Davao City (244,000 Hectares) is located on the west central part of Southern Mindanao. This city of 1.2 million people is divided into 3 congressional districts, 11 political districts, and 180 barangays. Approximately 7.8 times the size of Cebu and 3 times that of the entire Metro Manila. Davao is the trade and tourism hub of the Southern Philippines and the biggest urban market in the Brunei - Indonesia - Malaysia - Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area.

Davao enjoys a mild, pleasant troplical climate with no pronounced dry and wet season, and it is practically free from typhoon. Average temperature is 20.82 degrees C to 32 degrees C. Literacy rate is 98.5%, one of the country's highest. Languages spoken include Cebuano, Tagalog, English, and Chinese.