DAVAO, a well laid out municipality (with administration centre and 4o barrios or districts), and capital of the Province of Davao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, located on the Gulf of Davao, at the mouth of the Davao river, about Boo m. from Manila. Pop. (1918), 13,300, of whom 49 were whites, 2,8i4 Japanese and 493 Chinese. It is in the midst of a rich, fertile region which produces considerable abaca of very high grade, besides copra and other products. A meteorological station is established here. In 1918 it had 34 manufacturing establishments, with output valued at 345,500 pesos; and 64 household industry establishments, with output valued at 55,90o pesos. Of the nine schools, seven were public. The inhabitants are for the most part Bisayans (Christian Filipinos of the Bisayan islands), pagans (especially Mandayas and Bagobos), Moros and Japanese. The Japanese are developing the entire province of Davao, where they have invested considerable capital.