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{{Short description|Metropolitan area in the Philippines}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Metro Davao
| native_name        = {{native name|ceb|Kaulohang Dabaw}}
| official_name      = Metropolitan Davao
| settlement_type    = [[Metropolitan area]]
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Davao Region]]<br />(Region XI)
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| subdivision_name2  = {{Hlist|[[Davao del Norte]]|[[Davao de Oro]]|[[Davao del Sur]]|[[Davao Occidental]]}}
| subdivision_type3  = Managing entity
| subdivision_name3  = Metropolitan Davao Development Authority<ref name="MDDA">{{cite web | author = Joviland Rita | title = Duterte OKs creation of Metropolitan Davao Development Authority | date = April 27, 2022 | publisher=[[GMA News Online]]|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/829899/duterte-oks-creation-of-metropolitan-davao-development-authority/story/ | access-date = April 27, 2022}}</ref>
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = 1995 {{small|(as metropolitan area)}}<ref name=legacysenate>{{cite web | title = AN ACT CREATING THE METROPOLITAN DAVAO DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY|url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/lisdata/3495931782!.pdf|accessdate=April 29, 2021}}</ref><br />
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* [[Davao City]]
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* [[Digos]]
* [[Panabo]]
* [[Samal, Davao del Norte|Samal]]
* [[Tagum]]
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* [[Carmen, Davao del Norte|Carmen]]
* [[Hagonoy, Davao del Sur|Hagonoy]]
* [[Maco, Davao de Oro|Maco]]
* [[Malalag]]
* [[Malita]]
* [[Padada]]
* [[Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur|Sta. Cruz]]
* [[Santa Maria, Davao Occidental|Sta. Maria]]
* [[Sulop]]
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'''Metro Davao''', officially '''Metropolitan Davao''' ({{langx|ceb|Kaulohang Dabaw}}; {{langx|fil|Kalakhang Davao}}), is a [[metropolitan area]] in [[Mindanao]], [[Philippines]]. It includes the cities of [[Davao City|Davao]], [[Digos]], [[Panabo]], [[Samal, Davao del Norte|Samal]] and [[Tagum]] and spanned parts of all five provinces of the [[Davao Region]]. Metro Davao is one of [[List of metropolitan areas in the Philippines|three metropolitan areas in the Philippines]].<ref>http://www.neda.gov.ph [http://www.neda.gov.ph/devpulse/pdf_files/Devpulse%20factsheet%20-%20Aug%2030%20issue.pdf Building globally competitive metropolitan areas in the Philippines] PDF</ref> It is administered by the Metropolitan Davao Development Authority.<ref name="MDDA"/> It is the largest metropolitan region by land area and the second most populous in the Philippines.

==History==
===Comparison with other metropolitan areas===
The agglomeration of Metro Davao has no formal legal framework early on its initial stage of development process either by an act of [[Congress of the Philippines|Congress]], by an executive declaration of the [[President of the Philippines|president]] or by a formal agreement among component cities and municipalities of the metropolitan area.

In the case of Metro Manila, the component cities and municipalities were grouped into a province through a decree issued by then-President [[Ferdinand Marcos]], and designated the then First Lady [[Imelda Marcos]] as a governess. From then on, Greater Manila, as it was known earlier, became Metro Manila.

To formalize its juridical identity, Congress passed into law Republic Act No. 7924, instituting the [[Metropolitan Manila Development Authority]]. Under the current law, the head of the agency shall be appointed by the President and should not be on a concurrent elected position as mayor.

Metro Cebu is a concept created in the 70's and formally adopted by the Regional Development Council of [[Central Visayas]] as a platform for integrating parallel development in the metropolitan area.

===Formation of the metropolitan area===
Although Metro Davao was formed in 1995 by then-mayor of Davao City (and later president) [[Rodrigo Duterte]], it does not have the birth perspective of either Metro Cebu or Metro Manila. The metropolitan concept of Metro Davao is being spearheaded by the mayor but no formal agreement or an act of congress have been executed to formalize its legal and juridical identity. Because of this, the region, having no official legal framework (although they have a ''de facto'' one, the Davao Regional Development Council), exists not as a juridical identity but only as an informal reference to the area. However, the said council have formally adopted the concept in 1996 for the development of the area, especially Davao City.

