Carmen, Cotabato
Carmen derived its name from a certain Surveyor del Carmen, chief of the Cadastral Survey Party, who in 1924 conducted a survey in the area. During the American period, Carmen and Kabacan belonged to one municipal district under Pikit. It was by virtue of Presidential Proclamation NO. 46 and, was reinforced by Executive Order No. 214 issued by the then President Ramon Magsaysay last November 15, 1956 when Carmen was created as a separate and distinct town of Kabacan.
Carmen in victoriam Pisanorum
The text of the "Carmen" survives in a single copy in MS. 3879–919, ff. 63–65, in the Bibliothèque royale Albert I in Brussels. The manuscript originated in Italy in the twelfth century and contains 174 folios. The mansucript begins with the words "Here begins the prologue of the book of Guido, composed of various histories for diverse uses for edification of the reader", but there is no reason to believe that Guido of Pisa is the author of the "Carmen". In fact, the Brussels manuscript is a careless copy of the original "Liber Guidonis", which places the surviving "Carmen" at least two stages removed from the original. It has come down to us without a title, the conventional title has been supplied by editors.