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Mar 15, 2019 · Today, Davao City is known as one of the biggest cities of the Philippines. It has a total land area of 2,443.61 square kilometers. On March 16, 1521, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (from which Magallanes Street was named after), working under the auspices of Spain, rediscovered the Philippines (named so in honor of King Philip II).
Feb 7, 2023 · The Japanese Imperial Army occupied Davao City, in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. During this three-year period of occupation by Japan, the Philippines experienced much hardship and suffering as a result of lack of resources.
Dec 30, 2017 · The peopling of Davao was directly linked to migration and colonialism. Between 1848 and 1945, the region was under three colonial masters, though their reigns were considered brief if placed against the larger national historical perspective. Davao was under Spain for fifty years (1848-98), fort
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Poverty incidence of Davao City 5 10 15 20 2006 15.70 2009 13.24 2012 10.56 2015 9.20 2018 9.47 2021 5.10 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The Peak, Gaisano Mall Davao is part of the East Asian Growth Area, a regional economic-cooperation initiative in Southeast Asia. According to the foundation, the city has a projected average annual growth of 2.53 percent over a 15-year period; Davao ...
What can be constructed of Davao history in the 1600s and 1700s is based on the incidental mention of davao in Spanish and Dutch documents. It was only after the conquest of Davao by the Basque Spaniard Jose Oyanguren in 1848 that Davao would have a history of its own. Spanish influence was hardly felt in the Davao until 1847, when an ...
Apr 26, 2021 · 175. Davao City Spanish. Although the Spanish explorers started exploring the Davao Gulf region as early as the 16th century CE, Spanish control was close to zero in the Davao region until 1844 CE, when the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines Narciso Clavería established the forced colonization of the Davao Gulf territory, including ...
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Jul 20, 1998 · Davao City is the site of the University of Mindanao (1946), the Philippine Women’s College of Davao, and other colleges. Talomo Beach, the Bago Iñigo fish farm, and the pearl farm on Samal Island are nearby. Inc. city, 1936. Area 854 square miles (2,212 square km). Pop. (2010) 1,449,296; (2020) 1,776,949.
