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href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syudad_nin_Samal" title="Syudad nin Samal – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Syudad nin Samal" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samal,_Davao_del_Norte" title="Samal, Davao del Norte – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Samal, Davao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cbk-zam mw-list-item"><a href="https://cbk-zam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samal" title="Samal – Chavacano" lang="cbk" hreflang="cbk" data-title="Samal" data-language-autonym="Chavacano de Zamboanga" data-language-local-name="Chavacano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chavacano de Zamboanga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Garden_City_of_Samal" title="Island Garden City of Samal – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Island Garden City of Samal" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mal" title="Sámal – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sámal" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samal_(Norda_Davao)" title="Samal (Norda Davao) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Samal (Norda Davao)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samal_(Davao_du_Nord)" title="Samal (Davao du Nord) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Samal (Davao du Nord)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samal,_Davao_del_Norte" title="Samal, Davao del Norte – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Samal, Davao del Norte" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota_Samal" title="Kota Samal – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kota Samal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" 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data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Samal" title="Bandar Samal – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bandar Samal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samal_(Davao_del_Norte)" title="Samal (Davao del Norte) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Samal (Davao del Norte)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samal" title="Samal – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Samal" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pag mw-list-item"><a href="https://pag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samal" title="Samal – Pangasinan" lang="pag" hreflang="pag" data-title="Samal" data-language-autonym="Pangasinan" data-language-local-name="Pangasinan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangasinan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samal_(Davao_do_Norte)" title="Samal (Davao do Norte) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Samal (Davao do Norte)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samal" title="Samal – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Samal" data-language-autonym="Svenska" 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.infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philippines_location_map_(square).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Samal is located in Philippines"><img alt="Samal is located in Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg/250px-Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg/375px-Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg/500px-Philippines_location_map_%28square%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1332" data-file-height="1332" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:83.728%;left:68.198%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Samal"><img alt="Samal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Samal</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&params=7.05_N_125.73_E_region:PH_type:city(116771)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">7°03′N</span> <span class="longitude">125°44′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">7.05°N 125.73°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">7.05; 125.73</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_the_Philippines" title="Regions of the Philippines">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Davao_Region" title="Davao Region">Davao Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Davao_del_Norte" title="Davao del Norte">Davao del Norte</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines#District_representation" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Davao_del_Norte%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Davao del Norte's 2nd congressional district"> 2nd district</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Date_of_establishment" class="mw-redirect" title="Date of establishment">Founded</a></th><td class="infobox-data">July 8, 1948</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cityhood</th><td class="infobox-data">January 30, 1998</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">Barangays</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b>46 (see <a href="#Barangays">Barangays</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panlungsod" title="Sangguniang Panlungsod">Sangguniang Panlungsod</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Al David T. Uy</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Vice_Mayor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Mayor">Vice Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Lemuel "Toto" Reyes</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines#Current_composition" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">Representative</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Alan R. Dujali</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Sangguniang_Panlungsod" title="Sangguniang Panlungsod">City Council</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; border:none; padding: 0;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Members</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align:left;display:none;white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;max-width:15em;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div style="border-style:solid none;border-width:thin;border-color:Gainsboro;background-color:#e6e6e6;text-align:center;width:95%;font-variant:small-caps;"></div></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><b>Babak District</b></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Lemuel T. Reyes</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Edwin M. Jansol</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Austerio F. Obenza</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Michael D. Robledo Sr.