Twenty-seven years later, as president, Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11708 on April 27, 2022, paving the way for the establishment of the Metro Davao Development Authority which would oversee the administration and planning in the metropolitan area.<ref name="MDDA"/>

==Government==
{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname        = Metropolitan Davao Development Authority
| abbreviation      = MDDA
| formedmonthday    = April 13
| formedyear        = 2022
| country           = Philippines
| legaljuris        = Metro Davao
| governingbody     = Metropolitan Davao Development Council
| governingbodyscnd = 
}}

Prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Davao Development Authority in 2022, Metro Davao had its three own development and governance councils, namely: [http://www.didp.gov.ph/ Davao Integrated Development Program Board], Metropolitan Davao Committee, and Metropolitan Davao Management Office. Davao Integrated Development Program Board served as the metropolitan area's development council, since Metro Davao not only defines the LGUs in the said metropolitan area, but also all of Davao Region.<ref name="dirp4.pids.gov.ph">{{Cite report |url=https://www.pids.gov.ph/publication/policy-notes/metropolitan-arrangements-in-the-philippines-a-new-urban-development-challenge |title=Metropolitan Arrangements in the Philippines: A New Urban Development Challenge |last=Manasan |first=Rosario G. |last2=Mercado |first2=Ruben G. |date=June 1, 1998 |publisher=[[Philippine Institute for Development Studies]] |issue=98-100 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005053313/https://www.pids.gov.ph/publication/policy-notes/metropolitan-arrangements-in-the-philippines-a-new-urban-development-challenge |archive-date=October 5, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> As such, it was not an administrative political unit but an agglomeration of independent local government units, the third level government in the Philippine political system. With Republic Act No. 11708 signed into effect in 2022 however, the then newly created Metropolitan Davao Development Authority will replace the provisional entities that are overseeing the affairs of the metropolis, thus effectively turning Metro Davao into an administrative political unit in the same level as [[Metro Manila]].<ref name="MDDA2">{{cite web | author = Che Palicte | title = Metropolitan Davao to bolster Mindanao dev't: Go | work=[[Philippine News Agency]]|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1173176 | access-date = April 29, 2022}}</ref> It is considered to be a special development and administrative region.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Cruz |first1=Maricel |last2=Ramos-Araneta |first2=Macon |date=April 28, 2022 |title=Metro Davao now has own development authority body |work=Manila Standard |url=https://www.manilastandard.net/news/314224677/metro-davao-now-has-own-development-authority-body.html |access-date=May 2, 2022}}</ref>

===Definitions of ''Metro Davao''===
As the years passed, the definitions of Metro Davao have changed in recent years.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/187371 |title=In Search of Metropolitan Definitions: Lessons from Metro Davao |last=Mercado |first=Ruben G. |date=1998 |publisher=PIDS Discussion Paper Series |issue=1998-29}}</ref> The following are the three identical geographical definitions:<ref name="dirp4.pids.gov.ph"/>

