Davao Region
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Davao | |
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UTC+8 (PST) | |
ISO 3166 code | PH-11 |
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$19 billion[3] | |
Growth rate | (5.9%)[3] |
HDI | 0.697 (Medium) |
HDI rank | 10th in the Philippines (2019) |
Davao Region, formerly called Southern Mindanao (Cebuano: Rehiyon sa Dabaw; Filipino: Rehiyon ng Davao), is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region XI.[4] It is situated at the southeastern portion of Mindanao and comprises five provinces: Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, and Davao Occidental.
The region encloses Davao Gulf, and its regional center is Davao City. Dávao is the Hispanicized pronunciation of daba-daba, the Bagobo word for "fire".
Etymology
Many historians believe that the name Davao is the mixture of the three names that three different tribes, the earliest settlers in the region, had for the
History
The history of the region dates back to the times when various tribes occupied the region. It is believed that the
Maguindanao era
The Davao Region was once part of
First European contact
The Davao Gulf area was the first region in the country that was in contact with the Europeans, with such contacts taking place as early as 16th century. The Portuguese preceded the Spaniards, who were the ones to colonize the region albeit much later, in sighting and visiting the region. In 1512, Francisco Serrano was shipwrecked in the shallow waters and coral reefs of Cape of San Agustín, located in what is now the province of Davao Oriental. In 1538, Francisco de Castro, a Portuguese ship captain, was driven by strong winds to the southeastern coast of Mindanao. He baptized several chieftains in the area.
Around January 1546,
Spanish administration
For centuries the tribes lived in relative peace until the Spanish, under the adventurous
Don Oyanguren attempted to develop the region. Although the Spanish gained the upper hand when they finally controlled the ports of the region, the population of Davao grew very slowly until the arrival of Christian missionaries in the area in 1890. Unlike the major parts of Luzon, Visayas and other coastal parts of Mindanao, Spanish rule in Davao lasted only for 50 years, abandoning it in 1898 when the Philippines became independent from Spain, making it among the shortest-lived areas controled by Spain.
American administration
After the
In 1903 until 1914, the region was one of the districts of the former Moro Province in Mindanao. After 1914, the province was replaced by an American colonial agency called Department of Mindanao and Sulu, which spanned the entire Mindanao island except Lanao. The agency lasted from 1914 to 1920.
Wartime Japanese occupation
In 1942, during
Philippine administration
Davao province
Prior to Philippine independence in 1946, the entire region was a single province called
Southern Mindanao and Davao Region
Region XI, then known as Southern Mindanao, originally covered 6 provinces (
In September 2001, Executive Order No. 36 was enacted which reorganized the regions in Mindanao. Region XI, then known as Southern Mindanao, was renamed Davao Region, and the provinces of South Cotabato and Sarangani, and the cities of General Santos and Koronadal were moved to Region XII.[22][23]
On October 12, 2022, the Regional Peace and Order Council declared the entire region "insurgency-free" after decades of being a stronghold for the
Administrative divisions
Provinces
Davao Region is subdivided into 5
Province or HUC | Capital | Population (2015)[25] | Area[26][27] | Density | Cities | Muni. | Barangay | |||||
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km2 | sq mi | /km2 | /sq mi | |||||||||
Davao de Oro | Nabunturan | 15.0% | 736,107 | 4,479.77 | 1,729.65 | 160 | 410 | 0 | 11 | 237 | ||
Davao del Norte | Tagum | 20.8% | 1,016,332 | 3,426.97 | 1,323.16 | 300 | 780 | 3 | 8 | 223 | ||
Davao del Sur | Digos City | 12.9% | 632,588 | 2,163.98 | 835.52 | 290 | 750 | 1 | 9 | 232 | ||
Davao Occidental | Malita
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6.5% | 316,342 | 2,163.45 | 835.31[28] | 150 | 390 | 0 | 5 | 105 | ||
