Mati City
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City of Mati Lungsod ng Mati |
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| Location of Mati City in the Davao Oriental Province | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Region : | Davao region | ||
| Province : | Davao Oriental | ||
| Barangays : | 26th | ||
| District: | 2. District of Davao Oriental | ||
| PSGC : | 112509000 | ||
| Income class : | 6th income bracket | ||
| Households : | 21,293 May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 141.141 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 178.4 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 791 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 6 ° 57 ' N , 126 ° 13' E | ||
| Postal code : | 8200 | ||
| Area code : | +63 87 | ||
| Mayor : | Michelle N. Rabat | ||
| Website: | www.mati.gov.ph | ||
| Geographical location in the Philippines | |||
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Mati City is a city in Davao Oriental Province on Mindanao Island . It is located in the very southeast of the Philippines .
Mati City is the capital of the Davao Oriental Province .
Origin of name
The name of the place is derived from the local word maati , which means something like drying up quickly . The name refers to a brook near what is now the urban area.
geography
The urban area of Mati City encloses Pujada Bay on the southeastern tip of Davao Oriental Province . The municipality of Tarragona borders in the northeast, the municipality Lupon in the north, San Isidro borders in the west and the area of Governor Generoso borders on Mati City in the southwest. In the east extends the coast with the access to the Philippine Sea .
The city is mountainous in the north and crossed by hills. Along the wide coastline to the Philippine Sea, the area is rather flat and at ground level.
The total area of the city is 791 km², which corresponds to approx. 15.3% of the land area of the Davao Oriental province .
economy
About 49% of the urban area is used for agriculture. 92.13% of the agricultural area is earmarked for crops. The remaining 7.87% remain uncultivated or undeveloped. Coconut and rice are the most important crops. In addition, fruits such as oranges , mangoes and bananas are also grown.
The city also has various deposits of nickel , manganese , cobalt , copper and gold . Non-metallic natural resources such as silicate , marble and limestone are also mined in the urban area.
Language and religion
The main language in the urban area is the dialect Cebuano , which is used by 68.39% of the population. The Mandayan dialect ranks second with 12.72%, followed by Kalagan and Boholano with 6.423% and 3.04% of the population respectively.
With a share of 80.19%, the Roman Catholic religious group represents the largest part of the religious communities. Mati is the seat of the Diocese of Mati .
Other religious groups are Islam with 7.72%, the United Church of Christ in the Philippines with 1.76% and the Baptists with 2.24%.
Barangays
Mati City is politically divided into 26 barangays (districts):
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history
According to historical accounts, the area of today's Mati City was populated in the pre-Hispanic period by the ethnic groups of the Mandayans, the Kalagans and the Maranaos, who cultivated good trade relations with Indo-Malay and Arab traders.
According to historical sources, the original Mati settlement was founded in 1861 by two strong political leaders, Prudencio Garcia and Juan Nazareno. The two are also the founders of Baganga and Cateel, two other places on the Pacific Ocean .
Mati changed, along with Davao , Cateel, Baganga and Caraga, on October 29, 1903 with effect of Act No. 21 from a settlement to a regular administrative municipality. The law on which the ordinance is based was amended by Act No. 189 in 1907 and reaffirmed the town's municipal status. Sixty years later, in 1967, Mati became the seat of the provincial government of the new Davao Oriental province .
In the years that followed, immigrants from the Visayas came to take advantage of the job opportunities that forestry, agriculture, and emerging industries in the area had to offer. As a result, a large part of today's population uses the dialect Cebuano , a language originally from the Visayas.
On June 19, 2007, the official electoral commission (Commission on Elections) proclaimed the consent of the residents to the Republic Act No. 9408, which raised the municipality of Mati to the status of a provincial town (Component City). The referendum recorded 18,267 votes in favor to 846 against.
climate
The climate in Mati City belongs to type III of the climatic classification for the Philippines.
It is determined by a short dry season that usually occurs between May to October. The rainy season prevails from November to April, with an average monthly rainfall of 490.88 mm. The heaviest rains are expected in January and February, the driest month is April.
Since the urban area is surrounded by mountain ranges and lies outside the typhoon belt, it is largely spared from tropical storms and typhoons.
Attractions
- The Manguihay Beach Resort
- The island of Pujada
- Oak Island
- The island of Waniban
- The Gregorio-Dita Beach Resort
- Dahican Beach
- Nature reserve Pujada Bay Protected Seascape
- Mati Protected Landscape nature reserve
- Nature Reserve Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
swell
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- Households: 2000 Philippine Census Information ( Memento from January 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mati City fast facts ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 23, 2011
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
