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45-557: Once a swampy area surrounded by the second-growth forest, Sulop was inhabited by the natives of the Tagacaolo, B’laan, and Bagobo tribes. The B’laans were headed by their tribal chieftain DATU SULO while the Tagacaulos were headed by TIO BUNDAY. The means of survival of these indigenous people were hunting wild boars and agriculture, the main product of which was corn. Flooding was (and still is)

90-494: A backstrap loom. The final product is embroidered with bright-colored threads in geometric patterns. Some elements of tribal folklore are also included in the designs. The Mansakas, together with the Mandayas, are also expert silversmiths. They craft weapons, breastplates and dress accessories. Much of its people are Christians. Davao is also a harmonious blend of Christian and Muslim cultures. However, its most stunning cultural aspect

135-604: A common occurrence and the people called the rushing waters “surop”.           In the early part of the 19th century, particularly in the 1930s, the first migrants came to settle down, mostly Sugbuanons from Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte. From then on, waves of immigrants from the Visayas Region, mostly from Cebu, came to Sulop which was still a barangay under the Municipality of Limonso (now Padada). Settlers from Leyte, Iloilo, and Bohol also arrived within

180-911: A loose shirt. Red is a color only for a headman ("bagani") and for women of high status. Aeta people live in some areas of Davao City all the way to Davao del Norte , Compostela Valley and Bukidnon . They are related to the Manobos of Cotabato and include sub-groups such as the Talaingod of the Kapalong forests in Davao del Norte and the Matigsalug . Numbering about 222,000, Ata men wear long-sleeved shirts, carry spears, hunt, log and grow crops. Their womenfolk wear native blouses, "malong" skirts and accessories of brass bracelets and bead necklaces. Mandaya and Mansaka are culturally related groups who are highly musical - playing

225-439: A lot was purchased where the first catholic church was built. Fr. Bouchard was installed as the first parish priest. After its creation, the first set of municipal officials were appointed by President Garcia with Nestorio Comabig as mayor. Its development underwent several changes of political leadership, viz: President Carlos P. Garcia appointed Nestorio Comabig as the first mayor of the Municipality of Sulop whose achievement

270-518: A place they fondly called LOTE for their marketing, the common marketplace located near the residence of spouses Agripina and Segundo Lumbab beside the Sulop Elementary School. The mode of transportation then was the horse-drawn “tartanilya” or “calesa” and the carabao and cow drawn “caromata” or “cariton”. But most people would opt to walk their way to and from the marketplace. It was only in 1964 when buses, jeepneys, and pedicabs started plying

315-564: A small chapel (located in the area of what is now the Sulop Medical Clinic) donated by spouses Agripina and Segundino Lumbab. When the chapel was burned down, Fr. Gravel, then parish priest of Padada, requested a group of devout catholic women who were responsible for the establishment of the chapel, to look for an area where to erect a permanent church for the Roman Catholics. With funds provided by then-Governor Alejandro Almendras,

360-447: A steward, he initiated the formulation of the new direction of the municipality, envisioning it to become a premier agri-industrial municipality with a diversified economy. Sulop is about 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Digos, the seat of the provincial government of Davao del Sur . The municipality is located halfway between two major growth centers of Mindanao, namely, Davao City of Region XI and General Santos of Region XII. Sulop

405-573: A town. He went to Manila in January 1958 and came back four months after with EXECUTIVE ORDER 259 issued by then-President Carlos P. Garcia on April 24, 1958, officially separating the Barrio of Sulop and its adjacent barrios and sitios from Limonso and creating an independent town…. the MUNICIPALITY OF SULOP.          During those days, the people would converge every Tuesday to

450-507: Is composed of sandy beaches and outlying islands, agricultural plains and valleys, rainforests, swamps, rolling hills and mountains, including the Philippines' highest peak, Mount Apo , which is at 2,954 metres (9,692 ft) above sea level . Davao del Sur comprises 9 municipalities and 1 component city , all encompassed by a lone legislative district . Davao City , although part of the province for geographical and statistical purposes,

495-548: Is governed independently from the province. The province enjoys a mild, pleasant climate all year round. Because of its topographical characteristics and geographical location, it is rarely visited by typhoons. There is no pronounced wet or dry season. The coolest months are from November to February with an average temperature of 25 °C (77 °F). during the peak summer months from March to May, temperatures average 28 °C (82 °F) but may rise as high as 32 °C (90 °F). The population of Davao del Sur in