Davao Oriental | Mati | 11.4% | 558,958 | 5,679.64 | 2,192.92 | 98 | 250 | 1 | 10 | 183 | ||
Davao City | † | — | 33.4% | 1,632,991 | 2,443.61 | 943.48 | 670 | 1,700 | — | — | 182
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Total | 4,893,318 | 20,433.38 | 7,889.37 | 240 | 620 | 6 | 43 | 1,162 | ||||
† Davao City is a highly urbanized city; figures are excluded from Davao del Sur. |
Governors and vice governors
Province | Image | Governor | Political Partymed Office | Vice Governor | |
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Dorothy Gonzaga | Reporma
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Jayvee Tyron Uy | |||
Edwin Jubahib | Reporma
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De Carlo Lim Uy | |||
Yvonne Rhona Cagas | Nacionalista | Riafe Cagas-Fernandez | |||
Franklin Bautista | Lakas
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Lorna Bautista-Bandigan | |||
Corazon Nuñez Malanyaon | Nacionalista | Niño Sotero Uy Jr. |
Cities
- † Regional center
City | Population (2015)[25] | Area[27] | Density | Founding year | City class | Income class | Province | ||
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† Davao City | 1,632,991 | 2,443.61 | 943.48 | 670 | 1,700 | 1848 (cityhood: 1936) | Highly urbanized city | 1st | Davao del Sur |
Digos | 169,393 | 287.10 | 110.85 | 590 | 1,500 | 1949 (cityhood: 2000) | Component | 2nd | Davao del Sur |
Mati | 141,141 | 588.63 | 227.27 | 240 | 620 | 1861 (cityhood: 2007) | 5th | Davao Oriental | |
Panabo | 184,599 | 251.23 | 97.00 | 730 | 1,900 | 1949 (cityhood: 2001) | 3rd | Davao del Norte | |
Samal | 104,123 | 301.30 | 116.33 | 350 | 910 | 1948 (cityhood: 1998) | 4th | Davao del Norte | |
Tagum | 259,444 | 195.80 | 75.60 | 1,300 | 3,400 | 1941 (cityhood: 1998) | 1st | Davao del Norte |
Climate
The region has a generally uniform distribution of rainfall through the year. It lies outside the typhoon belt.
Demographics
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[2][25][29] |
Davao Region is the most populous region in Mindanao and the 7th most populous in the country, with a total of 5,243,536 inhabitants in 2020. Davao City, its regional capital, is also the largest city in Mindanao, with an area of 2,444 km2, the largest in the country and one of the largest in the world, and has 1,632,991 inhabitants in 2015, making it the third most populous city in the country and the most populous city proper in the entire Visayas-Mindanao region. Davao Metropolitan Area, the primary economic and urban build-up area in the region, is also the most populous in the island and the third most populous in the country, with about 2,274,913 inhabitants in that year.
Most of the region's inhabitants speak Cebuano. Filipino and English are also spoken and widely used in schools, businesses, commerce, and industry. In the Davao City Metro Area, a linguistic phenomenon has developed whereby locals have either shifted to Filipino or significantly mix Filipino terms and grammar into their Cebuano speech. Minority indigenous groups of the region speak their own languages as well.
Chinese immigrants are widespread in the region, with a considerable population based in Davao City. Davao Chinatown is one of the two defined Chinatowns in the Philippines, alongside Binondo in Manila. A considerable population of Japanese are also found in the region, most of them also located in Davao City. Before World War II, Davao was and still is heavily populated by Japanese immigrants and their descendants, with Davao City being touted at one point in its history as the Little Tokyo of the Philippines.
Religion
The majority of the region's population are
Economy
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While the region's economy is predominantly agri-based, it is now developing into a center for agro-industrial business, trade and tourism. Its competitive advantage is in agri-industry as its products, papayas, mangoes, bananas, pineapples, fresh asparagus, flowers, and fish products are exported internationally. The region can be a vital link to markets in other parts of Mindanao, Brunei Darussalam and parts of Malaysia and Indonesia. There is also a growing call center sector in the region, mostly centered in Davao City.
