 Trade between Basilan and the Mindanao mainland soon ensued, linking this thriving community with another merchant-settlement located along the northern coast of the Pulangui River (Rio Grande de Mindanao), Sultan Kudarat's capital town and a coastal Barangay still called Ramitan to this day.Maranao traders from Ramitan were quartered within the walls of the Kuta, along with their Maguindanao hosts.The Yakans, who traded with the Maranao's thus regarded the Kuta as "the place where the merchants from Ramitan stayed".