</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><b>Peñaplata (Samal) District</b></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Ruel H. Bantillo</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Ginaphine P. Colmenares</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Noland L. Dacer</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Gie-arr R. Valdez</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><b>Kaputian district</b></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Jan Albert R. Ortiz</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Aldwin M. Jumao-as</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Ricardo A. Tacsanan</li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Metodio D. Gonato</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Philippines#Qualification" title="Elections in the Philippines">Electorate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">84,194 voters (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_general_election,_2022" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine general election, 2022">2022</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-popcen2015_r3_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popcen2015_r3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">301.30 km<sup>2</sup> (116.33 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">32 m (105 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (Mount Puting-Bato)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">535 m (1,755 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2020 census)<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–11_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–11-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">116,771</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">390/km<sup>2</sup> (1,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Household" title="Household">Households</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">29,973</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Philippines" title="Economy of the Philippines">Economy</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines#Income_classification" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Income class</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4th city income class</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Measuring_poverty" title="Measuring poverty">Poverty incidence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="width:100px;display:inline;"><div role="img" style="border-color:none;box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa;border-radius:0.2em; height: 1.0em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: olivedrab; width: 9.93%; height: 100%;"></div></div>9.93</div>% (2021)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Revenue" title="Revenue">Revenue</a></th><td class="infobox-data">₱ 982.9 million (2020, 2019)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Assets</a></th><td class="infobox-data">₱ 2,188 million (2020, 2019)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Expenditure" class="mw-redirect" title="Expenditure">Expenditure</a></th><td class="infobox-data">₱ 898 million (2020, 2019)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Liability_(financial_accounting)" title="Liability (financial accounting)">Liabilities</a></th><td class="infobox-data">₱ 690.8 million (2020, 2019)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Service provider<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Electricity</th><td class="infobox-data">Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative (DANECO)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B8" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+8">UTC+8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ZIP_codes_in_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ZIP codes in the Philippines">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">8118 (Babak), 8119 (Peñaplata), 8120 (Kaputian)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/"><abbr title="Philippine Standard Geographic Code">PSGC</abbr></a></span></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/?q=psgc/barangays/112317000&regcode=11&provcode=23">112317000</a></span></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/International_direct_dialing" title="International direct dialing">IDD</a><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>:<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Philippines" title="Telephone numbers in the Philippines">area code</a> </span></span></th><td class="infobox-data">+63 (0)84</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_Philippines" title="Languages of the Philippines">Native languages</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Davawenyo<br /> Cebuano<br /> Ata Manobo<br /> Kalagan<br /> Tagalog</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://samalcity.gov.ph/">samalcity<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ph</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samal</b>, officially the <b>Island Garden City of Samal</b> (<b>IGaCOS</b>; <a href="/wiki/Cebuano_language" title="Cebuano language">Cebuano</a>: <i lang="ceb">Pulong Harding Dakbayan sa Samal</i>; <a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a>: <i lang="fil">Pulong Harding Lungsod ng Samal</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#Legal_classification" title="Cities of the Philippines">component city</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Philippines" title="Provinces of the Philippines">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Davao_del_Norte" title="Davao del Norte">Davao del Norte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 116,771 people.<sup id="cite_ref-PSA20–11_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA20–11-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is made up of Samal Island and the smaller Talikud Island in <a href="/wiki/Davao_Gulf" title="Davao Gulf">Davao Gulf</a>, from the merger of former municipalities of Samal, Babak, and Kaputian. </p><p>Samal is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Metro_Davao" title="Metro Davao">Metropolitan Davao</a> area and is two kilometers away from <a href="/wiki/Davao_City" title="Davao City">Davao City</a>, in mainland <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a>, the largest city and the primary economic center of that island. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm/220px--Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="124" data-durationhint="85" data-mwtitle="Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm/Samal_Island_Views_-_September_2018.