Davao City, officially the City of Davao, is a highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of 2,443.61 km2 (943.48 sq mi), making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area. It is the third-most populous city in the Philippines after Quezon City and Manila, and the most populous in Mindanao. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 1,776,949 people.
From top left to right: Ateneo de Davao University, Metropolitan Cathedral of San Pedro, Davao City Hall, People's Park, Davao skyline, Marco Polo Hotel, Davao River, and SM Lanang Premier Mall
Aerial view of Davao, 1935
Davao City Hall was established in 1926 as the Municipal Hall when it was still a town.
Japan-town, Davao City (circa 1930s)
Cebuano is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern Philippines. It is natively, though informally, called by its generic term Bisayâ or Binisayâ and sometimes referred to in English sources as Cebuan. It is spoken by the Visayan ethnolinguistic groups native to the islands of Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, the eastern half of Negros, the western half of Leyte, and the northern coastal areas of Northern Mindanao and the eastern part of Zamboanga del Norte due to Spanish settlements during 18th century. In modern times, it has also spread to the Davao Region, Cotabato, Camiguin, parts of the Dinagat Islands, and the lowland regions of Caraga, often displacing native languages in those areas.
Cebu Provincial Capitol's historical marker in Cebu City
Pigafetta's dictionary containing vocabularies from Malay and Bisayan languages which also includes Cebuano which is then translated to or from Italian
Public health safety reminders on the city hall of Davao