Davao City

Davao City is a highly urbanized city in southeastern Mindanao, Philippines, and the regional center of the Davao Region. It is one of the country’s largest cities by land area.

Davao Region: An administrative region in southeastern Mindanao, Philippines, comprising five provinces and Davao City. Davao City is the region’s commercial and administrative center.
Port of Davao: A seaport serving Davao City and the surrounding region on the Gulf of Davao. It connects the city’s producers and businesses to domestic and international shipping.
Rodrigo Duterte: A Filipino politician who served as mayor of Davao City and later as president of the Philippines. His decades in city politics brought Davao City into national political debate.
Kadayawan Festival: An annual festival in Davao City celebrating harvest, Indigenous cultures, and the city’s diverse communities. The festival presents the city’s Indigenous heritage and agricultural abundance in public celebrations.
Davao Death Squad: The name given to an alleged vigilante group implicated in killings in Davao City and linked in investigations to Rodrigo Duterte’s mayoral era. Allegations about the group shaped national and international scrutiny of the city’s policing.
Mindanao: The southernmost major island group of the Philippines, comprising Mindanao and nearby islands. The city occupies the southeastern part of this island.
Francisco Bangoy International Airport: The principal airport serving Davao City and the wider southeastern Mindanao region. It provides the region’s main air link to other Philippine cities and destinations abroad.
Sara Duterte: A Filipino politician who served as mayor of Davao City and later as vice president of the Philippines. Her mayoral terms continued the Duterte family’s prominent role in city government.
Mount Apo: A dormant volcano in Mindanao and the highest mountain in the Philippines. The mountain dominates the regional landscape west of Davao City.
Extrajudicial killing: A killing carried out by state agents or their proxies without judicial process. Reports about killings in Davao City are discussed within this broader human-rights concept.

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