Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines
Digos City is the capital city of Davao del Sur province and is within Region XI–Davao Region in the island of mindanao. Digos City is a 2nd class Component City and Partially Urban.
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List of Municipalities in the Davao del Sur province within Region XI in The Republic of The Philippines
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Don Marcelino
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Jose Abad Santos (Trinidad)
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Kiblawan
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Malalag
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Malita
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Matanao
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Padada
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Santa Cruz
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Santa Maria
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Sarangani
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Sulop
Cities in the Province of Davao del Sur: Digos City (Capital) || Davao City
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Digos City,
Davao del Sur Province, Philippines
- Digos City has a total of 26 barangays.
- Registered Voters of Digos City as of (2010) = 95,060
- Digos City is in the "1st" Voting Congressional District of Davao del Sur.
- Population of Digos City (as of Aug 1, 2007) = 145,514
- Land Area of Digos City (as of 2007, in hectares) = 28,710
- Digos City is a 2nd class Component City and Partially Urban.
- Digos City is in the Davao del Sur province and within Region XI–Davao Region in the island of mindanao
- Digos City is the capital city of Davao del Sur
Location of Digos City, Philippines
Digos City lies between 6o 43' - 6o 59' latitude and 125o 15' - 125o 25' longitude. It is bounded to the North by the Municipality of Sta. Cruz, and Hagonoy to the South. To the east of the city is Davao Gulf, and the Municipality of Bansalan to the west. It is approximately 56 kilometers south of Davao City, 95 kilometers to General Santos and 170 kilometers to Cotabato City.
The 1995 urbanized area covers about 917.18 hectares. The residential, commercial and industrial areas increase while the memorial park allocation decreased by –22.08%. The residential, commercial, industrial and institutional developments are concentrated in the city proper.
- Digos City is in Davao del Sur which is located the island of Mindanao and part of Region XI
History of Digos City, Philippines
September 8,2000 as referenced within the seal of Digos City is the date when Digos became a component City by way of a plebisite.
In the early days, Digos was watercourse meeting place of inhabitants belonging to the Indonesian-Malay tribes settled along the southern foothills of Mt. Apo. The Digos River meets the Davao Gulf and is ideal for fishing and bathing.
During the Spanish era, a group of natives carrying bows and arrows were approached by some Spaniards traversing the very fertile tracks of land in Davao. One Lopez Jaena Pacheco, a conquistador during the administration of Governor Claveria serving as the head of the group, inquired about the name of the place from the barefooted natives. Believing that the Spaniards were asking where they were bound to, the natives answered: “padigos” which means “to take a bath”. Since then the place was identified as Digos.
People of Digos City, Philippines
- 2007 census, it has a population of 145,514 people in 26,306 households.
- Registered Voters per comelec as (2010): 93,801
Elected Government Officials of Digos City, Philippines
The Sangguniang Panlungsod is composed of the City (Municipality) Vice-Mayor as Presiding Officer, regular Sanggunian members (Councilors), the President of the Association of Barangay Captains and the President of the Sangguniang Kabataan.
They shall exercise and perform the legislative powers and duties as provided for under Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991. Shall consider and conduct thorough study all matters brought to their attention and consequently pass resolutions, enact ordinances and to introduce recommendations.
- Elected Officials of Digos City for the term of 2013-2016
- Mayor of Digos City: Joseph Peñas - LIBERAL PARTY
- Vice-Mayor of Digos City: Reynaldo S. Hermosisima - LIBERAL PARTY
- City Councillors of Digos City:
- CAGAS, JOSEF (NP) NACIONALISTA PARTY 13222 6.77%
- CADILIG, EDDIE SR. (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 12846 6.58%
- BAÑA, JOHARI (NP) NACIONALISTA PARTY 10184 5.22%
- LATASA, MICHAEL (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 10174 5.21%
- CADUNGOG, CHING (NP) NACIONALISTA PARTY 9763 5.00%
- LLANOS, MILAGROS (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 9132 4.68%
- AYO, REY (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 9006 4.61%
- TONGCOS, FRANK (NP) NACIONALISTA PARTY 8800 4.51%
- BALAZO, VICENTE JR. (NP) NACIONALISTA PARTY 8626 4.42%
- SENAJON, SERAFIN JR. (LP) LIBERAL PARTY 8349 4.28%
- City Officials of Digos City for the 2007-2010 Term
- Mayor of Digos City: Arsenio A. Latasa
- Vice-Mayor of Digos City: Joseph Peñas
- City Councillors of Digos City:
Barangay Elected Officials of Digos City, Davao del Sur
Businesses in Digos City, Philippines
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- Resorts, restaurants, pension houses, or hotels are welcome to be listed here.
