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Davao Oriental
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province of the Philippines
Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Davao Region
- Founded
- May 8, 1967
- Capital and largest city
- Mati
- Governor
- Nelson L. Dayanghirang ( Nacionalista )
- Vice governor
- Glenda Rabat-Gayta ( Nacionalista )
- Legislature
- Davao Oriental Provincial Board
- Total
- 5,679.64 km (2,192.92 sq mi)
- Rank
- 14th out of 82
- Highest elevation mount kampalili
- 2,320 m (7,610 ft)
- Density
- 103.887/km (269.067/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Oriental Dabawenyo, Estedavaoeño
- Component cities
- 1 Mati
- Municipalities
- 10 Baganga Banaybanay Boston Caraga Cateel Governor Generoso Lupon Manay San Isidro Tarragona
- Districts
- Legislative districts of Davao Oriental
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( PHT )
- Idd area code
- +63 (0)87
- Iso 3166 code
- PH-DAO
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Encyclopedic overview
Davao Oriental (Cebuano: Sidlakang Dabaw; Filipino: Silangang Davao), officially the Province of Davao Oriental (Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Sidlakang Dabaw, Lalawigan sa Davao Oriental; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Silangang Davao, Lalawigan ng Davao Oriental), is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is the city of Mati which is the most populous, and it borders the province of Davao de Oro to the west, and Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur to the north. The province is the traditional homeland of the Mandaya and Kalagan/Kaagan.
Davao Oriental is the easternmost province in the country with Pusan Point in the municipality of Caraga as the easternmost location. The Philippine Sea, part of the Pacific Ocean, faces Davao Oriental to the east. Part of the province lies on an unnamed peninsula that encloses Davao Gulf to the west.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Davao Oriental” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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