22 January 2020 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General
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Davao City, officially the City of Davao, is a
1st class highly urbanized city in the island of
Mindanao,
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, the most populous city in the country outside
Metro Manila, and the most populous in Mindanao. As of the 2015 census the city had a population of 1,632,991. It is geographically situated in the province of
Davao del Sur 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.
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