- Bakery, Mechanical Shop, Bicycle Shop, Tailor shops can be listed here.
- If you have a pharmacy or gas station, it can be listed here too.
- Hardware stores, Agrivets, salon, spas, etc. are welcome to be listed.
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- Businesses in Digos
- Digos City Realty
- San Vali,Resort
- Riverside,Datoc,Digos City
- Contact # : (082)-553-5218
- Claire-John Beach Resort
- Address : Punta Biao,Digos City
- Contact : (082)-553-3314
- Yncierto's Beach Resort
- Address : Dawis,Digos City
- Contact : (082)-553-3314
- Blue Bayo Beach Resorts
- Address : Bolinao,Dawis,Digos City
- Contact : (082) - 553 - 2591
- Llaban's Beach Resorts
- Address : Bolinao,Dawis,Digos City
- Contact : (082)-553-3314
- Baby Italiano Beach Resorts
- Address : Aplaya,Digos City
- Contact : (082)-553-3314
- RJJ Beach Resorts
- Address : Aplaya,Digos City
- Contact : (082)-553-3314
- The name of your business, address, phone number
Real Estate for Sale in Digos City, Philippines
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Churches, Mosques, or Places of Worship in Digos City, Philippines
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Schools in Digos City, Philippines
School year 2013-2014 starts June 3 and ends March 31, 2014, for public elementary and secondary schools. The school year will have 201 school days, of which 180 days are “nonnegotiable” student-teacher contact time.
The multisectoral Brigada Eskwela to prepare schools for the students’ return will be on May 21-26. Oplan Balik Eskwela will be from May 28 to June 8 while orientation on K to 12 for parents and other stakeholders will be on June 9.
Although private schools may deviate from the Department of Education (DepEd) calendar, they are enjoined not to start before June 3 and later than Aug 31.
School Year 2013-2014 in public elementary and high schools will start on June 3 and end on March 31, 2014 The name of your school in Digos can be listed here. You can list it like this:
- Name of School. Private or Public. It can be an elementary school, high school, college.
- Address of your school
- Telephone Number
- Principal of the school
You can also create a webpage for your school. We can help you.
- Cogon Elementary School
- Digos Central Elementary School
- Don Mariano Marcos Elementary School
- Pedro V. Basalan Elementary School
Economy of Digos City, Philippines
- If you have an article that talks about the improvement of the economy of Digos you can post that article here. If you come across any news items that talk about the economy of Digos, you may post it here. Of course you have to reference the writer of the article. Any improvement to transportation, power and service usually improves the economy of the community, so go ahead and report that too.
Jobs in Digos City
If you have a job available and that job is within Digos City, Philippines, you may post it here.
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Natural Resources of Digos City, Philippines
- Protect the environment
It is sad but true that as of the year 2012 the rivers of the Philippines continue to be the #1 Sewer Systems of the Philippines.
Protect & Save the Rivers. Do not let your sewer drain into the river. Your community can be the first to initiate this project.
Build your riverbank protection with a built-in gutter system. Reforest within Ten Years - Guaranteed!
Let us plant more trees in every barangay in the entire Philippines. It does not make any difference if the barangay is urban, partially urban or rural; we need more trees. Trees will prevent erosion, provide oxygen, prevent green house effect, and even a place of business for the shade tree mechanic.
The Philippines is a tropical country and practically anything will grow. The DENR has the planting trees project that goes on every year. Lots of picture taking for the media. Planting trees one by one is the "human" way of doing it. This individual planting of trees is good if done to "line" the roads and highways with trees or along fences or property divisions, or if you have a plantation.
To reforest the nation of the Philippines we have to plant trees the "mother nature" way. Sow the seeds during the rainy season. Go deep into "bald" forests and plant trees by sowing seeds. If there's not enough volunteers to do this, use the military helicopters to fly over the designated areas and sow the seeds.
Guaranteed within a few years, The Philippines will be lush again. >>Read More
We are using our rivers as our sewer system. If you ask a Filipino, "Are the Filipinos a clean people?" The answer is an automatic, "Yes!". However, the Filipinos are suffering from the same disease or attitude as most people do, and that is the "NIMBY" disease or "NIMBY" attitude. (NIMBY) Not In My Back Yard. So it is OK to dump my garbage and sewer there. Not mine! Someone else will take care of it.
This attitude is killing our rivers. Your great-grandparents, grandparents or parents were once proud to tell the stories of how they enjoyed swimming in the river behind your house or nearby. However, you can't say the same or tell the same stories to your kids or grand kids. Why? Because your generation is killing the river.