*The metropolitan area is synonymous with [[Davao City]] itself, which is the largest city in the Philippines by land area ({{cvt|2443.61|ha|sqmi}}).<ref name="large">{{cite web |title=Davao City, Philippines |date=January 5, 2021 |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/biggest-cities-in-the-philippines.html |access-date=December 8, 2022 |publisher=WordAtlas}}</ref> The entire city is ten times the size of [[Metro Manila]] and five times the size of [[Metro Cebu]].
*The metropolitan area encompasses the cities of [[Davao City|Davao]], [[Panabo]], [[Tagum]], [[Samal, Davao del Norte|Samal]], and [[Digos]], along with the municipalities of [[Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur|Santa Cruz]], [[Hagonoy, Davao del Sur|Hagonoy]], [[Padada]], [[Malalag]], [[Sulop]], [[Carmen, Davao del Norte|Carmen]], [[Maco, Davao de Oro|Maco]], [[Malita]], and [[Santa Maria, Davao Occidental|Santa Maria]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cervantes |first=Filane Mikee |date=November 23, 2022 |title=Implementation of Metropolitan Davao Dev't Authority law pushed |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1189305 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129135246/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1189305 |archive-date=29 Nov 2022 |website=Philippine News Agency}}</ref>
*The metropolitan area extends beyond Davao City to encompass its nearby five provinces: [[Davao de Oro]], [[Davao del Norte]], [[Davao del Sur]], and [[Davao Occidental]],{{efn|Metro Davao, under the third definition, has some form of policy and management structure already in place through the Davao Integrated Development Program Board.}} essentially covering the entirety of the [[Davao Region]]
;Notes
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===Component local government units===
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! scope="col" | Local government unit<ref name="MDDA"/>
! scope="col" | Population<br />(2020)<ref name="2020Popcen"/>
! scope="col" | Area<br />({{abbr|km<sup>2</sup>|square kilometers}})<ref name=DavSur>{{cite web|title=Province: Davao del Sur |url=http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/province.asp?provCode=112400000&provName=DAVAO%20DEL%20SUR&regCode=11&regName=REGION%20XI%20%28Davao%20Region%29 |work=PSGC Interactive |publisher=National Statistical Coordination Board |access-date=May 1, 2014 |location=Makati, Philippines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317144931/http://nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/province.asp?provCode=112400000&provName=DAVAO%20DEL%20SUR&regCode=11&regName=REGION%20XI%20(Davao%20Region) |archive-date=March 17, 2016 }}</ref><ref name=DavNor>{{cite web |title=Province: Davao del Norte |url=http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/province.asp?provCode=112300000&provName=DAVAO%20DEL%20NORTE&regCode=11&regName=REGION%20XI%20%28Davao%20Region%29 |work=PSGC Interactive |publisher=National Statistical Coordination Board |access-date=May 1, 2014 |location=Makati, Philippines}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Pop. density<br />(per {{abbr|km<sup>2</sup>|square kilometer}})
|-bgcolor="gold"
| scope="row" | '''[[Davao City]]'''
| 1,776,949
| 2,443.61
| {{Pop density|1776949|2443.61|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFF66"
| scope="row" | '''[[Digos]]'''
| 188,376
| 287.10
| {{Pop density|147547|588.63|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFF66"
| scope="row" | '''[[Panabo]]'''
| 209,230
| 251.23
| {{Pop density|184599|251.23|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFF66"
| scope="row" | '''[[Samal, Davao del Norte|Samal]]'''
| 116,771
| 301.30
| {{Pop density|116771|301.3|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFF66"
| scope="row" | '''[[Tagum]]'''
| 296,202
| 195.80
| {{Pop density|259444|195|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD"
| scope="row" | '''[[Carmen, Davao del Norte|Carmen]]'''
| 82,018
| 166.00
| {{Pop density|74679|166|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD"
| scope="row" | '''[[Hagonoy, Davao del Sur|Hagonoy]]'''
| 56,919
| 114.28
| {{Pop density|56919|114.28|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD"
| scope="row" | '''[[Maco, Davao de Oro|Maco]]'''
| 83,237
| 342.23
| {{Pop density|90987|319.91|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD"
| scope="row" | '''[[Malalag]]'''
| 40,158
| 186.12 
| {{Pop density|40158|186.12|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD"
| scope="row" | '''[[Malita]]'''
| 118,197
| 883.37
| {{Pop density|118197|883.37|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD"
| scope="row" | '''[[Padada]]'''
| 29,878
| 83.00
| {{Pop density|29878|83.00|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD"
| scope="row" | '''[[Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur|Santa Cruz]]'''
| 101,125
| 319.91
| {{Pop density|90987|319.91|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD"
| scope="row" | '''[[Santa Maria, Davao Occidental|Santa Maria]]'''
| 57,526
| 175.00
| {{Pop density|57526|175.00|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|-bgcolor="#FFFACD"
| scope="row" | '''[[Sulop]]'''
| 35,151
| 155.26
| {{Pop density|35151|155.26|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! scope="row" | '''Total'''
! 3,339,284
! 6,492.84
! {{Pop density|2516216|4041.39|km2|disp=num|prec=1}}
|}