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Features of the Island Garden City of Samal</figcaption></figure> <p>The name Samal was derived from the <a href="/wiki/Sama-Bajau_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Sama-Bajau peoples">Sama-Bajau peoples</a>, the natives who were the first inhabitants of the island. The first <a href="/wiki/Datu" title="Datu">datu</a> on the island was Datu Taganiyug, a native of what is now Peñaplata, today the governance center of the city. In the past, the people of the island named a place about what the said place is known for. For example, the name <i>Peñaplata</i> is said to be derived from the word "piña" or pineapple because of the abundance of pineapple in the area; this, however, is <a href="/wiki/Folk_etymology" title="Folk etymology">folk etymology</a>, for <i>peñaplata</i> means "rock of silver" in <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language_in_the_Philippines" title="Spanish language in the Philippines">Spanish</a>. Tagpopongan is the first barangay on the island whose name was from the word "tagpo" or meet. It was so called because this place was chosen by the datus as their meeting place. The word Samal was also known before because it was commonly used as a surname by dat </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_beginnings">Early beginnings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early beginnings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The island was initially home to the Sama-Bajau people. Later on, Spain managed to conquer the island in the late 1840s when Nueva Vergara (Davao City today) was established. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_2">World War 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>, which happened during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, struck the island. Japanese fighter planes bombed the island. Japanese forces occupied the island and forced the people to work for four years until they were expelled by the Allied forces. After the war, infrastructure was built, such as <a href="/wiki/Schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Schools">schools</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">churches</a>, and stores in the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Official_founding_of_the_municipality">Official founding of the municipality</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Official founding of the municipality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The time came on July 8, 1948, when the entire island itself became part of the newly created municipality of Samal;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was the official founding of the municipality. Five years later in 1953, the municipality of Babak was created from Samal,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> marking the political division of the island between the two municipalities. The island experienced further political division when the municipality of Kaputian was created from the island in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, the standard of living in these three municipalities became low and extremely rural. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposed_province">Proposed province</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Proposed province"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1969, a proposal to create the sub-province of Samal was created by Republic Act No. 5999<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and covered the area of the present-day city. The act was enacted without President <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Ferdinand Marcos">Ferdinand Marcos</a>' approval. However, the sub-province was never inaugurated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cityhood">Cityhood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Cityhood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">Cities of the Philippines</a></div> <p>The city was created through Republic Act No. 8471 on January 30, 1998. This act paved the way for the dissolution and merger of the three former municipalities of Samal, Babak, and Kaputian into one local government unit by turning them into districts, now officially named IGaCoS, the Island Garden City of Samal. The first city mayor was Rogelio P. Antalan, who later served for three consecutive terms from 1998 to 2007. </p><p>On April 19, 2000, <a href="/wiki/Air_Philippines_Flight_541" title="Air Philippines Flight 541">Air Philippines Flight 541</a> crashed in the city, killing all 131 people on board.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hostage_crisis">Hostage crisis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Hostage crisis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 22, 2015, Kjartan Sekkingstad, aged 55, from <a href="/wiki/Sotra" title="Sotra">Sotra</a>, Norway, was <a href="/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf#2015_Samal_Island_kidnappings" title="Abu Sayyaf">abducted by Abu Sayyaf Islamist guerrillas</a> from a high-end tourist resort on Samal Island, along with two Canadian men, <a href="/wiki/John_Ridsdel" title="John Ridsdel">John Ridsdel</a>, aged 68, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hall_(Canadian_businessman)" title="Robert Hall (Canadian businessman)">Robert Hall</a>, aged 67, and a Filipina woman, Marites Flor, Hall's girlfriend.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April and June 2016, the Canadians were beheaded after ransoms were not paid, and in June 2016 Flor was released. On September 17, 2016, Sekkingstad was released on Jolo island, 600 miles south of Manila after captor Abu Sayyaf received $638,000 in ransom for his release. He was handed over to another rebel group, the <a href="/wiki/Moro_National_Liberation_Front" title="Moro National Liberation Front">Moro National Liberation Front</a>. The MNLF was in peace talks with the government and had been working with authorities to secure Sekkingstad's release. It is not known who paid the ransom for Sekkingstad, but it was not the Norwegian government.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Samal is the only city in the country that encompasses two entire islands, hence its name the Island Garden City. While pristine beaches dot the island's shores, hills dominate the middle portions of the island. Talikud Island is located southwest of the main island. </p><p>IGaCoS enjoys an evenly distributed rainfall throughout the year and a typhoon-free climate, which makes it ideal for agricultural production and tourism. