Davao Metro

The Davao Metropolitan Area , also known as Metro Davao , is one of the 12 metropolitan areas in the Philippines . It is located on the island of Mindanao .

In terms of population, it is the third largest of the Philippine metropolitan regions , and the second largest in terms of area. In 2015 it had around 2.5 million inhabitants (definition by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)).

This area is named after Davao City and consists of five cities and two parishes. Metro Davao is integrated into national traffic through the Francisco Bangoy International Airport . With its population growth of around 2.5% per year over the last 25 years, Metro Davao ranks among the top of the twelve metropolises in the Philippines after Metro Cebu and Metro Cagayan de Oro .

metropolis	VZ 1990	VZ 2000	VZ 2010	VZ 2015	surface
Davao Metro	1,354,035	1,787,692	2,262,518	2,516,216	3,964.95 km²

The following table contains the cities of the Davao Metro, with their population figures from the 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2015 censuses, as well as their area. Places with the addition City have the status of a city, places without this addition the status of an independently administered municipality ( Municipality ).

city	VZ 1990	VZ 2000	VZ 2010	VZ 2015	surface	province
Carmen	45.133	55.144	69.199	74,679	166.00 km²	Davao del Norte
Davao City	849.947	1,143,493	1,449,296	1,632,991	2,443.61 km²	Davao del Sur
Digos City	96,806	125.171	149.891	169.393	287.10 km²	Davao del Sur
Island Garden City of Samal	68,866	83,087	95,874	104.123	301.30 km²	Davao del Norte
Panabo City	101,795	133,950	174.364	184,599	251.23 km²	Davao del Norte
Santa Cruz	56,048	67,316	81.093	90,987	319.91 km²	Davao del Sur
Tagum City	135,440	179,531	242,801	259,444	195.80 km²	Davao del Norte

Individual evidence

1. ^ Provincial Population Data: 1990, 1995, 2000, 2010, 2015
2. ↑ Philippine Statistics Authority: 2010 Census of Population
3. ↑ Philippine Statistics Authority: 2015 Census of Population