Malita
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Malita, officially the Municipality of Malita (; ), is a municipality and capital of the province of Davao Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 118,197 people making it the most populous town in the province.
Key facts
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- Poblacion Malita from a view deck.JPG
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- Hilltop view of Malita
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- 120x80px
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- Malita Davao Occidental seal.jpg
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- 120x80px
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- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Country
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- Philippines
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- Region
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- Province
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- Angat Malita!
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- District
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- Founded
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- November 17, 1936
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Philippines
- Official name
- Municipality of Malita
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Davao del Sur
- Population
- 118438
- Area
- 883.37
- Elevation
- 197
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Capital of
- Davao Occidental
- Shares border with
- Don Marcelino
- Official website
- www.malita.gov.ph
- Image
- Poblacion Malita from a view deck.JPG
- Households
- 29489
- Dialing code
- 82
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- language used
- Kalagan
- postal code
- 8012
- Commons category
- Malita, Davao Occidental
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- inception
- 1937-11-17
- poverty incidence
- 35.66
- electorate
- 74037
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 189837814.38
- total liabilities
- 110669538.22
- total assets
- 1670548736.95
- total expenditure
- 157300103.06
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Barangays
- Demographics
- Economy
- Government
- Education
- Tertiary
- Secondary
- References
- External links
Malita, officially the Municipality of Malita (; ), is a municipality and capital of the province of Davao Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 118,197 people making it the most populous town in the province.
Malita is known for various cultural arts and heritage of its people and tribes. Gaginaway Festival is celebrated annually every full moon on the month of November and Araw ng Malita is celebrated annually on November 17, the day of its establishment's enactment in 1936.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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