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Samal, Davao del Norte </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30<br />(86) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #6C6CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">98<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86<br />(3.4) </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(3.6) </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #3838FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">133<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #0B0BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">158<br />(6.2) </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">111<br />(4.4) </td> <td style="background: #6868FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(4.0) </td> <td style="background: #6E6EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">94<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">117<br />(4.6) </td> <td style="background: #3535FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">131<br />(5.2) </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">94<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,297<br />(51.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.4 </td> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.3 </td> <td style="background: #3535FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.3 </td> <td style="background: #1313FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000C5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">25.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000BF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">25.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000D8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">23.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000EF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">21.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000F4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000D0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">24.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">24.3 </td> <td style="background: #1818FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000F8; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">249.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Meteoblue <small>(modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)</small><sup id="cite_ref-met_norms_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-met_norms-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Barangays">Barangays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Barangays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Samal is politically subdivided into 46 <a href="/wiki/Barangay" title="Barangay">barangays</a>. Each barangay consists of <a href="/wiki/Purok" title="Purok">puroks</a> while some have <a href="/wiki/Sitios" class="mw-redirect" title="Sitios">sitios</a>. </p><p>In 1955, the sitios of Mambago, San Isidro, Santo Niño, San Antonio, San Agustin, Dangcaan, Balet, Tambo, Camudmud, and Cogon were converted into barrios of the now-defunct municipality of Babak.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li>Adecor</li> <li>Anonang</li> <li>Aumbay</li> <li>Aundanao</li> <li>Balet</li> <li>Bandera</li> <li>Caliclic (Dangca-an)</li> <li>Camudmud</li> <li>Catagman</li> <li>Cawag</li> <li>Cogon</li> <li>Cogon (Talikud)</li> <li>Dadatan</li> <li>Del Monte</li> <li>Guilon</li> <li>Kanaan</li> <li>Kinawitnon</li> <li>Libertad</li> <li>Libuak</li> <li>Licup</li> <li>Limao</li> <li>Linosutan</li> <li>Mambago-A</li> <li>Mambago-B</li> <li>Miranda (<a href="/wiki/Poblacion" title="Poblacion">Poblacion</a>)</li> <li>Moncado (Villarica)(<a href="/wiki/Poblacion" title="Poblacion">Poblacion</a>)</li> <li>Pangubatan</li> <li>Peñaplata (<a href="/wiki/Poblacion" title="Poblacion">Poblacion</a>)</li> <li>Poblacion (Kaputian)</li> <li>San Agustin</li> <li>San Antonio</li> <li>San Isidro (Babak)</li> <li>San Isidro (Kaputian)</li> <li>San Jose (San Lapuz)</li> <li>San Miguel (Magamomo)</li> <li>San Remigio</li> <li>Santa Cruz (Talicod II)</li> <li>Santo Niño</li> <li>Sion (Zion)</li> <li>Tagbaobo</li> <li>Tagbay</li> <li>Tagbitan-ag</li> <li>Tagdaliao</li> <li>Tagpopongan</li> <li>Tambo</li> <li>Toril</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Babakbaywalk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Babakbaywalk.jpg/220px-Babakbaywalk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Babakbaywalk.jpg/330px-Babakbaywalk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Babakbaywalk.jpg/440px-Babakbaywalk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Baywalk in Babak District, Samal Island</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:auto;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Population census of Samal</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:auto"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1918 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,956</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1939 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">7,473</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.59%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1948 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">20,334</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.76%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1960 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">36,161</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.91%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1970 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">50,839</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.46%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">56,144</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.01%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1980 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">62,423</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.14%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:auto"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate. Executive Order 135 §6 states that for "census years" (years divisible by 10) the reference date would be May 1st, but for all other years, the reference date is to be the "middle of the year". This means that growth rates, although correct, are not necessarily simple year-on-year comparisons.">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">69,640</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.10%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1995 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">76,995</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.90%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2000 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">82,609</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.52%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">90,291</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.23%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">95,874</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.21%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">104,123</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.58%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">116,771</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.28%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-PSA15–11_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PSA15–11-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO10–11_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO10–11-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NSO07-11_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NSO07-11-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LWUA-PopulationData_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LWUA-PopulationData-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Cebuano is the common language spoken of the people of Samal Island, followed by Isama, and Tausug. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p style="margin-left: 20px;"><b>Poverty incidence of Samal</b></p> <table style="font-size:85%;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding-top:10px;margin-top:1em;max-width:420px;" class="chart noresize"> <div style="position:relative;min-height:300px;min-width:420px;max-width:420px;"> <div style="float:right;position:relative;min-height:220px;min-width:320px;max-width:320px;border-left:1px black solid;border-bottom:1px black solid;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:7.5px;top:24px;height:195px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Samal: 35.7"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:60.5px;top:39px;height:180px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Samal: 32.83"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:113.5px;top:63px;height:156px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Samal: 28.54"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:166.5px;top:63px;height:156px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Samal: 28.52"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:219.5px;top:152px;height:67px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Samal: 12.29"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:272.5px;top:165px;height:54px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#D4AF37;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #D4AF37;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Samal: 9.93"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;height:220px;min-width:100px;max-width:100px;"> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:155px;padding:0 2px">10</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:165px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:100px;padding:0 2px">20</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:110px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:45px;padding:0 2px">30</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:55px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:-10px;padding:0 2px">40</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:0px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;top:220px;left:100px;width:320px;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:1px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2006 <br /> 35.70</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:26.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:54px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2009 <br /> 32.83</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:79.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:107px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2012 <br /> 28.54</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:132.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:160px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2015 <br /> 28.52</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:185.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:213px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2018 <br /> 12.29</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:238.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:266px;top:10px;min-width:51px;max-width:51px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2021 <br /> 9.93</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:291.5px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> </div> </div> </div> <p style="margin-left: 20px;"> <b>Source:</b> <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Statistics_Authority" title="Philippine Statistics Authority">Philippine Statistics Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city's economy depends greatly on its agricultural production. Copra, mango, corn, vegetables, citrus, and fish are the major products of the island. Livestock production is also a major product with Davao City as the primary market. In addition, rice is also produced in the barangays of Libuak in Babak District and Aumbay in Peñaplata District. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kaputian,_Island_Garden_City_of_Samal,_8120_Davao_del_Norte,_Philippines_-_panoramio_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Kaputian%2C_Island_Garden_City_of_Samal%2C_8120_Davao_del_Norte%2C_Philippines_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg/220px-Kaputian%2C_Island_Garden_City_of_Samal%2C_8120_Davao_del_Norte%2C_Philippines_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Kaputian%2C_Island_Garden_City_of_Samal%2C_8120_Davao_del_Norte%2C_Philippines_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg/330px-Kaputian%2C_Island_Garden_City_of_Samal%2C_8120_Davao_del_Norte%2C_Philippines_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Kaputian%2C_Island_Garden_City_of_Samal%2C_8120_Davao_del_Norte%2C_Philippines_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg/440px-Kaputian%2C_Island_Garden_City_of_Samal%2C_8120_Davao_del_Norte%2C_Philippines_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="3864" /></a><figcaption>Beach in Kaputian, Samal Island</figcaption></figure> <p>The city is the largest <a href="/wiki/Resort_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Resort city">resort city</a> in the country. It has good beaches and houses many beach resorts. It has also numerous marine reefs and tranquil waters that lure tourists to visit them, especially on Talikud Island. There are 34 registered resorts with a combined capacity of 1,000 rooms in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of these, the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Tourism_(Philippines)" title="Department of Tourism (Philippines)">Department of Tourism</a> named it one of the best visiting islands in <a href="/wiki/Mindanao" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a> and currently one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in the country. Thus, tourism is the main source of income in the city. Biggest taxes are imposed to tourism and resort industry. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bigiw_boats_in_Samal_Island.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bigiw_boats_in_Samal_Island.jpg/220px-Bigiw_boats_in_Samal_Island.