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of davao del norte map of davao del norte davao with samal highlighted interactive map of samal samal location within the philippines coordinates 7 04 42 n 125 42 42 e 7 0783 n 125 7117 e 7 0783 125 7117 country philippines region davao region province davao del norte district 2nd district founded july 8 1948 cityhood january 30 1998 barangays 46 see barangays government 1 type sangguniang panlungsod mayor lemuel toto reyes vice mayor richard chang guindolman representative jm lagdameo city council members babak district clavel ann a david renz allan s lacorte dan p gervacio farrah a jansol peñaplata samal district peter paul l quezada gemarjan t batiancila ginaphine c cañete darwin s arig kaputian district aldwin m jumao as violito s claros carmeglynn l uy alfredo l esteban jr electorate 87 944 voters 2025 area 2 total 301 30 km 2 116 33 sq mi elevation 32 m 105 ft highest elevation mount puting bato 535 m 1 755 ft lowest elevation 0 m 0 ft population 2024 census 3 total 119 701 density 397 28 km 2 1 029 0 sq mi households 29 973 economy income class 2nd city income class poverty incidence 11 81 2023 4 revenue 1 321 million 2024 assets 3 216 million 2024 expenditure 1 271 million 2024 liabilities 1 244 million 2024 service provider electricity davao light and power company dlpc water island garden city of samal water district igacos wd telecommunications pldt globe telecom dito telecommunity converge ict time zone utc 8 pst zip code 8118 babak 8119 peñaplata 8120 kaputian 5 psgc 112317000 idd area code 63 0 84 native languages davawenyo cebuano ata manobo kalagan tagalog website samalcity gov ph samal officially the island garden city of samal igacos cebuano pulong harding dakbayan sa samal filipino pulong harding lungsod ng samal is a component city in the province of davao del norte philippines according to the 2024 census it has a population of 119 701 people 6 it is made up of samal island and the smaller talikud island in davao gulf from the merger of former municipalities of samal babak and kaputian samal is a part of the metropolitan davao area and is 2 km 1 2 mi away from davao city in mainland mindanao the largest city and the primary economic center of that island etymology edit features of the island garden city of samal the name samal was derived from the sama bajau peoples the natives who were the first inhabitants of the island the first datu 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 peñaplata is said to be derived from the word piña or pineapple because of the abundance of pineapple in the area this however is folk etymology for peñaplata means rock of silver in spanish 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 datu it also based on the word samel a covering attached to a banca to protect the passengers from the sun and rain made of nipa leaves and woven together history edit early beginnings edit the island was initially home to the muslim sama bajau people though it was also settled by the animistic mansakas and mandayas from northern and eastern parts of davao region in the mainland these settlers intermarried and were organized into communities dynastically ruled by a datu until the early 20th century centuries later spain first reached samal island and managed to conquer the island in the late 1840s when nueva vergara davao city today in the mainland was established world war 2 edit the pacific war which happened during world war ii 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 schools churches and stores in the area official founding of the municipality edit the time came on july 8 1948 when the entire island itself became part of the newly created municipality of samal 7 it was the official founding of the municipality five years later in 1953 the municipality of babak was created from samal 8 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 9 during this period the standard of living in these three municipalities became low and extremely rural proposed province edit in 1969 a proposal to create the sub province of samal was created by republic act no 5999 10 and covered the area of the present day city the act was enacted without president ferdinand marcos approval however the sub province was never inaugurated cityhood edit main article cities of the philippines 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 on april 19 2000 air philippines flight 541 crashed in the city killing all 131 people on board 11 hostage crisis edit on september 22 2015 kjartan sekkingstad aged 55 from sotra norway was abducted by abu sayyaf islamist guerrillas from a high end tourist resort on samal island along with two canadian men john ridsdel aged 68 and robert hall aged 67 and a filipina woman marites flor hall s girlfriend 12 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 moro national liberation front 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 13 geography edit the island garden city of samal is located in the davao gulf just off the mindanao mainland samal is also 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 central portions of the island talikud island is located southwest of the main island samal enjoys an evenly distributed rainfall throughout the year and a typhoon free climate which makes it ideal for agricultural production and tourism climate edit climate data for samal davao del norte month jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec year mean daily maximum c f 29 84 30 86 30 86 30 86 31 88 31 88 30 86 30 86 30 86 30 86 30 86 30 86 30 86 mean daily minimum c f 22 72 22 72 22 