Panabo

Panabo
Component city
City of Panabo
Downtown area
Flag Seal
Nickname: Banana Capital of the Philippines
Map of Davao del Norte with Panabo highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Panabo Location within thePhilippines
Coordinates:7°18′N125°41′E
Country	Philippines
Region	Davao Region
Province	Davao del Norte
District	2nd district
Founded	July 19, 1949
Cityhood	March 31, 2001
Barangays	40 (seeBarangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
•Mayor	Jose E. Relampagos (Reporma)
•Vice Mayor	Gregorio "Banjong" Dujali III(HNP)
•Representative	Alan R. Dujali (Lakas)
•City Council	Members Devona H. Jumamil Janno Paulo Gentiles Wendell Enad Dizon Namuag Ronald Ang Sherlou Bangoy Christian Dujali Ian Rolet Catalan Jamail Lunar Macla Omar P. Ranain
•Electorate	127,668 voters (2022)
Area
• Total	251.23 km2(97.00 sq mi)
Elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Highest elevation	555 m (1,821 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2020 census)
• Total	209,230
• Density	830/km2(2,200/sq mi)
•Households	51,097
Demonym	Panaboan
Economy
•Income class	3rd city income class
•Poverty incidence	18.46 % (2021)
•Revenue	₱ 1,307 million (2020)
•Assets	₱ 3,770 million (2020)
•Expenditure	₱ 1,093 million (2020)
•Liabilities	₱ 819.9 million (2020)
Service provider
•Electricity	Davao Light and Power Company(DLPC)
Time zone	UTC+8(PST)
ZIP code	8105
PSGC	112315000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)84
Native languages	Ata Manobo Davawenyo Cebuano Kalagan Tagalog
Website	www.panabocity.gov.ph

Panabo,officially theCity of Panabo(Cebuano:Dakbayan sa Panabo;Filipino:Lungsod ng Panabo), is a 3rd classcomponent cityin theprovinceofDavao del Norte,Philippines.According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 209,230 people.

Panabo is the second most populous city in Davao del Norte (afterTagum) and it is also part ofDavao Metropolitan Areaas it shares borders withDavao City.It has an area of 25,123 hectares (62,080 acres). The Panabo City Hall is located about 2.23 kilometers from its boundary with Davao City.

Etymology

The name Panabo originated from the phrase "pana-sa-boboy"where"pana"means" arrow ", the tool which the original inhabitants of the place, theAetas,use when hunting wild animals for food.

History

Originally the rich lowland of what today is Panabo was inhabited by a group of natives calledAetas.These people led nomadic life and lived by hunting. With the use of their most essential tool, the bow and arrow— "pana-sa-boboy"as they call it—they hunted for food which primarily consisted of rootcrops and meat of wild boars.

Settlers and pioneers from theVisayasandLuzonstarted to flock the place during the early 1900s in search of a new life in the region. When the first batch of settlers arrived on the place, in what is now the urban core of the city, they found out that it was already a thriving community, and thus called itTaboan,or trading center. Feeling alienated with the massive influx of settlers in the region, the Aeta natives moved further into the hinterlands to the west, thus ensuring that the settler inhabitants become the majority of the population. The new inhabitants started to name the place as Panabo, named after the bow and arrow that the Aeta natives always carry.

Panabo, until then only a mere barangay ofTagum,then known as Magugpo during that time, became a town on July 19, 1949, through Presidential Proclamation No. 236 of the PresidentManuel A. Roxas.

The Tagum Agricultural Development Company, otherwise known as TADECO, was founded on December 20, 1950, in the town of Panabo.It was the birth of the world's largestCavendish bananaplantation that saw the mass employment of the locals seeking for jobs, and the start of unprecedented growth of the town as even larger throngs of Visayan migrants settled on the town eager to join the plantation's workforce. Large areas of forests were cleared to make way for the banana trees under TADECO. The town of Panabo grew both in economic terms and population as decades passed since the founding of TADECO and numerous businesses were then set up locally, until the conditions finally warranted for its conversion into a city.

Cityhood

Main article:Cities of the Philippines

The local government unit of Panabo was created into a component city of Davao del Norte by virtue of Republic Act No. 9015and ratified by the residents in a plebiscite held on March 31, 2001. However, its official existence as a municipal corporation took effect on with the appointment of new set of officials.

Geography

The city of Panabo has a total land area of 251.23 km².It was bordered by the shores ofDavao Gulfto the east, byDavao Cityto its west and south, and some of the municipalities ofDavao del Nortein the north. The western part of the city featured hills while the rest were flatlands.

Climate

Climate data for Panabo City
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)
Averageprecipitationmm (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)

Barangays

Panabo is politically subdivided into 40barangays.Each barangay consists ofpurokswhile some havesitios.

Quezon was formerly the sitio of Cabili; it became a barrio in 1957.

