Metro Davao

Metro Davao, officially called Metropolitan Davao, is a metropolitan area in the Mindanao island group, Philippines. It includes the cities of Davao City, Digos in Davao del Sur province; Tagum, Panabo and Samal in Davao del Norte province. The metropolitan area also encompasses the two municipalities of Carmen in Davao del Norte and Santa Cruz in Davao del Sur. Metro Davao is one of three metropolitan areas in the Philippines.HistoryComparison to other Philippines' metropolitan regionsThe agglomeration of Metro Davao has no formal legal framework early on its initial stage of development process either by an act of Congress, by an executive declaration of the President or by a formal agreement among component cities and municipalities of the metropolitan area.In the case of Metro Manila, the component cities and municipalities were grouped into a province through a Ferdinand Marcos, and designated the then First Lady Imelda Marcos as governess. From then on, Greater Manila, as it was known earlier, became Metro Manila.