==Geography and demographics==
The metropolitan area has 6,492.84&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, making it the largest metropolitan area in the Philippines in terms of land area. It also has a population of 3,339,284 in the combined population sizes of the local government units that make up the metropolitan area during the 2020 census,{{PH census|2020}} making it the second most populous metropolitan area in the country after [[Metro Manila]] and [[Metro Cebu]] and the most populous in the entire [[Mindanao]] region.

=== Languages ===
Most of the region's inhabitants, originally mostly descended from migrant settlers from [[Visayas]] and [[Luzon]] in recent centuries and decades, mostly speak [[Cebuano language#Davaoeño Cebuano|Davaoeño Cebuano Bisaya]] [[Vernacular|vernacularly]], whereas [[Philippine English|English]] is the primary [[Prestige language|formal]] [[medium of instruction]] in schools, besides [[Filipino language|Filipino]] ([[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]) class, and is widely understood by residents, who often use it in varying professional fields. Aside from [[Cebuano language|Davaoeño Cebuano Bisaya]], [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]], and [[Chavacano#Castellano Abakay|Chavacano Davaoeño]] are also widely casually used in Metro Davao in addition to languages indigenous to Davao City, such as [[Giangan language|Giangan]], [[Kalagan language|Kalagan]], [[Tagabawa language|Tagabawa]], [[Matigsalug language|Matigsalug]], [[Ata Manobo language|Ata Manobo]], and [[Obo language|Obo]]. Other languages also varyingly spoken in the main city include [[Maguindanao language|Maguindanao]], [[Maranao language|Maranao]], [[Sama-Bajau languages|Sama-Bajau]], [[Iranun language|Iranun]], [[Tausug language|Tausug]], [[Kapampangan language|Kapampangan]] and [[Ilocano language|Ilocano]]. Among [[Chinese Filipino|Chinese Filipinos]] and [[Japanese in the Philippines|Japanese Filipinos]] in Davao, [[Philippine Hokkien]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]] can also be heard privately used among their fellows. [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] ([[Standard Chinese]]) and [[Japanese language|Japanese]] is also taught in Chinese class and Japanese class of [[Chinese school|Chinese FIlipino schools]] and [[Japanese school|Japanese Nikkei schools]] respectively.

A linguistic phenomenon has developed in Metro Davao whereby some Cebuano-speaking locals have started integrating [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]-based lexicon to their everyday conversations. Numerous factors are behind this, such as the normalcy older generations to speak Tagalog towards their children in the household, the presence of migrant settlers and visitors from various areas in the country, particularly from [[Luzon]], and the mass media and education where people learn Tagalog-based terms, phrases, words, and grammar. While [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]] language is still primarily spoken in the metro, due to these factors, Tagalog is considered a secondary casual [[lingua franca]].

==Economy==
The economy of Metro Davao is one of the largest in the country and the most economically active in Mindanao. [[Davao City]], from which the metropolitan area is centered, is known as the ''Crown Jewel of Mindanao'' due to its status as the premier city, the financial and trade center, and the overall hub of Mindanao.

There are several industrial and business establishments within the metropolitan area as well. Industrial plants in Davao City, Santa Cruz, and Digos generate income for their respective LGUs as well as for the locals living there. Banana plantations in the northern part of the metropolitan area also contribute to the metropolitan, as well as the national, economy. Local fruits such as durians, mangoes, pineapples, and mangosteens are also exported abroad.