• A. O. Floirendo
• Datu Abdul Dadia
• Buenavista
• Cacao
• Cagangohan
• Consolacion
• Dapco
• Gredu (Poblacion)
• J.P. Laurel
• Kasilak
• Katipunan
• Katualan
• Kauswagan
• Kiotoy
• Little Panay
• Lower Panaga (Roxas)
• Mabunao
• Maduao
• Malativas
• Manay
• Nanyo
• New Malaga (Dalisay)
• New Malitbog
• New Pandan (Poblacion)
• New Visayas
• Quezon
• Salvacion
• San Francisco (Poblacion)
• San Nicolas
• San Pedro
• San Roque
• San Vicente
• Santa Cruz
• Santo Niño (Poblacion)
• Sindaton
• Southern Davao
• Tagpore
• Tibungol
• Upper Licanan
• Waterfall

Demographics

Population census of Panabo

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1960 42,509 — 1970 42,920 +0.10% 1975 53,015 +4.33% 1980 71,098 +6.04% 1990 110,390 +4.50% 1995 130,585 +3.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2000 133,950 +0.55% 2007 154,329 +1.97% 2010 174,364 +4.54% 2015 184,599 +1.09% 2020 209,230 +2.49%
Source:Philippine Statistics Authority

Economy

Poverty incidence of Panabo

5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 24.50 2009 14.77 2012 16.58 2015 19.10 2018 8.65 2021 18.46 Source:Philippine Statistics Authority

Banana plantations in Panabo

Being an agro-industrial city, Panabo is known as the "Banana Capital of the Philippines" due to numerous banana plantations scattered throughout the city. In fact, Panabo is the home of the world's biggest banana plantation, which is owned by the Tagum Agricultural Development Company (TADECO), which covers around 6,900 hectares of banana fields and produce millions of boxes of export-quality bananas annually. The city itself cultivated 40% of its land or around 10,000 hectares into planting export-qualityCavendish bananas.Thus, banana cultivation and exportation are the main economic lifeblood of the city.

Infrastructure

Panabo City Hall

There are two privately owned port facilities in the city, which enabled them to export various fruits, such as bananas, mangoes, papayas, and pineapples, to countries likeJapan,South Korea,China,and countries as far in theMiddle Eastand theEuropean Union.

Public infrastructure includes the Freedom Park which features a unique banana inspired fountain sculpted by the world class artistKublai Millan.The Panabo Multi-Purpose Cooperative Tourism Gymnasium, located beside the City Hall is also a public infrastructure, thegymnasiumaccommodates an estimated ten-thousand people and also serves as playing venue of thePhilippine Basketball Associationas well as serving concerts for the city.

Transportation

Panabo is served by the 6-laneMaharlika Highwayand is a highway road junction heading to the TADECO banana plantation as well as to other parts ofDavao del Norteand the northernmost areas ofDavao City.Tricycles andjeepneysare the main mode of transportation in the city, while passenger buses and public utility vans serve overland routes within and outside the city.

Education

Tertiary education

Universities

• University of Mindanao,Panabo College (Public)
• Davao del Norte State College(Private)

Colleges

• ACES Polytechnic College, Inc.
• Maryknoll College of Panabo, Inc.
• North Davao Colleges
• NorthLink Technological College, Inc.
• Valiant Technological College
• Northern Paramedical and Technological College, Inc.
• The Leores Training Academy Inc.

Secondary education

High-schools

• Davao del Norte State College Laboratory School(private)
• North Davao Colleges - High School Department (private)
• Maryknoll College of Panabo(private)
• Francisco Adlaon Learning Institute (private)
• Panabo SDA Learning Center (private)
• Panabo Christian School (private)
• Panabo City Senior High School (public)
• Panabo Achievers Academy (2nd year only) (private)
• Panabo City National High School (public)
• Little Panay National High School
• Colegio de Davao, Panabo City (Private)
• Good Shepherd Baptist School (Church School)
• A. O. Floirendo National High School
• Cagangohan National High School
• Don Manuel A. Javellana Memorial National High School
• Kasilak National High School
• Kauswagan National High School
• Mabunao National High School
• Malativas National High School
• Manay National High School
• Quezon National High School
• San Vicente National High School
• Sindaton National High School
• Southern Davao National High School

A memorandum of agreement betweenUP Los Baños College of Agricultureand ANFLOCOR was signed for the establishment of UP Professional School for Agriculture and the Environment (UP PSAE) which will be UPLB's extension campus in Panabo City.In addition,UP Mindanaowill also collaborate on some courses and programs to be offered.

Notable personalities

• Jerwin Ancajas,boxer
• Dennis Denora,journalist and publisher
• Thor Dulay,The Voice Ph semifinalist
• Jasmine Bacurnay Lee,Korean actress and politician

Sister cities

Local

• Cotabato City
• Ozamiz
• Pagadian
• Parañaque

External links

• Panabo Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
• Official website
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System