Sultan Kudarat is a 1st class municipality in the province of Shariff Kabunsuan.

According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 94,861 people in 16,996 households.

Sultan Kudarat is politically subdivided into 39 barangays.

Characterized by a more or less even distribution of rainfall throughout the year, the coldest months in the province are December and January. The warm season is from March to June.