LGU Surallah

Surallah is a first class municipality of the province of South Cotabato. It is a dominant agriculture-based municipality dubbed as one of the province leading Agro-Industrial Growth Center. There is no official source of information regarding the origin of the name of the place. According to the pioneer inhabitants, they called the place "Scherazade Allah". Scherazade is an Arabic word which connotes something beautiful. The Christian settlers later modified the word into "Surallah" which means south of Allah River. It was Officially created as a municipality on June 22, 1963 by virtue of Republic Act 3664. Surallah is one of the fastest growing municipalities in SOCKSARGEN or Region XII of the Mindanao Island situated 20 kms southwest of the province capital city of Koronadal, 80 kms to General Santos City where the airport and wharf are located and 230 kms to Davao City.