Davao Oriental

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Davao Oriental Province
Official seal of the Davao Oriental Province
Basic data
Region : Davao region
Capital : Mati City
Population : 558,958
August 1, 2015 census
Population density : 98 inhabitants per km²
Area : 5,679.64  km²
PSGC : 112500000
Governor : Corazon M. Malanyaon
Official website: Official website of the province
structure
 - Highly urbanized cities 0
 - provincial cities 1
 - municipalities 10
 - Barangays 183
 - electoral districts 2
Location of the province in the Philippines
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Coordinates: 7 ° 12 '  N , 126 ° 27'  E

Mount Hamiguitan

Davao Oriental is a province of the Philippines , which politically belongs to District XI, Davao Region . The capital of the province is Mati City , the province belongs to the first income class of the provinces in the Philippines.

geography

The province is the easternmost province of the Philippines and is located in the southeast of the island of Mindanao . It is bounded by the province of Davao de Oro in the west and Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur in the north. In the southwest lies the Gulf of Davao , in the east and south the Philippine Sea , which is part of the Pacific Ocean .

The southern part of the province forms a peninsula that separates the Gulf of Davao from the Philippine Sea. The place Pusan ​​Point is by the way the most easterly point of the entire island state.

A mountain region that stretches from north to south in the central provincial area protects the province from the typhoons of the Pacific.

Demographics and language

According to the 2007 census, Davao Oriental has a population of 486,104 people, making it the 23rd most populous province in the Philippines.

On average there are 94.1 people per km². This means in this category the 12th place among the provinces, with the lowest population density.

In the pre-Hispanic era, the area of ​​today's province was populated by different ethnic groups. These included the Mandaya, the Mansaka, the Mamanua, the Manubo, the Mangguangan, the Tagacaulo etc.

The province's natives are a mix of indigenous people and immigrant groups from across the country. The dominant ethnic group in the province is the Mandaya. Their community lives mainly in the municipality of Caraga in the central east of the province. Most of the immigrant groups came from the Visayas and Luzon to what is now Davao Oriental.

The local dialect is called Dabaweño and is particularly widespread in this province, but also in the neighboring provinces and in Davao City . The Cebuano language , which is spoken by the majority of the province's inhabitants, is also worth mentioning .

Also Tagalog and English are taught in school and therefore can largely be understood in the province.

economy

The residents of Davao Oriental make a living from agriculture, fishing and the logging industry.

In agriculture, mainly coconut , rice , wheat , abacá , mango and oranges are grown. Fishing is a major source of income along the coastline. The rich fishing grounds of the Gulf of Davao and the Philippine Sea offer people a good livelihood. The coastal areas are also used for growing seaweed .

In addition, there is a small branch of industry for the production of parquet tiles, ceramics , as well as pottery and furniture production from rattan . Tourism is another industry in the province that is set to expand in the future.

The province also has some notable reserves of nickel , chromite , manganese , copper , silver and non-metallic mineral resources such as marble , bitter spar and silicate .

Administrative division

Davao del Sur is politically divided into ten independently administered municipalities and one city. The municipalities in turn are subdivided into a total of 183 Barangays (districts).

The province is also divided into two congressional districts.

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climate

The climate in the province is characterized by a short dry season and a longer rainy season. The greatest amounts of rain are to be expected in the months of November to January and especially in the coastal regions.

The highest average temperature in the past was 31.4 ° C, the lowest was 21.9 ° C. Tropical storms rarely hit the province, as the area is on the one hand outside the typhoon belt that grazes the north of the Philippines and on the other hand the high mountain ranges in central Mindanao act like a protective wall for the province.

history

Early Spanish explorations of the Davao area can be dated back to 1528, when the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Saavedra visited the Sarangani Islands at the southwest entrance to the Gulf of Davao . He sailed along the Davao Oriental coast and established the first Caraga settlements here.

Shortly afterwards, the early missionaries settled in Caraga, Baganga, Cateel and the surrounding areas. From there they went out, baptized, delivered the sacraments , and built churches and monasteries. Some of the structures from that time can still be discovered today in the province and some still serve today's Christian communities.

In 1846 Governor Narciso Claveria ordered the officer Don. Jose Uyanguren led an expedition to the south of the Caraga province. The area was ruled at that time by the Moro chief Datu Bago, who saw the invasion of the Spaniards as a provocation. It came to a fight that was won by the Spaniards. The victory over the ruling Datu marked the end of the empire of the tribal lords of this area.

On February 27, 1849, the conquest of Davao, begun in 1846, was completed and Gov. Gene. Claveria decreed the division of the Caraga province. The northern part became the province of Surigao, the southern part he named Nueva Guipozcoa (in honor of his native city in Spain ) and made Caraga its capital. Nueva Guipozcoa was later renamed Davao.

In 1945, after the occupation by Japanese armed forces and the end of World War II, there was a strong wave of immigration from the Visayas , Luzon and other parts of Mindanao to eastern Davao.

In 1956, Congressman Ismael Veloso introduced a bill that provided for the establishment of a new Davao province from the municipalities of Lianga, Hinatuan, Bislig and Lingig, which were to be split off from Surigao Province . However, the draft failed in the Senate. Another draft provided for the division of Davao into three independent provinces.

On May 8, 1967, the Republic Act No. 4867 came into force alongside the provinces of Davao del Sur and Davao del Norte , the new province of Davao Oriental with its capital Mati City .

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