===List of LGUs in Metro Davao by annual income===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
![[Cities in the Philippines|City]]/[[Municipalities of the Philippines|Municipality]]
!Annual Income as of 2022 (₱)<ref name="Financial Profile 2022 Volume 1">{{cite web |url= https://www.coa.gov.ph/reports/annual-financial-reports/afr-local-government-units/# |title=Financial Profile - Cities Calendar Year 2022 |work=coa.gov.ph |access-date=December 20, 2023}}</ref>
!Income Classification as of 2010<ref name="HUCs, ICCs, CCs Income Classification">{{cite web |url= https://dilg.gov.ph/PDF_File/factsfigures/DILG-Facts_Figures-2011627-88553695cc.pdf|title= HUCs, ICCs, CCs Income Classification|work=dilg.gov.ph|access-date=January 10, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|align=center| [[Davao City]]
|align=right| 17,169,476,000.00
|align=center| 1st income class highly urbanized city
|-
|align=center| [[Tagum]]
|align=right| 2,262,919,000.00
|align=center| 1st income class component city
|-
|align=center| [[Panabo]]
|align=right| 1,818,050,000.00
|align=center| 3rd income class component city
|-
|align=center| [[Digos]]
|align=right| 1,551,233,000.00
|align=center|  2nd income class component city
|-
|align=center| [[Samal, Davao del Norte|Samal]]
|align=right| 1,396,221,000.00
|align=center|  4th income class component city
|-
|align=center| [[Malita, Davao Occidental|Malita]]
|align=right| 799,090,000.00
|align=center| 1st income class municipality
|-
|align=center| [[Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur|Santa Cruz]]
|align=right| 628,185,000.00
|align=center|  1st income class municipality
|-
|align=center| [[Maco, Davao de Oro|Maco]]
|align=right| 553,069,000.00
|align=center| 1st income class municipality
|-
|align=center| [[Carmen, Davao del Norte|Carmen]]
|align=right| 441,376,000.00
|align=center| 1st income class municipality
|-
|align=center| [[Santa Maria, Davao Occidental|Santa Maria]]
|align=right| 299,732,000.00
|align=center| 2nd income class municipality
|-
|align=center| [[Sulop, Davao del Sur|Sulop]]
|align=right| 292,970,000.00
|align=center| 3rd income class municipality
|-
|align=center| [[Malalag, Davao del Sur|Malalag]]
|align=right| 274,793,000.00
|align=center| 2nd income class municipality
|-
|align=center| [[Hagonoy, Davao del Sur|Hagonoy]]
|align=right| 261,196,000.00
|align=center| 3rd income class municipality
|-
|align=center| [[Padada, Davao del Sur|Padada]]
|align=right| 191,914,000.00
|align=center| 3rd income class municipality
|-
! Total
!align=right| 29,743,516,000.00
!
|-
|}

===Agriculture===
[[Davao City]] is one of the country's leading producers and exporters of [[durian]], [[mangoes]], [[pomeloes]], [[banana]], [[coconut]] products, [[papaya]], [[mangosteen]], and even flowers. [[Panabo]] hosts one of the country's biggest banana plantations, which is owned by the Tagum Agricultural Development Company (TADECO) that covers around 6,900 hectares of banana fields. [[Digos]] is popular for the [[mango]]es produced in the city.

==Infrastructure==
=== Transportation ===

; Air
Metro Davao, as a whole, is being served by [[Davao City]]'s [[Francisco Bangoy International Airport]]. It is the largest and the most developed airport on the island of Mindanao. It comes second for having the longest runway on the island at 3,000 meters after that of [[General Santos International Airport]]. The airport is currently the third busiest airport in the country after [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]] and [[Mactan–Cebu International Airport]], and the busiest in Mindanao. This international facility is one of the domestic hubs of [[Philippines AirAsia]], [[Cebu Pacific Air]], and [[Philippine Airlines]]. Presently, the airport serves flights to [[Manila]], [[Cebu City|Cebu]], [[Iloilo City|Iloilo]], [[Cagayan de Oro]], [[Zamboanga City|Zamboanga]],  [[Clark International Airport|Pampanga]], [[Bacolod]], [[Bohol|Tagbilaran]], [[Tacloban]], [[Puerto Princesa]], [[Caticlan]] and as far as Singapore, Hong Kong, Quanzhou (suspended), and Doha. So far, Davao's [[Air Traffic Control|ATC Tower]] is considered the most sophisticated in the country. 

