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Mati

Also known as Mati City, City of Mati, Mati, Davao Oriental

city of the Philippines and capital of the province of Davao Oriental

Key facts

Country: Philippines
Region: Davao Region
Province: Davao Oriental
District: 2nd district
Established: October 29, 1903
Cityhood: June 16, 2007 (Lost cityhood in 2008 and 2010)
Affirmed cityhood: February 15, 2011
Barangays: 26 (see Barangays )
Type: Sangguniang Panlungsod
Mayor: Mayo Z. Almario ( Lakas-CMD )
Representative: Cheeno Miguel Diez Almario ( Lakas–CMD )
Total: 588.63 km (227.27 sq mi)
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Mati, officially the City of Mati (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Mati; Filipino: Lungsod ng Mati / Siyudad ng Mati), is a component city and capital of the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines, located on the southeasternmost side of Mindanao and is part of Metropolitan Davao, the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Philippines, and its managing entity, the MDDA. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 147,547 people making it the most populous in the province.

Mati has three bays, namely Pujada, Mayo, and Balete. These bays were listed as "one" of the world’s most beautiful bays, a combined distinction for all three bays in the same city, by the association of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World (Les Plus Belles Baies du Monde) in 2022, hence the nickname 'The City of Beautiful Bays'.