There is a gradual shift to industrialization as shown with industry's growth rate of 8.1% in 1996. Other economic activities are mining, fishery, forestry and agriculture. Due to the region's rise as the main commercial and industrial hub of Mindanao, many of its workers are oriented to urban services such as putting small-scale businesses and working in commercial industries in thriving urban areas like Davao, Tagum, and Digos. Both private and foreign investors and businessmen are putting up huge business centers in the region, fueling up its commercial growth rate.
The region is also venturing to online business like outsourcing.
Ports and airport
The region's principal ports are the Sasa International Seaport in Sasa and Santa Ana Pier in the Chinatown District, both in Davao City; Panabo Seaport in Davao del Norte; and Mati Seaport in Davao Oriental. The former two, both of which are located in Port of Davao in Davao City, can service both interisland and international shipments. Sasa International Container Port, also located in the Port of Davao, is the busiest in Mindanao.
The international airport in Davao City,
The region is accessible by land, air and sea. The region has adequate communications facilities, reliable power, and an abundant water supply.
In December 2016,
Government
Legislators to the House of Representatives for Region 11
Davao de Oro | 1st
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Maria Carmen Zamora | PDP–Laban
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3 | Majority | |
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2nd
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Ruwel Peter Gonzaga | PDP–Laban
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1 | Majority | ||
Davao City | 1st | Karlo Nograles | NUP | 3 | Majority | |
2nd | Mylene Garcia-Albano | Liberal | 3 | Majority | ||
3rd | Alberto Ungab | Nacionalista/Hugpong | 1 | Majority | ||
Davao del Norte | 1st | Pantaleon Alvarez | PDP–Laban
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1 | Majority | |
2nd | Antonio Floirendo, Jr. | PDP–Laban
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1 | Majority | ||
Davao del Sur | Lone
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Mercedes Cagas | Nacionalista | 2 | Majority | |
Davao Occidental | Lone
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Claude P. Bautista | Liberal | 1 | Majority | |
Davao Oriental | 1st | Corazon Malanyaon | Nacionalista | 1 | Majority | |
2nd | Joel Mayo Almario | Lakas
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1 | Majority |
Provincial governors and city mayors
- Davao de Oro — Gov. Reporma)
- Davao del Norte — Gov. Edwin I. Jubahib (PDP–Laban)
- Davao del Sur — Gov. Douglas R. Cagas (Independent)
- Davao Occidental - Gov. Franklyn P. Bautista (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Davao Oriental — Gov. Nelson L. Dayanghirang (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Davao City — Mayor Sebastian Z. Duterte (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
Education
The government provides free education at the primary (grade school) and secondary (high school) levels. Some state-run universities in the region are the University of the Philippines Mindanao and the University of Southeastern Philippines. Private colleges / universities in Davao include Ateneo de Davao University, Assumption College of Davao, Holy Cross of Davao College, Holy Child College of Davao, and University of the Immaculate Conception. The literacy rate of the country is 93.9%; Davao City has a literacy rate of 98.05%.[citation needed]
References
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Southern Mindanao or Region XI is now known as Davao Region and comprises of four provinces (Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental) and five cities (Davao, Digos, Panabo, Tagum and the Island Garden City of Samal. Said provinces and cities are situated along the Davao Gulf area. South Cotabato, Sarangani, General Santos City (Socsksargen) and Koronadal City, which were part of the old Region XI) have been transferred to Region XII.
- ^ "Executive Order No. 36; Providing for the Reorganization of the Administrative Regions in Mindanao and for Other Purposes". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Malacañang, Manila, Philippines. September 19, 2001. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
SECTION 3. Region XI is hereby reorganized to be known as Davao Region and shall be composed of the following provinces and cities: a. Provinces i. Compostela Valley ii. Davao del Norte iii. Davao del Sur iv. Davao Oriental b. Cities i. Davao City ii. Digos City iii. Panabo City iv. Island Garden City of Samal v. Tagum City
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External links
- Media related to Davao Region at Wikimedia Commons
- Davao Region travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Geographic data related to Davao Region at OpenStreetMap