; Sea
[[File: Sasa Wharf-Davao.jpg|thumb|The [[Port of Davao|International Seaport of Davao]], the busiest port in [[Mindanao]].]]
Three of the four main seaports in the region operate in Metro Davao, namely: Sasa International Seaport in Sasa and Santa Ana Pier in the Chinatown District, both in Davao City; and Panabo Seaport in [[Davao del Norte]]. The former two, both of which are located in Port of Davao in Davao City, can service both interisland and international shipments. Sasa International Container Port, also located in the [[Port of Davao|Davao International Seaport]], is one of the busiest in the entire [[Visayas]]-Mindanao region.

; Land
Metro Davao is served by the [[Pan-Philippine Highway]] as well as provincial roads connecting nearby provinces outside of Davao Region. The cities of Davao and Tagum are the metropolitan area's major land transportation hubs. All cities and towns in the metropolitan area have overland transport terminals connecting the area to other parts of Mindanao and the Philippines via buses and [[UV Express|passenger vans]].

The [[Mindanao Railway]] will have its first segment on the Tagum–Davao–Digos line, and its construction is targeted to begin in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=Construction of railway targeted to start in Q1 2023|website=[[SunStar]] |date=January 14, 2023 |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1950795/davao/local-news/construction-of-railway-targeted-to-start-in-q1-2023|accessdate=23 May 2023}}</ref>

===Energy===
The cities of Davao and Panabo and the town of Carmen has their electricity needs served by [[Davao Light|Davao Light and Power Company]], a distribution utilities subsidiary of [[Aboitiz Power]] which also operates the 300-megawatt Therma South Coal-Fired Power Plant located in Brgy. Binugao, Davao City.<ref>{{Citation |title=Existing Coal Plants in the Philippines to Date |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/ph/PageFiles/440331/PH-Coal-Plant-List.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329183012/http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/ph/PageFiles/440331/PH-Coal-Plant-List.pdf |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |mode=cs1 |via=greenpeace.org |url-status=dead}}</ref> The cities of Samal and Tagum and the town of Maco are served by [[Northern Davao Electric Cooperative]] (NORDECO), the city of Digos and the towns of Hagonoy, Malalag, Padada, Sulop, Sta. Cruz, and Sta. Maria and Malita by Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative (DASURECO).

===Sanitation===
Metro Davao currently does not have a unified sewage and sewerage system as to the fact that it is rather disconnected in terms of urban contiguity. As such, every city and town in the metropole has their own drainage system.

Davao City has its own water service via Davao City Water District. Other towns and cities within Metro Davao are served by their own water utility service providers.

The sanitary landfill at Barangay Carmen, Davao City are shared by both Davao and Panabo. The city of Tagum and the town of Carmen also had their own landfill located at Brgy. Nueva Fuerza, Tagum City.

==Education==
Metro Davao has a number of educational institutions catering to the needs of its residents. These colleges and universities are mostly found in Davao City. There are also a number of international schools that serve the metro. Here are some notable institutions in Metro Davao.