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bigiw_boats_in_Samal_Island.jpg/330px-Bigiw_boats_in_Samal_Island.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bigiw_boats_in_Samal_Island.jpg/440px-Bigiw_boats_in_Samal_Island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="680" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Bigiw" title="Bigiw">Bigiw</a></i> sailboats in Samal Island</figcaption></figure> <p>There are three main festivals held annually in the city, namely: </p> <ul><li>Kabasan Festival, coincides with the founding of Babak municipality every year in May, features bikini open contests, fireworks display, street-dancing and street parties, and <a href="/wiki/Motocross" title="Motocross">motocross</a> events</li> <li>White Nights Festival, takes place every two days with Kaputian as the venue, celebrating the city's cultural and historical heritage; and</li> <li>Hugyaw Madayaw Festival, a spin-off of Davao's <a href="/wiki/Kadayawan_Festival" title="Kadayawan Festival">Kadayawan Festival</a> which is also held annually in August, and also an attempt to preserve the diminishing Sama culture in the island.</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Monfort_Bat_Sanctuary" title="Monfort Bat Sanctuary">Monfort Bat Sanctuary</a>, the world's largest fruit bat colony,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is also located in the island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fishing">Fishing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Fishing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fishing is also a growing business sector in this city, since the city was situated on the island, it cannot fully complement the demand for meat products imported from other parts of the country, especially in nearby <a href="/wiki/Davao_City" title="Davao City">Davao City</a> in the mainland. The city has no both container port and deep-water transport terminal, except for a barge wharf at Babak district, to deliver market products directly to the city, so the city government advocated building fishery complexes across the city to minimize the demand for market products imported to the city. Fish, pearls, and <a href="/wiki/Crustaceans#Consumption_by_humans" class="mw-redirect" title="Crustaceans">edible crustaceans</a> such as shrimps, prawns, and crabs are the main aquatic consumable products in the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The center of city governance is located at Barangay Peñaplata, Samal District, situated at the west central coast of the island. The city has three districts: Babak, Samal and Kaputian. These districts used to serve as separate towns until the 1998 city merger. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Babakstreet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Babakstreet.jpg/220px-Babakstreet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Babakstreet.jpg/330px-Babakstreet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Babakstreet.jpg/440px-Babakstreet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>Samal Circumferential Road in Babak District, Samal Island</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Roll-on/roll-off" title="Roll-on/roll-off">Barge/ferry service</a> or passenger boats from the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Davao" title="Port of Davao">Sasa Wharf & Santa Ana Wharf</a> in Davao City serves the island city. The modes of transportation on the island are motorcycles, tricycles or trikes, and bus and private car services offered by resorts. </p><p>Bus operators: </p> <ol><li>Island City Express (operated by <a href="/wiki/Mindanao_Star" title="Mindanao Star">Mindanao Star</a>) daily route to Kaputian, Babak, Peñaplata from mainland Mindanao via Davao City (via Kinawitnon ferry port).</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proposed_Samal-Davao_Bridge">Proposed Samal-Davao Bridge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Proposed Samal-Davao Bridge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Davao%E2%80%93Samal_Bridge" title="Davao–Samal Bridge">Davao–Samal Bridge</a></div> <p>Efforts to link Samal Island to mainland Mindanao via Davao City have been going on for decades. One of the earliest records of government attempts to get the project going is a news item from the Mindanao Times dated January 18, 1979, with the headline titled “Bridge to Link City and Samal”. It was not the first time that such project had been proposed. Several years earlier, talk of a bridge surfaced when an aluminum plant was being planned to be built on Samal Island by an eight-nation consortium of giant corporations.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Decades later, talks of the proposed project resurfaced notably through informal surveys among both Davao City and Samal Island residents about the bridge with majority (138 out of 150 individuals) said they agreed the construction of the project.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Few years later, 3.98-kilometer bridge, a flagship project under the “Build, Build, Build” program during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte, will be hugely funded through a loan agreement with the Chinese government. The project groundbreaking ceremony soon led by Duterte's successor, President <a href="/wiki/Bongbong_Marcos" title="Bongbong Marcos">Bongbong Marcos</a> who was joined by Duterte's daughter Vice President <a href="/wiki/Sara_Duterte" title="Sara Duterte">Sara Duterte</a> and her brother, Rodrigo's son Davao City mayor <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Duterte" title="Sebastian Duterte">Baste Duterte</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project is scheduled to be completed in 2027.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local">Local</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samal,_Davao_del_Norte&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Local"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines#Independent_cities" title="Cities of the Philippines">Highly urbanized<br />cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angeles_City" title="Angeles City">Angeles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacolod" title="Bacolod">Bacolod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baguio" title="Baguio">Baguio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butuan" title="Butuan">Butuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cagayan_de_Oro" title="Cagayan de Oro">Cagayan de Oro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caloocan" title="Caloocan">Caloocan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davao_City" title="Davao City">Davao City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Santos" title="General Santos">General Santos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iligan" title="Iligan">Iligan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iloilo_City" title="Iloilo