Davao Travel Related Tags

Are you a true-blooded Dabawenyo? How familiar are you with the places around Davao? Can you guide a total tourist when he asks you for a direction of a specific street?

Well, test yourself by answering some of the questions below.

1. The following are District names in Davao, except ______.

2. Bago Gallera belongs to ______ District in Davao City.

3. Which school (main campus) in Davao city is not located in the downtown area?

If your answer to questions 1, 2 and 3 are b, c, and b, respectively, pat yourself at the back for you had just a perfect score! You have a good grasp of Davao’s geography. Well, as far as those three questions can tell.

For the rest of you who scored poorly on the quiz, you don’t have to despair. Here is another map on Davao City that can serve as your cheat sheet to some of the places you only hear about or some you may not even be aware of. Click on the image shown to get a better view of the map.

And sshhhh… if you know someone who hails from Davao, it’s your turn to test him or her. Try these:

1. Which place is nearer the city proper: Tibungco or Panacan?

2. Where is Mental located? North? South? (Oops, take note of the spelling. That’s Mental not Mintal. Confusing, huh?)

I was having a hard time looking for a good map of Davao City where all the important places and landmarks are shown in a single piece of paper and at the same time easy to view online on a single Web page. Here is the largest map of Davao City I have found so far. At 3073 pixels in width and 2664 pixels in height, it shows a good representation of the Davao’s downtown area, the main roads, the Diversion Road going to the Davao International Airport, the Quimpo Boulevard connecting Leon Garcia Street and Cabaguio Avenue, and many other streets.

As you notice, the southern parts of Davao like Toril, Ulas, and Talomo District are not shown. The Mintal and Calinan areas that connect Davao City to Cagayan de Oro City are also not covered. In the north, the map only shows up to the Buhangin and Mandug areas missing the parts of Sasa, Tibungko and Bunawan.

Whooh, Davao City is really big!

In case you miss it, here is the link to the largest map of Davao City as discussed in this article.

Note: If the image is somewhat small when rendered on your browser, it’s because the browser has resized it to fit the entire image in one view. Click on the image and you will see some options to get the largest view of the image. If it still doesn’t work, contact any 6-year old kid and ask him to do it for you.