7/25/2023 0 Comments Vicinity map of davao city![]() The province is composed of sandy beaches and outlying islands, agricultural plains and valleys, rainforests, swamps, rolling hills and mountains, including the Philippines' highest peak, Mount Apo, which is at 2,954 metres (9,692 ft) above sea level.ĭavao del Sur comprises 9 municipalities and 1 component city, all encompassed by a lone legislative district. The province is bounded by Davao del Norte to the north Davao Occidental to the south-east North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat to the west South Cotabato and Sarangani to the south-west and Davao Gulf to the east. When Davao City is included for geographical purposes, the province's land area is 4,607.59 square kilometres (1,779.00 sq mi). In 2015, the National Competitiveness Council, ranked the province as the most competitive province in the country.ĭavao del Sur covers a total area of 2,163.98 square kilometres (835.52 sq mi) occupying the southwestern section of the Davao Region in Mindanao. On October 28, 2013, along with the Barangay Elections, a plebiscite was held to create a new province Davao Occidental, formed out of the southern part of Davao del Sur, covering the municipalities of the 2nd district of the province, namely Don Marcelino, Jose Abad Santos, Santa Maria, Sarangani and Malita (which was designated as the provincial capital) by virtue of Republic Act 10360 enacted on July 23, 2013, and the majority of votes cast were "Yes", ratifying the province. In 1967, Davao Province was divided into three provinces, one of them being Davao del Sur the town of Digos was made its capital and would become a suburban city for the next 33 years. In 1945, the liberation of southern Davao by United States and Philippine Commonwealth troops was supported by Davaoeño guerrilla fighters. In 1942, during the start of the World War II in the Pacific, the first waves of invading Japanese units landed and entered the province of southern Davao. This became the hub of economic activity in the locality during those days. Crumb leased 10.24 square kilometres (3.95 sq mi) and transformed the place into an abaca plantation. Before World War II, an enterprising American by the name of N.E. The region began to boom in economic growth as agricultural business proliferated in the region.Īs part of the "food bowl" of what is now the province of Davao del Sur, otherwise known as the Padada Valley, the agricultural area south of the town of Santa Cruz, which is known as Digos that time, lured many migrants, majority of whom came from the Visayas and Ilocos regions to settle permanently in the area. In the early 1900s, waves of immigrants from the Visayas, Luzon, and as well as from Japan began to live in the region, centered mainly in Davao. The Spanish administration in the Philippines ended in 1898 following the defeat of the Spaniards during the Spanish–American War. It is the first town to be founded south of Davao and is now the oldest in the province. ![]() Thirty-six years after the foundation of Davao, the town of Santa Cruz was founded on October 5, 1884. Uyanguren became the provincial governor, but he failed in his efforts to develop Nueva Guipúzcoa. In 1849, Nueva Guipúzcoa province was founded in the region conquered by Uyanguren in what is now Davao Region, with Davao, then called Nueva Vergara, as the provincial capital. The beginnings of both Davao Region and Davao del Sur were associated with the foundation of Davao, which was the first town to be founded in southern Mindanao in 1848, following the conquest of the area by José Uyanguren of the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain (Guipúzcoa in Spanish).
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