Through his leadership, Spanish forces were successfully repelled from encroaching the Cotabato region of south-central Mindanao.

[5] One notable event that took place in Sultan Kudarat was the Palimbang Massacre (also called the Malisbong Masjid Massacre), which saw the mass murder of Moro residents of Barrio Malisbong in Palimbang by units of the Philippine Military on September 24, 1974,[6][7]–1,500[6] two years after Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law.

[11] The province has an irregular coastline of 132 kilometres (82 mi) in its three coastal towns, which face the Celebes Sea.

[10] Approximately 2/3 of Lake Buluan's area is covered by the province in the towns of Lutayan and President Quirino.

There are 7 major rivers within the province: Alip, Allah, Kapingkong, Tran, Salaman, Palimbang and Kabulnan.

Three of the municipalities (Kalamansig, Lebak, and Palimbang) are coastal towns, while the rest of the province is located inland.

[18] Other languages spoken in the province are Maguindanaon, Karay-a, Dulangan Manobo, Blaan, Teduray, Ilocano, and Cebuano.

Aside from the Hiligaynons, who settled in Sultan Kudarat around the 17th to 18th centuries along with the Karay-as,[citation needed] whereas their fellow new settlers from Visayas continued until the Philippine independence, other ethnic groups in the province include the Maguindanaons (who constitute the majority of the provincial Muslim population), as well as the Manobos, Tedurays and Blaans, the three autochthonous ethnic groups of the province.

The four major religious groups in Sultan Kudarat are Islam (48.37%), Catholic (30.27%), Iglesia ni Cristo (2.05%), and Seventh-day Adventists (1.49%).

The leading crops produced in the province are rice, corn, coconuts, coffee, bananas, mangoes, durians and African palm.

[33] Metallic minerals, which include copper, gold and silver, are found within the mountainous areas of Isulan, Bagumbayan, Sen. Ninoy Aquino, Palimbang and Columbio.

Sultan Kudarat State University is the only public tertiary school within the province, with its main campus at Tacurong City.

Its other campuses are situated in Bagumbayan, Isulan, Kalamansig, Lutayan, Palimbang, and Senator Ninoy Aquino.