Multi-cultural of Davao City

City of Davao Philippines on the Move to Progress: Then and Now

Then and Now is a story of a community carved out of the wilderness over a period of years. It deals with the community’s early history even before it was created into a city; government organizations; economic conditions; social organizations; and cultural communities with unique people, having their own peculiar personalities, progressing in all directions and projecting their own identity as Davaoeños.

Culture and Heritage:

Easy assimilation is an integral essence of multi-cultural Davao travel. Being a chartered city, it has grown appreciating differences in culture and tradition by numerous ethnic groups that integrated easily to the local tribes already present during its infancy as a city.

Geography and Physical Characteristics:

City of Davao is strategically located in the Asia-Pacific rim serving as gateway to both the western and eastern hemispheres of the world.

Awards and Recognitions:

The Asian Institute of Management has conducted an assessment of the leading Cities in the country using indicators such as quality of life, cost of doing business, dynamism of the local economy, infrastructure, linkages and accessibility, and quality of workforce in the years 2001, 2003, and 2005 (No survey was done in 2002 and 2004) and city of Davao topped the rankings in 2001 and 2005 and placed 3rd in 2003.

Davao-at-a-Glance:

City of Davao is home to over a million people. Daytime population which includes transients is estimated to reach almost 2 million since it is the center of trade, commerce, and services in Southern Philippines. Its population growth rate is 2.83% while density is at 540 persons per square kilometer.

Titles and Monikers of Davao City:

There are beautifully vivid reasons why Davao is called a City in Bloom. Aside from the presence of vast plantations and garden resorts that grow rare and exotic orchids and ornamentals, the City is specifically known among florists all over the world for its famous waling-waling, considered as one of the most beautiful orchids.