Davao City

Davao City

Davao City, officially the City of Davao (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Dabaw; Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa sang Davao; Filipino: Lungsod ng Dabaw), is a highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of 2,443.61 km2 (943.48 sq mi), making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area. It is the third-most populous city in the Philippines after Quezon City and Manila, and the most populous in Mindanao.[16] According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 1,776,949 people.[10] It is the largest city in the province of Davao del Sur both in population and land area wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but the city is governed and administered independently from it. The city is divided into three congressional districts, which are subdivided into 11 administrative districts with a total of 182 barangays.