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Davao de Oro

Davao de Oro is a province in the Davao Region of Mindanao, Philippines. Its population was 783,775 in the 2024 census, and it has 11 municipalities.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 9, 2026
Colour byColours the map of Davao de Oro by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
Agusan del SurDavao del NorteDavao OrientalCompostela: 89,224 people, 226 per km², −0.18% a yearLaak: 83,632 people, 101 per km², 1.15% a yearMabini: 43,971 people, 97 per km², 0.23% a yearMaco: 87,680 people, 252 per km², 1.25% a yearMaragusan: 67,759 people, 81 per km², 1.22% a yearMawab: 41,050 people, 283 per km², 0.85% a yearMonkayo: 96,405 people, 146 per km², 0.62% a yearMontevista: 46,581 people, 163 per km², 0.01% a yearNabunturan: 85,949 people, 318 per km², 0.45% a yearNew Bataan: 50,212 people, 91 per km², −0.59% a yearPantukan: 91,312 people, 191 per km², 0.14% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 20,000
  • 20,000 to 31,000
  • 31,000 to 45,000
  • 45,000 to 76,000
  • 76,000 and over

The same steps colour every map of cities and municipalities in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 140
  • 140 to 250
  • 250 to 390
  • 390 to 750
  • 750 and over

The same steps colour every map of cities and municipalities in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

  • Fell by more than 1% a year
  • Fell, by up to 1% a year
  • Grew, by under 1% a year
  • Grew by 1 to 2% a year
  • Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary[3, 4]Open in OpenStreetMap

  • PeopleSources

    783,775

    people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary

    Up 14.1% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    2nd

    of the 5 provinces of Davao Region by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary

    About 15 of every 100 people in Davao Region lived in Davao de Oro in 2024 (14.54%)

  • Inside itSources

    11

    cities and municipalities

    237 barangays

  • LandSources

    5,257.86 km²

    of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: Davao de Oro's land would fill a square about 72.5 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary

    Average density, 2024: 149 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 1 person per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary

  • HomesSources

    209,252

    households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary

    3.7 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    50.7%

    About 51 of every 100 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary
1108200000[5]Formerly 118200000

People

Davao de Oro had 783,775 people in the 2024 census, up 14.1% from 2010.
People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Davao de Oro had the 2nd most people of the 5 provinces of Davao Region in 2024[1]
  1. 1Davao del Norte1,143,931
  2. 2Davao de Oro783,775
  3. 3Davao del Sur705,129
  4. 4Davao Oriental590,042
  5. 5Davao Occidental317,598
All 5 provinces of Davao Region
Of every 100 people in Davao de Oro in 2024[1]

Corrected by Scene from the PSA's men and women counts. The PSA's age table prints a both-sexes count for 80 - 84 (7,446 printed against 4,342 men and women) and 85 and over (6,404 printed against 3,104 men and women) that is not the sum of its men and women, although its men and women columns add up exactly to the Davao de Oro totals. Scene shows the sum of the two for these groups and keeps the printed values.[6]

Age structure · 2024 Census[6]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 28 of every 100 are children under 15 (27.6%)
  • About 66 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (66%)
  • About 6 of every 100 are 65 or older (6.4%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
Under 558,66530,70727,958
5 - 973,46638,05335,413
10 - 1483,96843,50040,468
15 - 1978,89441,10637,788
20 - 2469,21535,71233,503
25 - 2959,92231,03928,883
30 - 3461,20232,23428,968
35 - 3955,85830,27125,587
40 - 4447,74725,73722,010
45 - 4942,21222,90019,312
50 - 5439,21420,73018,484
55 - 5933,65917,43316,226
60 - 6428,08714,37513,712
65 - 6921,14810,54810,600
70 - 7413,9156,5517,364
75 - 797,6473,3264,321
80 - 844,342Corrected by Scene · the PSA prints 7,4461,6862,656
85 and over3,104Corrected by Scene · the PSA prints 6,4041,0562,048

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
783,775[1, 2]
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
209,252[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.7 on average[1, 2]
Share of Davao Region, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
14.54%[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary
50.7% (397,576 people)[7]
Men and women, 2024
406,964 men, 375,301 women[6]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 2024783,775[1, 2]0.50% a year209,2523.7
2020as of May 1, 2020767,547[1]0.88% a year——
2015as of August 1, 2015736,107[1]1.32% a year——
2010as of May 1, 2010687,195[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then637,366[35]1.30% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders580,244[35, 36]2.37% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then520,110[35]2.07% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then466,286[35]3.85% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then319,490[35]6.30% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then235,293[35]4.96% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then184,831[35]5.90% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then102,830[35]———

