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Poverty incidence of Davao del Sur 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 23.71 2009 24.83 2012 24.42 2015 19.02 2018 11.78 2021 7.20 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Art and culture The colorful artistic heritage of Davao stems from the rich culture of its tribes. For the Bagobos, aesthetics is the meticulous carving of weapons; the elaborate decoration of inlaid metal boxes with bells; and the ...
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.
In 1967, the Province of Davao was divided into three provinces: Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental and Davao del Sur. The city of Davao became part of Davao del Sur; [48] no longer the provincial capital, it became a commercial center of southern Mindanao. This period also saw the first ever election of an indigenous person to the office of Mayor ...
Davao (de Oro, del Norte, del Sur, Occidental, and Oriental) Hispanicized form of the Bagobo word dabo , meaning "to fall", [ 41 ] alluding to the drop in elevation the river that now bears the name undergoes on its way from the slopes of Mount Apo to the sea.
Panabo City, Davao del Norte: Davao Region Mindanao: Joy M. Sorrosa: 1995: 3,542 Davao del Sur State College Digos: Davao Region Mindanao: Augie E. Fuentes: 2019: Davao Oriental State University: Mati City, Davao Oriental: Davao Region Mindanao: Roy G. Ponce: 1989: Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology ...
Santa Cruz situates in the Northern part of Davao del Sur. Bounded by Davao City on the north and south by the city of Digos. After undergoing several political subdivisions, 27,960 hectares of land was left representing 6.7% of the total land area of Davao del Sur. Forest land comprises 60% and the rest includes the 8 coastal barangays in the ...
Don Marcelino was created as a municipality of Davao del Sur through Batas Pambansa Bilang 47 on December 19, 1979, having been carved out from the municipality of Malita. It originally consisted of six barangays: Calian, Kiobog, Lamidan, Lawa, Nueva Villa, and Talagutong. [5]
Sulop is about 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Digos, the seat of the provincial government of Davao del Sur. The municipality is located halfway between two major growth centers of Mindanao, namely, Davao City of Region XI and General Santos of Region XII.