72 22 72 23 73 24 75 24 75 24 75 24 75 24 75 23 73 22 72 23 73 average precipitation mm inches 98 3 9 86 3 4 91 3 6 83 3 3 133 5 2 158 6 2 111 4 4 101 4 0 94 3 7 117 4 6 131 5 2 94 3 7 1 297 51 2 average rainy days 16 4 14 3 16 3 18 5 25 3 25 0 23 8 21 9 20 8 24 4 24 3 18 7 249 7 source meteoblue modeled calculated data not measured locally 14 barangays edit samal is politically subdivided into 46 barangays each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios 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 15 adecor anonang aumbay aundanao balet bandera caliclic dangca an camudmud catagman cawag cogon cogon talikud dadatan del monte guilon kanaan kinawitnon libertad libuak licup limao linosutan mambago a mambago b miranda poblacion moncado villarica poblacion pangubatan peñaplata poblacion poblacion kaputian san agustin san antonio san isidro babak san isidro kaputian san jose san lapuz san miguel magamomo san remigio santa cruz talicod ii santo niño sion zion tagbaobo tagbay tagbitan ag tagdaliao tagpopongan tambo toril demographics edit baywalk in babak district samal island population census of samal year pop p a 1918 1 956 1939 7 473 6 59 1948 20 334 11 76 1960 36 161 4 91 1970 50 839 3 46 1975 56 144 2 01 1980 62 423 2 14 1990 69 640 1 10 year pop p a 1995 76 995 1 90 2000 82 609 1 52 2007 90 291 1 23 2010 95 874 2 21 2015 104 123 1 58 2020 116 771 2 44 2024 119 701 0 60 source philippine statistics authority 16 17 18 19 20 cebuano is the common language spoken of the people of samal island followed by isama and tausug economy edit poverty incidence of samal 10 20 30 40 50 2000 48 38 2003 44 48 2006 35 70 2009 32 83 2012 28 54 2015 28 52 2018 12 29 2021 9 93 2023 11 81 source philippine statistics authority 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 agriculture edit 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 in the mainland mindanao as the primary market in addition rice is also produced in the barangays of libuak in babak district and aumbay in peñaplata district tourism edit beach in kaputian samal island a photo montage of camp holiday beach resort in babak samal island the city is the largest resort city 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 30 because of these the department of tourism named it one of the best visiting islands in mindanao 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 bigiw sailboats in samal island there are three main festivals held annually in the city namely 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 motocross events white nights festival takes place every two days with kaputian as the venue celebrating the city s cultural and historical heritage and hugyaw madayaw festival a spin off of davao s kadayawan festival which is also held annually in august and also an attempt to preserve the diminishing sama culture in the island monfort bat sanctuary the world s largest fruit bat colony 31 is also located in the island fishing edit 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 davao city and in other parts of the mainland mindanao 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 edible crustaceans such as shrimps prawns and crabs are the main aquatic consumable products in the city government edit 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 transportation edit samal circumferential road in babak district samal island barge ferry service or passenger boats from the sasa wharf santa ana wharf in davao city serves the island city accessing both samal and mainland mindanao the modes of transportation on the island are motorcycles tricycles or trikes and bus and private car services offered by resorts bus operators island city express operated by mindanao star daily route to kaputian babak peñaplata from mainland mindanao via davao city via kinawitnon ferry port proposed samal davao bridge edit main article davao samal bridge 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 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 32 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 bongbong marcos who was joined by duterte s daughter vice president sara duterte and her brother rodrigo s son davao city mayor baste duterte 33 the project is scheduled to be completed in 2027 34 sister cities edit local edit las piñas philippines see also edit international seaport of davao references edit island garden city of samal dilg 2015 census of population report no 3 population land area and population density pdf philippine statistics authority quezon city philippines august 2016 issn 0117 1453 archived pdf from the original on may 25 2021 retrieved july 16 2021 2024 census of population popcen population counts declared official by the president philippine statistics authority july 17 2025 retrieved july 18 2025 881 cities and municipalities recorded poverty incidence of 20 percent or lower in 2023 philippine statistics authority february 6 2026 archived from the original on june 3 2026 retrieved february 7 2026 zip code locator phlpost 2024 census of population popcen population counts declared official by the president philippine statistics authority july 17 2025 retrieved july 18 2025 per executive order no 151 s 1948 per executive order no 596 s 1953 per republic act no 4754 of june 18 1966 republic act no 5999 chan robles virtual law library ranter harro asn aircraft accident boeing 737 2h4 rp c3010 davao aviation safety net archived from the original on march 31 2019 retrieved july 20 2019 mogato manuel september 21 2015 gunmen abduct three foreign tourists from 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