1. DAVAO REGION
Region 11: One Province at a Time

2. DAVAO DEL NORTE

3. Davao del Norte
GEOGRAPHY
 Boundaries
◦ North: Agusan del Sur
◦ South: Davao City, Davao
Gulf
◦ East: Compostela Valley
◦ West: Bukidnon

4. Davao del Norte
BASICS
 3,463 square km
 Capital: Tagum
 8 municipalities, 3 cities
◦ Island Garden City of Samal

5. Davao del Norte
INDUSTRIES
 Minerals
◦ Marble, limestone, guano
 Paddy rice
 Corn
 Coconut
 Bananas
◦ Leading producer of Cavendish banana in
the country (Banana Capital of the
Philippines)
◦ Banana chip processing industry

6. Davao del Norte
INDUSTRIES
 Small-scale gold mining
 Fish from Davao Gulf
◦ Brackish water milkfish
◦ Tilapia
◦ Shrimp
◦ Crab
◦ Freshwater catfish

7. Davao del Norte
TOURISM
 Island Garden
City of Samal
◦ Main tourist
attraction
◦ 118 km stretch
white sand
beaches
◦ “Vanishing Island,”
Sanipaan Shoal
 Actually vanishes in
high tide
◦ Dive spots in
Talikud and Ligid
Islands
◦ Mt. Puting Bato

8. DAVAO ORIENTAL

9. Davao Oriental
GEOGRAPHY
 Boundaries
◦ North: Agusan
del Sur
◦ South: Davao Gulf
◦ East: Pacific Ocean
◦ West: Compostela Valley

10. Davao Oriental
BASICS
 5,164 square km
 Largest province in
Region 11
 Capital: Tagum
 8 municipalities, 3 cities
◦ Island Garden City of Samal

11. Davao Oriental
INDUSTRIES
 Copra
◦ Copra production
capital of the
Philippines
 Durian, mango, pom
elo
 Grain milling
 Lumber
 Tiles
 Fishing
 Mining
◦ Copper, nickel

12. DAVAO DEL SUR

13. Davao del Sur
GEOGRAPHY
 Boundaries:
◦ North: Davao del
Norte
◦ South: Celebes
Sea
◦ East: Davao Gulf
◦ West: North
Cotabato, Sultan
Kudarat and South
Cotabato

14. Davao del Sur
BASICS
 3,934 square km
 14 municipalities and 2 cities
◦ 1 independent city: Davao City
 highly urbanized
◦ 1 component city: Digos
 Digos used to be the capital of Davao del Sur
before the split of Davao into 3 provinces in
1976

15. Davao del Sur
INDUSTRIES
 Coconut as major commercial
crop
 Rice
 Corn
 Bananas
 Logging
 Fishing @ Davao Gulf
◦ 11 coastal municipalities

16. Davao del Sur
INDUSTRIES
 Davao City
◦ Largest city in the
Philippines in terms of
land area
◦ 2008 Most Livable City
(Dept. of Tourism)
◦ Main commercial
center
◦ Fruit cultivation
 Leading
exporter, worldwide

17. Davao del Sur
INDUSTRIES
 Lanzones
 Mining
◦ gold, silver, lead, coppe
r,
chromium

18. Davao del Sur
INDUSTRIES
 Durian
Monument at
the Davao City
International
Airport
◦ A symbol of
Davao City’s
status as top
producer of
said fruit

19. Davao del Sur
SPOTLIGHT ON DAVAO CITY
 Why is it that the
people of Davao
seem to be some of
the most
disciplined, making
Davao an overall
clean and safe
place? Mayor Sara Duterte

20. Davao del Sur
SPOTLIGHT ON DAVAO CITY
 Smoking ban
 No fireworks on
New Year!
 Efficient garbage
collection
scheme

21. COMPOSTELA VALLEY

22. Compostela Valley
GEOGRAPHY
 Boundaries
◦ North: Agusan del Sur
◦ West: Davao del
Norte to the west
◦ East/South: Davao
Oriental

23. Compostela Valley
BASICS
 Formerly part of Davao del
Norte, became independent
in 1998
 3rd newest province
◦ following Dinagat Islands and
Zamboanga Sibugay)
 4,667 square kilometers
 Capital: Nabunturan
 11 municipalities

24. Compostela Valley
INDUSTRIES
 Rice
 Coconut
 Cacao
 Coffee
 Papaya
 Mango
 Pineapple
 Durian
 Banana

25. Compostela Valley
INDUSTRIES
 Logging
 Mining
◦ Mostly gold
◦ Illegal mining

26. Compostela Valley
TRAGEDY
 In December
2012, a series of
typhoons and
landslides struck
Compostela
Valley
◦ Typhoon Pablo
 Flash floods