Mindanao
Davao Region
Davao del Norte

Samal

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.
Tap on a place
to explore it
samalcity.gov.ph
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: EzykronHD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: City with 117,000 residents
  • Description: city of the Philippines in the province of Davao del Norte
  • Also known as: “City of Samal”, “Igacos”, “IGaCoS”, “Island Garden City of Samal”, “Peñaplata”, “Samal City”, and “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Neighbors:

Samal

Latitude
7.078° or 7° 4′ 41″ north
Longitude
125.712° or 125° 42′ 43″ east
Population
117,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Inception
July 8th, 1948
Named after
Sama-Bajau
Open location code
6QV73PH6+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198525392
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1690666
Wiki­data ID
Q1020674
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Samal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Amis to Zulu—“Samal” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Samal”
  • Arabic: “سامال”
  • Balinese: “Samal”
  • Banjar: “Samal”
  • Basque: “Samal”
  • Batak Toba: “Samal”
  • Bengali: “সামাল”
  • Buginese: “Samal”
  • Capiznon: “Samal”
  • Catalan: “Samal”
  • Cebuano: “Dakbayan sa Tanamang Pulo sa Samal”
  • Cebuano: “IGaCoS”
  • Cebuano: “pulo sa Samal”
  • Cebuano: “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Cebuano: “Samal”
  • Central Bikol: “Samal”
  • Central Bikol: “Syudad nin Samal”
  • Chavacano: “Samal”
  • Chavacano: “Sámal”
  • Chinese: “萨马尔”
  • Chinese: “萨马尔岛”
  • Chinese: “薩馬爾”
  • Dagbani: “Samal”
  • Danish: “Samal”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Dutch: “Island Garden City of Samal”
  • Dutch: “Samal”
  • Esperanto: “Samal”
  • Fijian: “Samal”
  • Finnish: “Samal”
  • French: “Samal”
  • German: “Island Garden City of Samal”
  • German: “Samal City”
  • Gorontalo: “Samal”
  • Greek: “Σαμάλ”
  • Gujarati: “સેમલ”
  • Hausa: “Samal”
  • Hiligaynon: “Samal”
  • Hindi: “समल”
  • Hiri Motu: “Samal”
  • Hungarian: “Samal City”
  • Hungarian: “Samal”
  • Igbo: “Samal”
  • Iloko: “Island Garden City of Samal”
  • Iloko: “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Iloko: “Samal”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Samal”
  • Indonesian: “Samal”
  • Irish: “Samal”
  • Italian: “IGaCoS”
  • Italian: “Island Garden City of Samal”
  • Italian: “Island Garden of Samal”
  • Italian: “Samal”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Samal”
  • Japanese: “サマール (北ダバオ州)”
  • Japanese: “サマール”
  • Japanese: “サマール島 (ダバオ)”
  • Japanese: “サマール島”
  • Japanese: “サマル”
  • Javanese: “Samal”
  • Kannada: “ಸಮಲ್”
  • Kinaray-A: “Samal”
  • Kongo: “Samal”
  • Korean: “사말”
  • Latvian: “Samala”
  • Lithuanian: “Samalis”
  • Malagasy: “Samal”
  • Malay: “Bandar Samal”
  • Malay: “Samal”
  • Maori: “Samal”
  • Marathi: “सॅमला”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Samal”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “沙馬”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “沙馬島花園市”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “沙馬市”
  • Minangkabau: “Samal”
  • Nauru: “Samal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samal”
  • Norwegian: “Samal”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Samal”
  • Oromo: “Samal”
  • Paiwan: “Samal”
  • Pampanga: “Island Garden Lakanbalen ning Samal”
  • Pampanga: “Pulung Lakanbalen Garden ning Samal”
  • Pampanga: “Samal”
  • Pampanga: “Sámal”
  • Pangasinan: “Samal”
  • Polish: “Samal”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade do Jardim Insular de Sámal”
  • Portuguese: “Jardim Insular de Sámal”
  • Portuguese: “Samal”
  • Portuguese: “Sámal”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Samal”
  • Russian: “Самал”
  • Sakizaya: “Samal”
  • Samoan: “Samal”
  • Scots: “Samal”
  • Sinhala: “සාමල්”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad del Jardín Insular de Sámal”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Jardín Insular de Sámal”
  • Spanish: “Dakbayan sa Tanamang Pulo sa Samal”
  • Spanish: “isla de Sámal”
  • Spanish: “Jardín Insular de Sámal”
  • Spanish: “Sámal”
  • Sundanese: “Samal”
  • Swahili: “Samal”
  • Swedish: “Samal City”
  • Swedish: “Samal”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Samal”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod Samal”
  • Tagalog: “Pulong Harding Lungsod ng Samal”
  • Tagalog: “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Tagalog: “Samal”
  • Tahitian: “Samal”
  • Tamil: “சமல்”
  • Tatar: “Самал (шәһәр)”
  • Tatar: “Самал”
  • Telugu: “సమల్”
  • Tetum: “Samal”
  • Thai: “ซามาล”
  • Tok Pisin: “Samal”
  • Turkish: “Samal”
  • Ukrainian: “Самал”
  • Urdu: “ثمال”
  • Venetian: “Sàmal”
  • Vietnamese: “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Vietnamese: “Samal”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Island Garden City of Samal”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Samal”
  • Welsh: “Samal”
  • Western Mari: “Самал”
  • Xhosa: “Samal”
  • Yoruba: “Samal”
  • Zulu: “Samal”
  • “Samal”
  • “Samal, Davao del Norte”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Samal”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Labana and Peñaplata.

Davao Region: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Davao, Mount Apo, Mati, and Tagum.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Samal”. Photo: EzykronHD, CC BY-SA 3.0.