Cities and municipalities

Davao de Oro is made up of 11 municipalities, with 237 barangays in all.
Cities and municipalities of Davao de Oro. Each column heading sorts the table.
[1, 8]Share (2024)
Compostela89,22411.38%−0.18% a year395.01 km²
Laak83,63210.67%1.15% a year831.57 km²
Mabini43,9715.61%0.23% a year453.08 km²
Maco87,68011.19%1.25% a year348.23 km²
Maragusan67,7598.65%1.22% a year835.50 km²
Mawab41,0505.24%0.85% a year145.30 km²
Monkayo96,40512.3%0.62% a year661.96 km²
Montevista46,5815.94%0.01% a year285.84 km²
Nabunturan85,94910.97%0.45% a year270.30 km²
New Bataan50,2126.41%−0.59% a year554.21 km²
Pantukan91,31211.65%0.14% a year476.86 km²

Land & Environment

Davao de Oro covers 5,257.86 km² of land, 149 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 2,664 m above the sea and it has 55.1 km of coast.
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary
5,257.86 km²[8]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary
149 people per km²[8]
Coordinates
7.39897° N, 126.08048° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[31]
Lowest
0 m
Average
503 m
Highest
2,664 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

55.1 km of coastline[32]

Rivers[32]

  1. Upper Agusan River74.6 km
  2. Agusan River63.2 of 295.1 km
  3. Manat River57.6 km
  4. Matiao River48.2 of 48.4 km
  5. Saug River45.2 of 117.9 km
  6. Baobo River38.5 of 56.4 km
  7. Hijo River37.9 of 50.9 km
  8. Maraut River30.6 km

The longest inside it: 52 in all.

Lakes[32]

  1. Lake Leonard0.96 km²
  2. Tibagon Reservoirreservoir0.13 km²
  3. Santa Ana Lakereservoir0.11 km²

Peaks[32]

  1. Mount Pandadagsaan2,650 m
  2. Mount Kampalili2,320 m
  3. Mount Candalaga2,250 m
  4. Mount Maitum2,250 m
  5. Mount Agtuuganon1,660 m
  6. Mount Tambuyong1,360 m

The highest: 16 in all.

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type IV[33]

Rain spread fairly evenly through the year, with no dry season.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Davao City, the nearest PAGASA station, 56 km away[34]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 1,836 mm of rain on 136 days a year; 28.2 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Davao City, 1991 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January167 mm1127.3 °C30.9 °C23.7 °C
February114 mm927.5 °C31.3 °C23.7 °C
March107 mm928.2 °C32.3 °C24.1 °C
April115 mm928.9 °C33.1 °C24.7 °C
May166 mm1328.9 °C32.7 °C25.0 °C
June193 mm1428.4 °C32.0 °C24.7 °C
July169 mm1328.1 °C31.7 °C24.5 °C
August167 mm1228.2 °C31.8 °C24.5 °C
September162 mm1128.3 °C32.2 °C24.4 °C
October195 mm1228.5 °C32.6 °C24.4 °C
November140 mm1228.3 °C32.2 °C24.4 °C
December142 mm1127.9 °C31.6 °C24.2 °C
The year1,836 mm13628.2 °C32.0 °C24.4 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 17 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

Davao de Oro's economy made ₱147.2 billion of goods and services in 2025, ₱187,513 for each person. About 10 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2023.
Economy, 2025Gross domestic productThe value of all the goods and services made in a place in a year: the size of its economy. The PSA measures it for every region, province and highly urbanized city. Counted at 2018 prices, it leaves out the rise in prices, so one year can be set beside another.More in the glossary
₱147.2 billion[18]Its gross domestic product at current prices; ₱103.8 billion at 2018 prices.
Growth, 2024–2025
1.9%[19]How much more it made than the year before, at 2018 prices.
For each person, 2025
₱187,513[20]Its economy divided by its projected population, at current prices, as the PSA works it out.
Poverty, 2023Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary
10.2% of people[21]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's survey.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary
1st class[5]
About 10 of every 100 people in Davao de Oro lived below the poverty line in 2023 (10.2%)[21]

The PSA's survey puts it between 7.4% and 12.9%, with 95% confidence. The poverty line was ₱29,573 a person for the year.

The PSA notes: Those with CVs higher than 10% in 2023 poverty incidence among population should be used with caution.

Public places

  • 149government offices
  • 19hospitals and health centres
  • 408schools
  • 60places of worship
  • 11markets
  • 15stations and terminals
  • 4parks
  • 1monument or memorial

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 9]. Each town's page lists its own; this page lists the stations, parks, beaches and monuments.

Where a kind has more than 8, this page shows 6: first those with “Davao de Oro” in their name, then one in each of its most populous cities and municipalities.

Stations and terminals15

9 more stations and terminals are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 11 cities and municipalities of Davao de Oro

Parks4

Monuments and memorials1

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A governor leads Davao de Oro. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (the provincial board), led by the vice governor. The governor, the vice governor and the board's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[16, 17]

Capital
Nabunturan[5]

2 legislative districtsLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary[10]

Each district elects one member of the House of Representatives. These are the districts as the laws drew them for the 2025 elections.

