A walking tour of Koronadel or Marbel

The name Koronadal originated from two B'laan words koron or kolon meaning cogon grass and nadal or datal meaning plain. In the past, the place was called Marbel which comes from B'laan word that means murky waters. Such names best described the place when the City was inhabited by the natives.

Koronadal used to comprise the area extending from the bank of Buluan Lake to the north to Barangay Polonoling, Tupi to the south and from the Quezon mountain range in the northeast to the municipality of T’boli in the southeast.

The issuance of Executive Order No. 304 issued by Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal Arroyo designating the City of Koronadal as the Regional Center and seat of SOCCSKSARGEN Region further boosted the development of Koronadal. This reinforced the former issuance of Executive Order No. 429 of the then President Corazon C. Aquino on October 12, 1990 designating the then Municipality of Koronadal as Regional Center.

Even as a young city, Koronadal was already a recipient of the following awards: Most Competitive Small City in the Philippines in
2003, one of the Most Competitive Small Cities in the Philippines in 2005, and
Most Business Friendly City in Mindanao in 2005 and 2006.