Public
*[[Davao del Norte State College]] (1995)
*[[Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology]] (1982)
*[[University of Southeastern Philippines]] (1978)
*[[University of the Philippines Mindanao]] (1995)

Private
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*[[Academia de Davao College]] (2007)
*[[Ateneo de Davao University]] (1948)
*[[Brokenshire College]] (1954)
*[[Cor Jesu College]] (1959)
*[[Davao Doctors College]] (1975)
*[[Davao Medical School Foundation]](1976)
*[[Holy Child College of Davao]] (1981)
*[[Holy Cross of Davao College]] (1951)
*[[Joji Ilagan International Schools]] (1982)
*[[Mapúa University|Mapúa Malayan Colleges Mindanao]] (2018)
*[[Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku]] (2002)
*[[Polytechnic College of Davao del Sur]] (1986)
*Philippine Women's College of Davao (1953)
*[[San Pedro College]] (1956)
*[[St. John Paul II College of Davao]] (2000)
*[[St. Mary's College of Tagum]] (1948)
*[[University of Mindanao]] (1946)
*[[University of the Immaculate Conception]] (1905)
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==Media==
Davao City, having over a million night-time population and an estimated 4 million day-time population is home to many media outlets and Large media networks, maintain their respective local stations and branches for viewership, commercial and news coverage purposes. Most of these stations broadcast local news and public affairs as well as entertainment and dramas to cater to the local viewers.

===TV stations===
* Bright TV Asia Channel 1 (Bright Media Asia corporation berhad)
*TV5 Davao Channel 2 ([[TV5 (Philippine TV network)|TV5 Network, Inc.]])
*[[DXAS-TV|ALLTV-4 Davao]] ([[Advanced Media Broadcasting System]])
*[[DXMJ-TV|GMA TV-5 Davao]] ([[GMA Network, Inc.]])
*[[DXSS-TV|SBN/ETC TV-7 Davao]] ([[Southern Broadcasting Network]])
*RPN/RPTV TV-9 Davao ([[Radio Philippines Network]])
*[[DXNP-TV|PTV-11 Davao]] ([[People's Television Network]])
*[[DXTV-TV|IBC TV-13 Davao]] ([[Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation]])
*[[A2Z_(TV_channel)|A2Z Channel 21 Davao]] ([[ABS-CBN Corporation]]/[[ZOE Broadcasting Network]])
*[[ZOE_Broadcasting_Network|Light TV Davao]] Channel 20.2 ([[ZOE Broadcasting Network]])
*[[DXRS-TV|RJTV Channel 23]] ([[Rajah Broadcasting Network]])
*Hope Channel 25 Davao ([[Hope Channel Philippines]])
*[[DXRA-TV|GTV Channel 27 Davao]] ([[GMA Network, Inc.]])
*One Sports Channel 29 ([[Nation Broadcasting Corporation]]/[[TV5 (Philippine TV network)|TV5 Network, Inc]])
*[[DXKC-TV|BEAM TV-31 Davao]] ([[Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media]])
*RHTV 33 Davao ([[Manila Broadcasting Company]])
*Net25 Channel 39 Davao ([[Eagle Broadcasting Corporation]])
*GNN TV-41 Davao ([[Global Satellite Technology Services]])
*[[DXAQ-TV|SMNI TV-43 Davao]] ([[Sonshine Media Network International]])
*DCBN Channel 45 (Davao Christian Bible Channel)
*[[DXNU-TV|UNTV Channel 51 Davao]] ([[Progressive Broadcasting Corporation]])
*ANBC IMBN TV52 Davao Channel 52 (ANBC IMBN TV and Radio Network Corporation)
*[[DepEd_TV|DepEd TV Davao]] Channel 52.7

===Cable and satellite TV operators===
*[[SkyCable|Sky Cable Davao]] – Davao City
*Davao Cableworld Network – Davao City
*Eastcoast Cable TV Network – Davao City
*Digos Cable TV Network – Digos
*Prime Cable Network – Digos and Samal
*Wise Cable TV Network – Tagum and Maco
*Love Net TV – Tagum
*Panabo Satellite Cable TV – Panabo, Carmen and Samal
*Asymmetrical Cable TV Network – Carmen and Padada
*[[G Sat|G Sat Cable]]
*[[Sky Direct]]
*[[Cignal TV]]

Aside from the 24 national daily [[newspapers]] available, Davao City also has 21 local newspapers. Among the widely read are ''[[SunStar Davao]]'', the ''[[Mindanao Times]]'', and the ''[[Mindanao Examiner]]''.

==References==
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