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The province of Davao Occidental is governed by a governor and a vice governor. The whole province is a lone congressional legislative district. [13] The municipality of Malita, the largest and most populous in the province, serves as the provincial capital and the place where the provincial officials of Davao Occidental convene.
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.
Sarangani Island (now part of Davao Occidental) was named Antonia by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos [citation needed] in 1543, in honor of Antonio de Mendoza y Pacheco, the viceroy of New Spain who had appointed López de Villalobos to lead an expedition to the Western Islands (now the Philippines) because of their relation by ...
This is a list of terms which are used, or have been used in the past, to designate the residents of specific provinces of the Philippines.These terms sometimes overlap with demonyms of ethnic groups in the Philippines, which are also used as identifiers in common parlance.
Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Davao Occidental were represented under the Department of Mindanao and Sulu (1917–1935), Davao Province (1935–1967), Region XI (1978–1984) and Davao del Sur (1967–1972; 1984–2016).
Davao Occidental's at-large congressional district is the congressional district of the Philippines in Davao Occidental. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2016. It was previously included in Davao del Sur's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 2016.
The province of Davao del Norte bore this name from 1972 to 1998, when Compostela Valley (now Davao de Oro) seceded as a separate province. Davao Occidental was created by virtue of Republic Act 10360 enacted on July 23, 2013; the province is the newest in the country, carved out from the southern part of Davao del Sur.
Poverty incidence of Malita 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 61.01 2003 64.61 2006 53.00 2009 63.82 2012 60.77 2015 57.26 2018 35.82 2021 35.66 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Malita is the main economic center of Davao Occidental. Agriculture and fishery are primary economic drivers of the municipality. There is also a fledgling tourism industry, focused on snorkeling and water activities ...