effective governance

CORD (OUTER RING) - signifies cohesiveness and unity among the city’s multi-tribal population; denotes collective effort, cooperation and the strongest bond among its people which made the City of Kidapawan what it is today

FORTY (40) STARS - represent the forty (40) barangays comprising the City; give perpetual guidance and light to this infant City

BUILDINGS, MOUNTAIN AND RISING SUN - represent the picture of a city and the towering heights of the potential-filled Mt. Apo which signify the unlimited progress and improvement in all aspects that Kidapawan City now enjoys and will further attain in the near future; the rising sun signifies hope and faith for its people

AGRICULTURAL & INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS - propel the City’s economy which is being exemplified by the "Cornucopia" - the horn of plenty and the emblem of abundance

WHITE DOVE - Signifies peace and tranquility in the City which are basic and essential for a happy and contented community

HIGHLAND & SPRING - speak that the name Kidapawan is a fusion of two Manobo-Ubo words
"Tida" (spring) and "Pawan" (highland), to mean spring in the highland. Eventually, due to influx of settlers from Luzon and Visayas, the "T" was changed to "K", thus "Tidapawan" was often mispronounced as "Kidapawan"

"NAKAPANGYAYARI ANG SAMBAYANAN" - symbolize the motto of the City of Kidapawan as the city adheres to the doctrine that democracy is for the people, by the people and for the people


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