Lupon is a 1st class municipality in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 57,092 people in 10,812 households. A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipalidad, in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Davao Oriental is a province of the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
Barangays
Lupon is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. A barangay also known as barrio (Filipino: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy) is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village,barrio, district, ward or town. ...
DavaoOriental was once the homeland of a fierce maritime people called the Caragans who raided the islands of the Visayas before they were eventually subdued by force of Spanish arms.
Davao became a district of the Moro Province in 1903 and in September 1914, it became a regular province under the Department of Mindanao and Sulu.
DavaoOriental is situated in the southeastern section of Mindanao.
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