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Q13789
Sign in to saveAlso known as Province of Compostela Valley, ComVal, Province of Davao de Oro, Compostela Valley
province of the Philippines
Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Davao Region
- Founded
- March 7, 1998
- Renamed
- December 7, 2019
- Capital
- Nabunturan
- Largest municipality
- Monkayo
- Governor
- Raul G. Mabanglo ( Lakas-CMD )
- Vice governor
- Dorothy Montejo-Gonzaga ( PFP )
- Legislature
- Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Davao de Oro
- Total
- 4,560.09 km (1,760.66 sq mi)
- Rank
- 26th out of 82
- Highest elevation mt pandadagsaan
- 2,670 m (8,760 ft)
- Density
- 171.877/km (445.160/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Orocanon, Oroqueño
- Municipalities
- 11 Compostela Laak Mabini Maco Maragusan Mawab Monkayo Montevista Nabunturan New Bataan Pantukan
- Districts
- Legislative districts of Davao de Oro
- Time zone
- UTC+8 ( PST )
- Idd area code
- +63 (0)87
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Encyclopedic overview
Davao de Oro, officially the Province of Davao de Oro (Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Davao de Oro; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Davao de Oro), is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Nabunturan while Monkayo is the most populous. It used to be part of the province of Davao del Norte until it was made a separate province in 1998.
The province borders Davao del Norte to the west, Agusan del Sur to the north, and Davao Oriental to the east. To the southwest lies the Davao Gulf. The first elected governor was Jose Caballero, formerly a lawyer for a mining group in the province. It was formerly known as Compostela Valley (shortened to ComVal; Cebuano: Kawalogang Kompostela) from its inception until December 2019, when a plebiscite ratified the law that proposed to rename the province to Davao de Oro.
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