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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)
Elevation
98 m (322 ft)
Highest elevation
2,320 m (7,610 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Density
252.57/km (654.16/sq mi)
Households
35,137
Demonym
Matinians

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Official name
City of Mati
Located in
Davao Oriental
Population
148672
Area
588.63
Elevation
98
Time zone
UTC+08:00
Capital of
Davao Oriental
Shares border with
Lupon
Official website
www.mati.gov.ph
Image
Capitol Hill Mati.JPG
Households
35137
Dialing code
87
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postal code
8200
Commons category
Mati, Davao Oriental
Köppen climate classification
tropical rainforest climate
language used
Tagalog
poverty incidence
21.81
electorate
104843
total assets
2498688934.02
total expenditure
1720695365.04
total liabilities
1507822278.38
fiscal/tax revenue
1803291539.21
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Encyclopedic overview

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'.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mati” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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