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Davao City , used to be a part of the province, until it was made an independent city. The city administers itself, separate from the province, and has its own Congress Representatives . This article deals with the rest of the province, but includes Davao City in some sections.


Philippine Information

  Infoboxtitle Province of Davao del Sur
  Sealfile
  Region Davao Region (Region XI)
  Capital Digos City
  Founded May 8 , 1967
  Pop2000 1,905,917
  Pop2000rank 8th largest
  Popden2000 299
  Popden2000rank 20th highest
  Areakm2 6,3776
  Arearank 10th largest
  Hucities 1
  Componentcities 1
  Municipalities 14
  Barangays 517
  Districts 2, plus the 3 districts of Davao City
  Languages Cebuano , Dabaweño
  Governor Benjamin P Bautista, Jr
  Locatormapfile
  Notes The data above includes Davao City



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Davao del Sur is subdivided into 14 Municipalities and 2 Cities .

Davao City is actually independent of the province and is only loosely associated with it. The city residents do not vote for provincial officials and they have their own representative to the Congress Of The Philippines .


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