Davao de Oro
Davao de Oro
Compostela Valley | |
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New Bataan Town Hall . | |
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• Legislature | Davao de Oro Provincial Board |
Area | |
• Total | 4,560.09 km2 (1,760.66 sq mi) |
• Rank | 26th out of 81 |
Highest elevation | 2,670 m (8,760 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[2] | |
• Total | 767,547 |
• Rank | 40th out of 81 |
• Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
• Rank | 53rd out of 81 |
Demonym(s) | Orocanon, Oroqueño |
Divisions | |
• Independent cities | 0 |
• Component cities | 0 |
• Municipalities | |
• ZIP Code | 8800–8810 |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)87 |
ISO 3166 code | PH-COM |
Spoken languages | |
Income classification | 1st class |
Website | www |
Davao de Oro, officially the Province of Davao de Oro (Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Davao de Oro; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Davao de Oro), is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Nabunturan. It used to be part of the province of Davao del Norte until it was made a separate province in 1998.
The province borders Davao del Norte to the west, Agusan del Sur to the north, and Davao Oriental to the east. To the southwest lies the Davao Gulf. The first elected governor was Jose Caballero, formerly a lawyer for a mining group in the province. It was formerly known as Compostela Valley (shortened to ComVal; Cebuano: Kawalogang Kompostela) from its inception until December 2019, when a plebiscite ratified the law that proposed to rename the province to Davao de Oro.[3]
History
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Davao de Oro, the 78th province in the country, was created out of Davao del Norte Province by virtue of
The movement to create a new province by dividing Davao del Norte started in the 1980s during the time of Congressman Lorenzo S. Sarmiento Sr., himself the author of
Upon consultation with the governor of Davao del Norte,
The name originally proposed for the province was Davao del Norte, the former name, or so it was thought, of the mother province. However, the
The origin of the province’s inhabitants came from the ethnic tribes of the
Upon its establishment, Davao de Oro was ruled by a succession of three governors during the first four months of its existence. The first governor of the province was Prospero S. Amatong, the three-term governor (1986-1998) of the then undivided province of Davao del Norte, who held the position only for a day. As the law creating the new province allowed incumbent elected officials of Davao del Norte the option to serve the remainder of their term in Compostela Valley, Amatong took this option and assumed the governorship of the then-Compostela Valley on March 26, 1998. The following day, he resigned and filed his candidacy for the congressional seat of the 2nd district of the new province. The governorship was turned over to Luz M. Sarmiento, by virtue of a presidential appointment. Sarmiento, the wife of then Congressman Lorenzo S. Sarmiento Sr. served the province from March 27, 1998, to June 30, 1998. She was succeeded by Jose R. Caballero.
Jose R. Caballero, a practicing lawyer and former vice governor of then undivided Davao Del Norte (1988-1992) was the first elected governor of Compostela Valley.
Arturo T. "Chiongkee" Uy is the fourth governor of Compostela Valley. He first served the province as member of the 3rd Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Compostela Valley (2004-2007) before he was elected as governor in the May 2007 national and local elections. He was reelected unopposed during the May 2010 national and local elections.
In 1955, the barrio (barangay) of New Sabonga was transferred to the municipality of
On June 23, 1957, then President Carlos P. Garcia signed Republic Act No. 2038[6] which separated Compostela from Nabunturan. The first Mayor appointed by President Carlos P. Garcia was then Mayor Pio P. Galenzoga, one of the pioneer settlers.
In the same year the sitios of Kao, Magkagong, Margosan, Matilo, Magangit, Cabacungan, Tigbatinao and Camanlangan were constituted into a barrio known as Santo Niño.[7]
At the time, Compostela was an incongruous mixture of wooden-roofed houses concentrated along the Agusan River which was properly known as "dungguanan" (embarkation). This area later became its center of trade and commerce or Poblacion.
Change of name
A Senate bill officially renaming Compostela Valley to Davao de Oro was passed in 2019. Provincial officials led by Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy justified the renaming as part of an clear up confusion with its geographic location, with the province's name sometimes associated with Cagayan Valley and the town of Compostela in Cebu, and associate it further with fellow provinces in the Davao Region.[3] The plebiscite was held on December 7, 2019, with the majority of participants voting in favor of the name change.
Geography
Davao de Oro covers a total area of 4,479.77 square kilometres (1,729.65 sq mi)[8] occupying the northeastern section of the Davao Region. The province borders Davao del Norte to the west, Agusan del Sur to the north, and Davao Oriental to the east. To the southwest lies Davao Gulf.