City">Iloilo City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapu-Lapu_City" title="Lapu-Lapu City">Lapu-Lapu City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Pi%C3%B1as" title="Las Piñas">Las Piñas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucena" title="Lucena">Lucena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makati" title="Makati">Makati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malabon" title="Malabon">Malabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaluyong" title="Mandaluyong">Mandaluyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaue" title="Mandaue">Mandaue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marikina" title="Marikina">Marikina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muntinlupa" title="Muntinlupa">Muntinlupa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navotas" title="Navotas">Navotas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olongapo" title="Olongapo">Olongapo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Para%C3%B1aque" title="Parañaque">Parañaque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasay" title="Pasay">Pasay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasig" title="Pasig">Pasig</a></li> <li><a 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title="Dagupan">Dagupan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga,_Camarines_Sur" title="Naga, Camarines Sur">Naga, Camarines Sur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ormoc" title="Ormoc">Ormoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santiago,_Isabela" title="Santiago, Isabela">Santiago</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_the_Philippines" title="Cities of the Philippines">Component cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alaminos,_Pangasinan" title="Alaminos, Pangasinan">Alaminos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antipolo" title="Antipolo">Antipolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacoor" title="Bacoor">Bacoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bago,_Negros_Occidental" title="Bago, Negros Occidental">Bago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bais,_Negros_Oriental" title="Bais, Negros Oriental">Bais</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balanga,_Bataan" title="Balanga, Bataan">Balanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baliwag" title="Baliwag">Baliwag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batac" title="Batac">Batac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batangas_City" title="Batangas City">Batangas City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayawan" title="Bayawan">Bayawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baybay" title="Baybay">Baybay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayugan" title="Bayugan">Bayugan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bi%C3%B1an" title="Biñan">Biñan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bislig" title="Bislig">Bislig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogo,_Cebu" title="Bogo, Cebu">Bogo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borongan" title="Borongan">Borongan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabadbaran" title="Cabadbaran">Cabadbaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabanatuan" title="Cabanatuan">Cabanatuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabuyao" title="Cabuyao">Cabuyao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadiz,_Negros_Occidental" title="Cadiz, Negros Occidental">Cadiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calaca,_Batangas" title="Calaca, Batangas">Calaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calamba,_Laguna" title="Calamba, Laguna">Calamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calapan" title="Calapan">Calapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calbayog" title="Calbayog">Calbayog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candon" title="Candon">Candon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canlaon" title="Canlaon">Canlaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carcar" title="Carcar">Carcar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmona,_Cavite" title="Carmona, Cavite">Carmona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catbalogan" title="Catbalogan">Catbalogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cauayan,_Isabela" title="Cauayan, Isabela">Cauayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavite_City" title="Cavite City">Cavite City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danao,_Cebu" title="Danao, Cebu">Danao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dapitan" title="Dapitan">Dapitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasmari%C3%B1as" title="Dasmariñas">Dasmariñas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digos" title="Digos">Digos</a></li> <li><a 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/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_Philippines" title="List of cities in the Philippines">Philippine cities with a 100,000+ population</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2,000,000 and more</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quezon_City" title="Quezon City">Quezon City</a> (2,960,048)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1,000,000–1,999,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a> (1,846,513)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davao_City" title="Davao City">Davao City</a> (1,776,949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caloocan" title="Caloocan">Caloocan</a> (1,661,584)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taguig" title="Taguig">Taguig</a> (1,261,738)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">500,000–999,999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zamboanga_City" title="Zamboanga City">Zamboanga City</a> (977,234)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a> (964,169)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antipolo" title="Antipolo">Antipolo</a> (887,399)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasig" title="Pasig">Pasig</a> (803,159)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cagayan_de_Oro" title="Cagayan de Oro">Cagayan de Oro</a> (728,402)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valenzuela,_Metro_Manila" title="Valenzuela, Metro Manila">Valenzuela</a> (714,978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasmari%C3%B1as" title="Dasmariñas">Dasmariñas</a> (703,141)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Santos" title="General Santos">General Santos</a> (697,315)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Para%C3%B1aque" title="Parañaque">Parañaque</a> 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