Contact:
- Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources
- Visayas Avenue, Diliman, 1100 Quezon City, Philippines
- +63-2-929-6626
- osec@denr.gov.ph
We have so much water in the Philippines and yet very little to drink.
Instead of relying too much on Diesel fuel and Coal to generate the majority of Philippine's Electrical energy Supply, we can concentrate more on renewable and sustainable source of energy such as: Hydro Power, Solar Power, and Wind Power. We have too many black outs.
Sports News of Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines
Every community has its sports hero. Who is the sports hero of Digos City? Are there any basketball courts, tennis courts, volleyball courts, baseball fields, softball fields, or any type of sports area or arena in Digos City? Go ahead and list any upcoming sports events in Digos City.
- Tayao-Cabrera snares Formula Open karting title
- Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:00 am
- MANILA, Philippines - Gabriel Tayao-Cabrera bested a tough field with a superb performance as he captured the Formula 125 Open Juniors crown in the Macau leg of the Asian Karting Open Championships at the Kartodromo de Coloane Circuit recently.
- Cabrera turned in an impressive 59-second mark in Heat 3 to the surprise of the big Macau karting aficionados in a feat that matched the laptimes of those in the upper Formula 125 senior class..........Full Story »
News and Events
- Philippines promotes use of brown rice
- Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:48:51 pm
- ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / June 18, 2013) – Looking back in the past, Filipinos ate only brown rice until Westerners introduced the modern milling process that produced white, polished rice which soon dominated the market and eventually changed the cultural tradition on rice preference.
- Bringing back the tradition of eating brown rice can help achieve the government's goal of rice self sufficiency in the near future while addressing the country's nutritional and health problems..........Full Story
- Report: Phl has highest growth potential in TIPs
- Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:08 pm
- MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines has the highest growth potential among a new group of nations expected to lead global economic growth over the next seven years, a global banking giant said.
- In a report, DBS Ltd. said the so-called TIPs— Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines— are increasingly becoming a major growth driver as advanced economies continued to reel from the debt crisis..........Full Story
Tourists Attractions of Digos City, Philippines
- Help us add some of the tourist attractions of Digos in Z-wiki. This will help boost the local economy of Digos. Anything that is unique or anything that stands out in your community may be a tourist attraction.
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Festivals, Fiestas and Traditions of Digos City, Philippines
- Padigosan :a yearly celebration in commemoration of Digos as Municipality on July 19,1949
- Araw ng Digos City :a yearly celebration in commemoration of the conversion of Digos from a Nunicipality into a Component City on September 08,2000.
Featured News of The Philippines
- Philippines promotes use of brown rice
- Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:48:51 pm
- ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / June 18, 2013) – Looking back in the past, Filipinos ate only brown rice until Westerners introduced the modern milling process that produced white, polished rice which soon dominated the market and eventually changed the cultural tradition on rice preference.
- Bringing back the tradition of eating brown rice can help achieve the government's goal of rice self sufficiency in the near future while addressing the country's nutritional and health problems..........Full Story
- Report: Phl has highest growth potential in TIPs
- Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:08 pm
- MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines has the highest growth potential among a new group of nations expected to lead global economic growth over the next seven years, a global banking giant said.
- In a report, DBS Ltd. said the so-called TIPs— Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines— are increasingly becoming a major growth driver as advanced economies continued to reel from the debt crisis..........Full Story
- Carabao Festival
- Date: May 14 - Location: Angono, Rizal
- Farmers pay tribute to their patron saints; a procession of carabao carts bearing a myriad local produce is held; prizes are awarded to the strongest and most beautifully decorated carabaos.
- Date: May 14 Location: Pulilan, Bulacan
- Hundreds of festively adorned carabaos are paraded by their farmer-owners on the street leading to the church; there the carabaos are made to kneel down as a homage to San Isidro de Labrado, the patron saint of farmers.
- Tayao-Cabrera snares Formula Open karting title
- Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:00 am
- MANILA, Philippines - Gabriel Tayao-Cabrera bested a tough field with a superb performance as he captured the Formula 125 Open Juniors crown in the Macau leg of the Asian Karting Open Championships at the Kartodromo de Coloane Circuit recently.
- Cabrera turned in an impressive 59-second mark in Heat 3 to the surprise of the big Macau karting aficionados in a feat that matched the laptimes of those in the upper Formula 125 senior class..........Full Story »
Your Story about Digos City, Philippines
Tell your story about Digos. You can talk about the good things in Digos or simply talk about the past. You can talk about the eco-system of Digos. What is the local LGU doing about the preservation of your natural resources? The topic can start here and once it gets bigger it can have a page of its own in Z-Wiki. It's all up to you.
Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines supports Philippine Cycling
Philippine Cycling is about cycling in the Philippnes. Philippine Cycling helps promote bike races, cycling clubs, bicycle tours, and the development of bicycle trails. Activities are coordinated with bike shops and cycling clubs throughout the Philippines to promote the fun of riding bikes. Philippine Cycling will be coordinating events with tour of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Road biking and mountain bikings will be promoted by Philippine Cycling.
Cycling Activity to Participate In
Tour de Zamboanga 2013: From the 11th of July, 2013 to the 14th of July, 2013. A four day 540 kilometer bicycle race for Charity!
- Due to the road constructions going on in the route of the Tour, we are eliminating the road bikes from this race.
- This is a (Non-Roadbike) individual bicycle race. Everybody is welcome in this race. The more the merrier. Racers who skip a stage will not be allowed to continue. Everybody who finishes the race and does not skip a stage is a winner.
The race starts at the port municipality of Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte and rests in the historical city of Zamboanga del Norte, Dapitan City to end the first stage. The following day the race will continue from Dapitan City to Pagadian City to end the second stage. The 3rd stage will be from Pagadian to Ipil. And finally culminate with the final stage from Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay to Zamboanga City.
Prizes for the Winners and Participants of Tour de Zamboanga
- 80 PRIZES in all to be Given Away. OVER ₱ 782,000.00 pesos in Prizes
- Grand Prize: The overall (liloy, dapitan, pagadian, ipil, zamboanga) first 15 finishers will be based on the overall accumulated time it took to finish the 4 stage race. The racer must finish all stages to qualify for the grand prize.
- The racer with the best accumulated time wins the championship. 1st:50K, 2nd:30K, 3rd:20K, 4th:15K, 5th:10K, 6th:9.5K, 7th:9K, 8th:8.5K, 9th:8K, 10th:7.5K, 11th:7K, 12th:6.5, 13th:6K, 14th:5.5K, 15th:5K
- Every stage has a winner. Prizes will be presented to the first 3 racers to win each stage. 1st:20K, 2nd:15K, 3rd:10K, 4th:6.5K, 5th:6K, 6th:5.5K, 7th:5K, 8th:4.5K, 9th:4K, 10th:3.5K, 11th:3K, 12th:2.5K, 13th:2K, 14th:1.5K, 15th:1K
- The winner of each stage keeps the prize money even if he/she can't continue with the race because of injury or other reasons. But because the racer skipped a stage he/she will not be allowed to continue with the race.
- Besides the Open Category, There are three (3) other competitive categories: (Women; Under 16 years old; 50 years old and over. Prizes for these categories are as follows: 25K 1st, 20K 2nd, 15K 3rd, 10K 4th, 5K 5th. Each Category gets a prize. Prizes given only to finishers of all 4 stages for these 3 categories.
- Finishers of all the 4 stages get a certificate of completion and a refund of their 1,000.00 peso registration fee. If a racer skips a stage he or she is will not be allowed to continue the race. Every finisher of the Tour de Zamboanga is a WINNER!
First Bicycle Race to cover the entire Zamboanga Peninsula
- Due to the election complications in the Zamboanga peninsula, the tour has been postponed to July 11 - July 14 of 2013.
Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, and Zamboanga City.
- First Stage - July 11, 2013 (Thursday): Liloy to Dapitan City
- 143 Kilometers: This stage of the race does not have many hilly terrains. It will be mostly flat. The roads are cemented.
- Second Stage - July 12, 2013(Friday): Dapitan City to Pagadian City
- 128 Kilometers: The second stage will be more challenging as there will be more hills to climb. About 40% of the terrain will be hilly. It will be on the Osmena Hwy which is almost completely cemented. There are only a few kilometers that are still under construction.
- Third Stage - July 13, 2013 (Saturday): Pagadian City to Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay
- 139 Kilometers: The race from pagadian to Ipil will prove to be a grueling race specially the first 35 kilometers. The first 35 kilometers is about 80% uphill battle.
- Fourth Stage - July 14, 2013 (Sunday): Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay to Divisoria, Zamboanga City
- 130 Kilometers: There are three challenging parts to this section of the race. First challenge is the uphill climb from the border of zamboanga sibugay to the border of zamboanga city (barangay of licomo). After that is the twisty uphill in the barangay of Tigbalabag and finally the quiniput tuktukalaw climb. Then it will be a downhill race to the finish at the barangay of Divisoria.
All Philippine Cyclers are invited to participate in the open bicycle race. It is for a great charitable cause: Project BOSS - Brotherhood Operation Sweet Smile
- Total Distance to be traveled: 540 kilometers or 338 miles - Visit our WebPage
Digos City, Philippines Photo Gallery
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