Davao Del Norte, Region XI
Davao del Norte is a province withinside the Philippines positioned withinside the Davao Region in Mindanao. The present-day Davao Region is coterminous with this former province. Davao del Norte is likewise acknowledged as "The Banana Capital of the Philippines.
Davao del Norte had a populace of 1,125,057 withinside the 2020 census. The populace density became 297/km2 (768/sq mi). The primary languages spoken are Cebuano and Davawenyo. English and Filipino also are extensively spoken. Talaingod is the house of many indigenous agencies in Davao del Norte, with a maximum of them Lumads and Aetas.
Brief History
This unique province became broken up into three: Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, and Davao del Sur whilst Republic Act No. 4867 (authored via way of means of Representative Lorenzo S. Davao del Norte at first comprised 13 municipalities: Asuncion, Babak (now in Samal), Compostela, Kapalong, Mabini, Mawab, Monkayo, Nabunturan, Panabo, Pantukan, Samal, Santo Tomas, and Tagum.
Ramos signed Republic Act No. 8470, which break up the province into, developing the province of Davao de Oro (Compostela Valley). In the meantime, Davao became renamed lower back to Davao del Norte. Together with the introduction of the brand new province, towns and one municipality have been created: the municipality of Tagum, the capital of Davao del Norte, became transformed right into a metropolis (R.A. 8472); Samal, Babak, and Kaputian have been joined into the metropolis of Samal (R.A. 8471)
The municipality of Braulio E. Republic Act No. 9015, signed into regulation on March 5, 2001, via way of means of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, transformed the municipality of Panabo right into a metropolis. Republic Act No. 9265, authorized on March 15, 2004, created the municipality of San Isidro from Asuncion and Kapalong.
Davao del Norte covers a complete location of 3,426.97 square kilometers occupying the north-significant phase of the Davao Region. Samal is the best municipality or metropolis withinside the province now no longer located on Mindanao island. The metropolis covers the whole Samal and Talikud Islands withinside the Davao Gulf.
Component city and Municipality under Davao del Norte
- Asuncion
- Braulio E. Dujali
- Carmen
- Kapalong
- New Corella
- Panabo City
- Samal
- San Isidro
- Santo Tomas
- Tagum City
- Talaingod