Davao Region
Davao Region is on the island of Mindanao, Philippines. It used to be one province, but it has since been divided into five.Photo: JuanPiso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Davao and Mount Apo.
Davao
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Davao is the largest city on the Philippines' second-largest island, Mindanao. It has a huge land area, and the inhabitants like to think of it as one of the most crime-free large cities in the Philippines.
Mount Apo
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Mount Apo is a large stratovolcano in the island of Mindanao, the highest mountain in the Philippines. It is solfataric, well provided with vents emitting sulphurous fumes, and has a number of hot springs.
Tagum
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Tagum, officially the City of Tagum, is a component city and capital of the Davao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 300,042, making it the most populous component city in Mindanao and in Davao del Norte, as well as the second most populous in Davao Region after Davao City.
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Mati
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Mati, officially the City of Mati, is a component city and capital of the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines, located on the southeasternmost side of Mindanao and is part of Metropolitan Davao, the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Philippines, and its managing entity, the MDDA.
Digos
Digos is the provincial capital of Davao Del Sur. It is nicknamed as the "Mango Capital of the Philippines".
Samal
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Samal, formally known as Island Garden City of Samal is a city in Davao del Norte, is made up of Samal Island and the smaller Talikud Island in the Davao Gulf, making it a part of Mindanao island group.
Panabo
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Panabo is a city in Davao Region. It is directly north of Davao City with a road distance of 33 km. It also known as the rich of bananas and pomelos.
Boston
Boston is a town in Davao Oriental in the Philippines. This town received its name in a most interesting manner. An American seaman over 100 years ago disembarked one day from his merchant marine ship to a small fishing village in Davao Oriental.Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
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Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Davao Oriental, Philippines.
Davao Region
- Type: region of the Philippines with 5,390,000 residents
- Description: region of the Philippines
- Also known as: “Region 11”, “Region XI”, “Region Ⅺ”, and “Southern Mindanao”
- Location: Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Davao Region” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ዳቫዎ ክልል”
- Asturian: “Davao Rexon”
- Asturian: “Rexón de Davao”
- Azerbaijani: “Davao Bölgəsi”
- Balinese: “Davao Region”
- Banjar: “Davao Region”
- Basque: “Davaoko eskualdea”
- Bengali: “দাভাও অঞ্চল”
- Capiznon: “Davao Region”
- Capiznon: “Kadabawan”
- Catalan: “Regió de Davao”
- Cebuano: “Kadabawan”
- Cebuano: “Rehiyon sa Davao”
- Cebuano: “Rehyon sa Dabaw”
- Central Bikol: “Rehiyon Davao”
- Central Bikol: “Rehyon nin Dabaw”
- Chavacano: “Región de Davao”
- Chavacano: “Región del Dávao”
- Chinese: “Davao Toā-khu”
- Chinese: “达沃区”
- Chinese: “達沃區”
- Croatian: “Davao (regija)”
- Croatian: “Davao”
- Dutch: “Davao Region”
- Esperanto: “Dabaa Regiono”
- Esperanto: “Davaa regiono”
- Esperanto: “regiono Davao”
- Esperanto: “regiono de Davao”
- Finnish: “Davaon alue”
- French: “Davao”
- French: “Davau”
- French: “Région de Davao”
- French: “région de Davau”
- Galician: “Rexión de Davao”
- Georgian: “დავაოს რეგიონი”
- German: “Davao Region”
- German: “Davao-Region”
- German: “Region XI”
- German: “Region Ⅺ”
- Gorontalo: “Davao Region”
- Hausa: “Davao Region”
- Hiligaynon: “Kadabawan”
- Hindi: “दावाओ क्षेत्र”
- Iloko: “Akin-abagatan a Mindanao”
- Iloko: “Rehion ti Davao”
- Iloko: “Rehion XI”
- Indonesian: “Kedabauan”
- Indonesian: “Kemindanauan Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Region 11”
- Indonesian: “region Dabau”
- Indonesian: “Region Davao”
- Indonesian: “Region XI”
- Italian: “Davai”
- Italian: “Davao”
- Italian: “i Davai”
- Italian: “regione Davao”
- Japanese: “ダバオ地方”
- Javanese: “Davao Region”
- Kazakh: “Davao аймағы”
- Kinaray-A: “Kadabawan”
- Kinaray-A: “rehyon ka Dabaw”
- Kirghiz: “Давао Аймагы”
- Korean: “다바오 지방”
- Latin: “Regiō Dabaēnsis”
- Latin: “Regiō Davaēnsis”
- Latin: “Regio Davao”
- Latvian: “Davao reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Davao regionas”
- Macedonian: “Давао”
- Macedonian: “Јужен Минданао”
- Macedonian: “Регион XI”
- Malay: “daerah Dabau”
- Malay: “Daerah Davao”
- Malay: “Kedabauan”
- Malay: “Rantau Davao”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rehiyon ng Davao”
- Minangkabau: “Davao Region”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Davao Region”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Davao (region)”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Davao”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Davao”
- Pampanga: “Cadabon”
- Pampanga: “Kadabáwan”
- Pampanga: “Labuad Davao”
- Pampanga: “labuad ning Dábo”
- Pangasinan: “Davao Region”
- Panjabi: “ਦਾਵਾਓ ਖੇਤਰ”
- Persian: “منطقه داوائو”
- Polish: “Davao”
- Portuguese: “Dábaus”
- Portuguese: “Dávaus”
- Portuguese: “os Dábaus”
- Portuguese: “os Dávaus”
- Portuguese: “Região de Dábau”
- Portuguese: “Região de Dávao”
- Portuguese: “Região de Davau”
- Portuguese: “Região de Dávau”
- Portuguese: “Região do Dávau”
- Pushto: “د داواؤ سیمه”
- Rinconada Bikol: “Davao Region”
- Russian: “Давао”
- Sinhala: “මහදාබවු”
- Slovenian: “Davao”
- Slovenian: “Južni Mindanao”
- Slovenian: “Regija Davao”
- Somali: “Gobolka Davao”
- Spanish: “Dávaos”
- Spanish: “los Dávaos”
- Spanish: “Región de Dávao”
- Spanish: “Región del Dávao”
- Sundanese: “Davao Region”
- Swahili: “Kanda ya Davao”
- Swedish: “Davaoregionen”
- Tagalog: “Kadabawan”
- Tagalog: “Rehiyon 11”
- Tagalog: “Rehiyon ng Davao”
- Tagalog: “Rehiyon XI”
- Tagalog: “Rehiyon Ⅺ”
- Tagalog: “Rehyon ng Dabaw”
- Tagalog: “Timog Mindanao”
- Tajik: “Минтақаи Давао”
- Tamil: “டவாவோ பிராந்தியம்”
- Tatar: “Давао Регионы”
- Tetum: “Davao Region”
- Thai: “เขตดาเบา”
- Turkish: “Davao Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Давао”
- Urdu: “داوائو علاقہ”
- Uzbek: “Davao mintaqasi”
- Venetian: “rejon de Dabau”
- Venetian: “rejón dé Dàbau”
- Venetian: “Rejon de Dávao”
- Vietnamese: “Davao”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng Davao”
- Waray (Philippines): “Davao nga Rehiyon”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rehyon han Dabaw”
- Yue Chinese: “達沃區”
- “Kadabawan”
- “ma Tapa”
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