1st district

2nd district

Leaders

The governor and vice governor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Governor
    Raul Gorospe Mabanglo[22]
    Vice governor
    Dorothy Montejo Gonzaga[22]

  2. 2022–2025

    Governor
    Dorothy Montejo Gonzaga[23]
    Vice governor
    Jayvee Tyron Lim Uy[23]

  3. 2019–2022

    Governor
    Jayvee Tyron Lim Uy[24]
    Vice governor
    Maria Carmen Solamillo Zamora[24]

  4. 2016–2019

    Governor
    Jayvee Tyron Lim Uy[25]
    Vice governor
    Manuel Esquivel Zamora[25]

  5. 2013–2016

    Governor
    Arturo Tao Uy[26]
    Vice governor
    Manuel Esquivel Zamora[26]

  6. 2010–2013

    Governor
    Arturo Tao Uy[27]
    Vice governor
    Ramil Lao Gentugaya[27]

  7. 2007–2010

    Governor
    Arturo Tao Uy[28]
    Vice governor
    Ramil Lao Gentugaya[28]

  8. 2004–2007

    Governor
    Jose Rufo Caballero[29]
    Vice governor
    Ramil Lao Gentugaya[29]

  9. 2001–2004

    Governor
    Jose R. Caballero[30]
    Vice governor
    Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga[30]
Governors and vice governors of Davao de Oro, by term
TermGovernorVice governor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Raul Gorospe Mabanglo[22]Dorothy Montejo Gonzaga[22]
2022–2025Dorothy Montejo Gonzaga[23]Jayvee Tyron Lim Uy[23]
2019–2022Jayvee Tyron Lim Uy[24]Maria Carmen Solamillo Zamora[24]
2016–2019Jayvee Tyron Lim Uy[25]Manuel Esquivel Zamora[25]
2013–2016Arturo Tao Uy[26]Manuel Esquivel Zamora[26]
2010–2013Arturo Tao Uy[27]Ramil Lao Gentugaya[27]
2007–2010Arturo Tao Uy[28]Ramil Lao Gentugaya[28]
2004–2007Jose Rufo Caballero[29]Ramil Lao Gentugaya[29]
2001–2004Jose R. Caballero[30]Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga[30]

History & Identity

Davao de Oro's fiesta and days

Everything listed for Davao de Oro in Now

Former name
Compostela Valley[5]
Created
Created as the Province of Compostela Valley by Republic Act No. 8470, approved 30 January 1998 and ratified in a plebiscite on 7 March 1998; renamed Davao de Oro by Republic Act No. 11297, ratified on 7 December 2019[10, 11, 12, 13]

How it got its name

When the province was being created, the name first proposed was Davao del Norte, thought to be the mother province's former name. Research for the House of Representatives found that the mother province still went by that name in official documents, despite a 1972 law renaming it Davao, so the proposal was dropped. The name agreed on was Compostela Valley, after the great fertile plain at the heart of the province.[11]

Republic Act No. 11297 renamed it Davao de Oro in 2019, and its voters approved the new name in a plebiscite on 7 December 2019.[12, 13]

Its story

The province traces its people's origin to the Mansaka, Mandaya, Manobo, Mangguangan, Dibabawon, Aeta, Kamayo, Davaweño and Kalagan tribes. Most of its people today descend from migrants from Luzon and the Visayas; the bigger wave came under President Ramon Magsaysay, when the government offered parcels of land to tenant farmers.[11]

The push for a province of its own began in the 1980s under Congressman Lorenzo S. Sarmiento Sr., who had written the law dividing the old Davao into three provinces; his son Rogelio M. Sarmiento carried the bill through Congress. Nabunturan was chosen as the capital for its central location.[11]

Republic Act No. 8470, signed on 30 January 1998, carved the Province of Compostela Valley out of Davao del Norte with eleven towns, Monkayo to Pantukan. The law was ratified on 7 March 1998 in a plebiscite held across the mother province.[10, 11]

The province celebrates its founding anniversary every 8 March; its 25th fell in 2023.[14]

Timeline

  1. 30 January 1998

    Republic Act No. 8470 creates the Province of Compostela Valley, with Nabunturan as its capital.[10]

  2. 7 March 1998

    A plebiscite ratifies the new province.[11]

  3. 17 April 2019

    Republic Act No. 11297 renames it Davao de Oro, subject to a plebiscite.[12, 13]

  4. 7 December 2019

    Voters approve the name Davao de Oro.[13, 15]

Changes since 1977

As the Philippine Statistics Authority recorded them in its list of places.

  1. 7 December 2019

    Renamed; it was Compostela Valley, by RA 11297 (ratified by plebiscite).[37]

Nearby

Davao de Oro shares a border with Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte and Davao Oriental.

How it compares

Davao de Oro beside Davao Region, and where it stands among the provinces of Davao Region.

Davao de Oro beside Davao Region
FigureDavao de OroDavao RegionRank among the provinces of Davao Region
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary783,775[1, 2]5,389,4222nd of 5
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary0.50% a year[1, 2]slower0.66% a year3rd of 5
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary149[8]less crowded2484th of 5
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary5,257.86 km²[8]21,733.04 km²2nd of 5
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary3.7[1, 2]higher3.5not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary50.7%[7]lower67%not ranked

Sources

Page updated October 9, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.
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