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.
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  • Type: City with 117,000 residents
  • Description: city of the Philippines in the province of Davao del Norte
  • Also known as: “Cidade do Jardim Insular de Sámal”, “City of Samal”, “Ciudad del Jardín Insular de Sámal”, “Ciudad Jardín Insular de Sámal”, “Dakbayan sa Tanamang Pulo sa Samal”, “Igacos”, “IGaCoS”, “isla de Sámal”, “Island Garden Lakanbalen ning Samal”, “Island Garden of Samal”, “Jardim Insular de Sámal”, “Jardín Insular de Sámal”, “Lungsod ng Samal”, “Lungsod Samal”, “Peñaplata”, “pulo sa Samal”, “Pulong Harding Lungsod ng Samal”, “Samal City”, “Samal, Davao del Norte”, “サマール (北ダバオ州)”, “サマール島”, “サマール島 (ダバオ)”, “沙馬”, “沙馬島花園市”, “沙馬市”, and “萨马尔岛”
  • 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)
Established
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
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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: “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Cebuano: “Samal”
  • Central Bikol: “Samal”
  • Central Bikol: “Syudad nin Samal”
  • Chavacano: “Samal”
  • Chavacano: “Sámal”
  • Chinese: “萨马尔”
  • Chinese: “薩馬爾”
  • Chinese: “薩馬爾島花園市”
  • Dagbani: “Samal”
  • Danish: “Samal”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Dutch: “Samal”
  • Esperanto: “Samal”
  • Fijian: “Samal”
  • Finnish: “Samal”
  • French: “Samal”
  • German: “Island Garden City of Samal”
  • Gorontalo: “Samal”
  • Greek: “Σαμάλ”
  • Gujarati: “સેમલ”
  • Hausa: “Samal”
  • Hiligaynon: “Samal”
  • Hindi: “समल”
  • Hiri Motu: “Samal”
  • Hungarian: “Samal”
  • Igbo: “Samal”
  • Iloko: “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Iloko: “Samal”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Samal”
  • Indonesian: “Samal”
  • Irish: “Samal”
  • Italian: “Samal”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Samal”
  • Japanese: “サマール”
  • 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”
  • Minangkabau: “Samal”
  • Nauru: “Samal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Samal”
  • Norwegian: “Samal”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Samal”
  • Oromo: “Samal”
  • Paiwan: “Samal”
  • Pampanga: “Pulung Lakanbalen Garden ning Samal”
  • Pampanga: “Samal”
  • Pampanga: “Sámal”
  • Pangasinan: “Samal”
  • Polish: “Samal”
  • Portuguese: “Samal”
  • Portuguese: “Sámal”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Samal”
  • Russian: “Самал”
  • Sakizaya: “Samal”
  • Samoan: “Samal”
  • Scots: “Samal”
  • Sinhala: “සාමල්”
  • Spanish: “Sámal”
  • Sundanese: “Samal”
  • Swahili: “Samal”
  • Swedish: “Samal”
  • Tagalog: “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Tagalog: “Samal”
  • Tahitian: “Samal”
  • Tamil: “சமல்”
  • Tatar: “Самал (шәһәр)”
  • Tatar: “Самал”
  • Telugu: “సమల్”
  • Thai: “ซามาล”
  • Tok Pisin: “Samal”
  • Turkish: “Samal”
  • Ukrainian: “Самал”
  • Urdu: “سامال، داوائو شمالی”
  • Venetian: “Sàmal”
  • Vietnamese: “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Vietnamese: “Samal”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Samal, Davao del Norte”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Samal”
  • Welsh: “Samal”
  • Western Mari: “Самал”
  • Xhosa: “Samal”
  • Yoruba: “Samal”
  • Zulu: “Samal”
  • “Samal”

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