In 1543, Spanish explorers on sailing ships led by Ruy Lopez de Villalobos deliberately avoided the area around Davao Gulf, then called Gulf of Tagloc, due to the danger posed by fleets of Moro warships operating in the area while surveying the southeastern coast of Mindanao for possible colonization, and as a result the Davao Gulf area remained virtually untouched by European explorers for the next three centuries.Ī Maguindanaon Datu under the name Datu Bago was rewarded the territory of the surroundings of Davao Gulf by the Sultan of Maguindanao Sultanate for joining the campaign against the Spanish in the late 1700s. Davao River was then called Tagloc River by the Bagobos, Maguindanaons and Tausugs who then inhabited a settlement near the mouth of the river to the sea around what is now Bolton Riverside due immediately southwest of the city plaza. The area of what is now Davao City was once a lush forest inhabited by Lumadic peoples such as the Bagobos and Matigsalugs, alongside other ethnic groups such as the Aeta, Maguindanaon and the Tausug. To the Obos, davah also means "a place beyond the high grounds" (alluding to settlements at the mouth of the river surrounded by high, rolling hills). The aboriginal Obos, who inhabit the hinterlands of the region, called the river Davah (with a gentle vowel ending, although later pronunciation is with a hard v or b) the Clatta (or Giangan/Diangan) called it Dawaw, and the Tagabawas called it Dabo. The word davao came from the phonetic blending of three Bagobo subgroups' names for the Davao River, a major waterway emptying into the Davao Gulf near the city.
The Bagobos were indigenous to the Philippines. The region's name is derived from its Bagobo origins.
2.7 Social unrest, martial law, and the 1980s.The city is also nicknamed the " Durian Capital of the Philippines". Davao is home to Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines. The city serves as the main trade, commerce, and industry hub of Mindanao, and the regional center of Davao Region. The city is divided into three congressional districts, which are subdivided into 11 administrative districts with a total of 182 barangays.ĭavao City is the center of Metro Davao, the second most populous metropolitan area in the Philippines. It is geographically situated in the province of Davao del Sur and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but the city is governed and administered independently from it. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 1,776,949 people. It is the third-most populous city in the Philippines after Quezon City and Manila, and the most populous in Mindanao. The city has a total land area of 2,443.61 km 2 (943.48 sq mi), making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area. Cebuano, English, Filipino, and Native Davaoeñoĭavao City, officially known as the City of Davao ( Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Dabaw Filipino: Lungsod ng Davao), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines.
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