Davao Occidental
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province of the Philippines
Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Davao Region
- Founded
- 28 October 2013
- Capital and largest municipality
- Malita
- Governor
- Franklin P. Bautista ( PFP )
- Vice governor
- Lorna Bautista-Bandigan ( Lakas )
- Congressman
- Claude P. Bautista ( Lakas )
- Total
- 2,163.45 km (835.31 sq mi)
- Rank
- 57th out of 82
- Highest elevation mount latian
- 1,624 m (5,328 ft)
- Density
- 146.802/km (380.214/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- West Davaoeño , West Dabawenyo , West Dabawnon , Oestedavaoeño
- Municipalities
- 5 Don Marcelino Jose Abad Santos Malita Santa Maria Sarangani
- Districts
- Legislative district of Davao Occidental
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( PHT )
- Idd area code
- +63 (0)82
- Iso 3166 code
- PH-DVO
- Spoken languages
- Cebuano Sangirese Sarangani Tagalog / Filipino English Indonesian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of the Philippines
- Official name
- Lalawigan ng Davao Occidental
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Davao Region
- Contains
- Sarangani
- Capital
- Malita
- Population
- 317598
- Area
- 2163.45
- Shares border with
- Sarangani
- Official website
- davaooccidental.gov.ph
- Households
- 78185
- Dialing code
- 82
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- inception
- 2013-10-28
- separated from
- Q13794
- electorate
- 205167
- Commons category
- Davao Occidental
- topic's main category
- Category:Davao Occidental
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- poverty incidence
- 34.50
- total assets
- 2114349292.67
- total liabilities
- 2634204006.98
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 1679969796.35
- total expenditure
- 1146045299.84
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Encyclopedic overview
Davao Occidental (Cebuano: Kasadpang Dabaw; Filipino: Kanluraning Davao), officially the Province of Davao Occidental (Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Kasadpang Dabaw, Lalawigan sa Davao Occidental; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Kanluraning Davao, Lalawigan ng Davao Occidental), is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is the municipality of Malita, the most populous town in the province. To the east lies Davao Gulf. It also shares a maritime border with the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi to the south.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Davao Occidental” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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