Administrative divisions
Davao de Oro is divided into 2
† Provincial capital
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Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1918 | 13,060 | — |
1939 | 21,048 | +2.30% |
1948 | 26,883 | +2.76% |
1960 | 102,830 | +11.83% |
1970 | 184,831 | +6.03% |
1975 | 235,293 | +4.96% |
1980 | 319,490 | +6.31% |
1990 | 466,286 | +3.85% |
1995 | 520,110 | +2.07% |
2000 | 580,244 | +2.37% |
2007 | 637,366 | +1.30% |
2010 | 687,195 | +2.78% |
2015 | 736,107 | +1.32% |
2020 | 767,547 | +0.83% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][10] |
The population of Davao de Oro in the 2020 census was 767,547 people,[2] with a density of 170 inhabitants per square kilometre or 440 inhabitants per square mile.
The majority of the inhabitants are migrants from Cebu, Samar, Bohol and other Visayan provinces. The cultural minorities in the province include the
Arnold Bajo is the most successful defender of the poor minorities, especially the
Language
The primary language spoken in the province is Cebuano. Secondary languages include Kalagan, Mansaka, Mandaya, Ata Manobo, Dibabawnon, Tagalog, and English.
Religion
Economy
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Davao de Oro was billed as the second richest province in the Philippines by the Commission on Audit by year 2017.[21] That year, its provincial government posted a record high of ₱18.75 billion worth of assets, the largest in whole Mindanao.[22] As of 2019, with an increase of ₱20.099 billion worth of assets, it remains the richest province in Mindanao.[23] The economic drive which brought the province to this status was caused by numerous business establishments, banana plantations, and vast gold and silver mines across the province, further augmented with its up-to-date transportation infrastructure.
The province possesses one of the largest
The main sources of livelihood in the province are agricultural products such as rice, coconut, cacao, coffee, papaya, mango, pineapple, durian and banana. Some residents in the province have fishponds and culture their own fish like tilapia and milkfish.
Government
Davao de Oro is headed by its governor as the chief executive. The vice governor is the presiding officer of the Davao de Oro Provincial Board, the province's legislature. Each municipality elects its own mayor, and a vice mayor presiding its Sangguniang Bayan.
The province is represented by two representatives in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, each coming from a congressional district.
The province's Regional Trial Court meets in Nabunturan. It has one branch under the Eleventh Judicial Region.
- Governor: Justice Dorothy Gonzaga (Reporma)
- Vice governor: Jayvee Tyron Uy (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Board members:
- First district:
- Kol Herv Zamora-Apsay (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Atty Dyud Lopoz (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Willy Ang (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Renato Basañes (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Eutropio Jayectin (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Second district:
- Rowena Gonzaga (PDP-Laban)
- Kristine Caballero-Rañon (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Vivencia Secuya (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Raul Caballero (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Bebot Arancon (IND)
- Rowena Gonzaga (
- Ex officio members:
- Raul Timogtimog
- Jammaila Budac (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)
- Charlemagne Bautista
- Sectoral member:
- Albert Camana
- First district:
References
- ^ "List of Provinces". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
- ^ a b c Census of Population (2020). "Region XI (Davao Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ a b "Proposal to change name of ComVal to Davao de Oro nears Senate approval". Manila Bulletin News. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- ^ "Republic Act No. 8470; An Act Creating the Province of Compostela Valley from the Province of Davao del Norte, and for Other Purposes". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Metro Manila, Philippines: Congress of the Philippines. January 30, 1998. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ "An Act Making the Barrio of New Sabonga in the Municipality of Saug, Province of Davao, As a Part of the Municipality of Compostela of the Same Province". LawPH.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ^ "An Act Dividing the Municipality of Compostela, Province of Davao, into Two Municipalities, One to Retain the Name "Compostela," and the Other to Be Known As the Municipality of Nabunturan". LawPH.com. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ^ "An Act Creating the Barrio of Santo Niño, Municipality of Compostela, Province of Davao". LawPH.com. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Province: Davao de Oro". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2015). "Region XI (Davao Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
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- ^ "2009 Official Poverty Statistics of the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. February 8, 2011.
- ^ "Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold, Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Population, by Region and Province: 1991, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. August 27, 2016.
- ^ "Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold, Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Population, by Region and Province: 1991, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. August 27, 2016.
- ^ "Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold, Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Population, by Region and Province: 1991, 2006, 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. August 27, 2016.
- ^ "Updated Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold, Poverty Incidence and Magnitude of Poor Population with Measures of Precision, by Region and Province: 2015 and 2018". Philippine Statistics Authority. June 4, 2020.
- GMA News Online. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ Cristina E. Alivio. "Comval 2nd richest province in country". SunStar Davao. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ Ralph Lawrence G. Llemit. "Davao City, Davao de Oro wealthiest in Mindanao". SunStar Davao. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Carmencita A. Carillo, Maya M. Padillo. "Discovering more than gold in Compostela Valley". BusinessWorld. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
External links
- Media related to Davao de Oro at Wikimedia Commons
- Geographic data related to Davao de Oro at OpenStreetMap
- The Official Website of the Provincial Government of Davao de Oro, Philippines
- It's More Fun in the Philippines - Compostela Valley