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Davao del Sur
—  Province  —
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Map of the Philippines with Davao del Sur highlighted
Coordinates: 6°20′N 125°30′E / 6.333°N 125.5°E / 6.333; 125.5Coordinates: 6°20′N 125°30′E / 6.333°N 125.5°E / 6.333; 125.5
Country	Philippines
Region	Davao Region (Region XI)
Founded	May 8, 1967
Capital	Digos City
Government
- Governor	Douglas Ra. Cagas (Nacionalista)
Area
- Total	3,934.01 km2 (1,518.9 sq mi)
Area rank	31st out of 80
Population (2007)
- Total	822,406
- Density	209.1/km2 (541.4/sq mi)
Population rank	29th out of 80
Population density rank	39th out of 80
Divisions
- Independent cities	1
- Component cities	1
- Municipalities	14
- Barangays	337 including independent cities: 519
- Districts	1st and 2nd districts of Davao del Sur including independent cities: 1st to 3rd districts of Davao City
Time zone	PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP Code
Spoken languages	Cebuano, Dabaweño

Davao del Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Digos City and the province borders the Davao City to the north, and Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, and Sarangani to the west. To the east lies the Davao Gulf.

People and culture

Economy

Geography

Political

Davao del Sur is subdivided into 14 municipalities and 2 city.

City

• Digos City

Davao City

Municipalities

Physical

History

In 1942, founded by occupation of the Japanese soldiers landed and entering in the province of Southern Davao.

In 1945, the liberation in Southern Davao by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth troops was supported by the Davaoeño guerrilla fighters against the Japanese forces beginning to fighting in the Second World War.

External links

• Davao City Travel and Tourism Guide

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