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540-510: Is politically subdivided into 25 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios . Poverty incidence of Sulop Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The Davao Del Sur State College (DSSC), a campus based in Matti, Digos has a Sulop Extension. Located at Purok 2, Poblacion, Sulop, Davao Del Sur. Davao del Sur Davao del Sur ( Cebuano : Habagatang Dabaw ; Filipino : Katimugang Davao ), officially

585-533: Is woven from abaca fiber and heavily ornamented with beads, shells, metal discs, embroidery and brightly colored geometric applique. Though Bagobos have the most stunning costumes among the Davao ethnic groups, they wear them only on special occasions. Like the Mandayas and Mansakas, they shave their eyebrows to a thin line and file and blacken their teeth. Bagobo smiths cast little bells which are attached to pouches, bracelets, jackets, anklets and inlaid metal boxes. The Tagacaolo people number about 23,000 and occupy

630-521: The Davao Region in Mindanao . When Davao City is included for geographical purposes, the province's land area is 4,607.59 square kilometres (1,779.00 sq mi). The province is bounded by Davao del Norte to the north; Davao Occidental to the south-east; North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat to the west; South Cotabato and Sarangani to the south-west; and Davao Gulf to the east. The province

675-536: The Province of Davao del Sur ( Cebuano : Lalawigan sa Habagatang Dabaw, Lalawigan sa Davao del Sur ; Filipino : Lalawigan ng Katimugang Davao, Lalawigan ng Davao del Sur ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao . Its capital is Digos . Davao City is the largest city in terms of area and population within the province's jurisdiction, yet it is administratively independent from

720-440: The 2020 census was 680,481 people, with a density of 310 inhabitants per square kilometre or 800 inhabitants per square mile. When Davao City is included for geographical purposes, the province's population is 2,265,579 people, with a density of 492/km (1,274/sq mi). Davao del Sur is an ethnic mix of Visayans (mostly Cebuanos ), Chinese , Japanese , and Koreans with a number of indigenous ethnic groups scattered across

765-490: The LGU-Sulop from a sleepy town to a vibrant and progressive political subdivision transpired during the administration of the energetic young mayor throughout his three (3) terms as mayor; On June 30, 2004, the local leadership was then steered by Mayor Restituto C. Ornales. In his quest to sustain the obtaining momentum of development, he placed agricultural productivity as the centerpiece of his development thrusts and initiated

810-558: The Mindanaon Muslim kingdoms of Maguindanao and Sulu . Beginnings of both Davao Region and Davao del Sur were associated with the foundation of Davao , which was the first town to be founded in southern Mindanao in 1848, following the conquest of the area by José Uyanguren of the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain (Guipúzcoa in Spanish ). In 1849, Nueva Guipúzcoa province was founded in

855-718: The Sulop Elementary School (now Sulop Central Elementary School).         The first place of worship erected in the locality was the Aglipayan Church (FILIPINISTAS) which is still in existence. Then the ADVENTISTS erected their edifice after which the IGLESIA NI CRISTO (INC) and the JEHOVAS WITNESSES followed suit. Meanwhile, the ROMAN CATHOLICS used to go to Padada to worship while others worship in

900-629: The Tagacaolos, Mandaya , Mansaka , and Kalagan, since Davao del Sur was once part of Sultanate of Maguindanao . Some Moro tribes that can be found in Davao del Sur are Maguindanaon , Maranao , Tausug and Iranun . The Bagobo people live in an area that extends from Davao del Sur and South Cotabato to the foot of Mount Apo and Davao City all the way to the land bordered by the Davao and Pulangi rivers and up to northern Cotabato and southeast Bukidnon . Numbering about 80,000, their traditional costume

945-635: The area between the western shores of the gulf and the slopes of Mount Apo. This is one of the tribes which resisted Muslim conversion and maintained a highland animistic culture. The Kalagan people are part Islamized and part Chistianized and related to the Tagacaolos. Numbering only about 7,000, they live along the shores of Davao Gulf. The Mangguangan people now number only 3,000. They can be found in Davao del Sur and Davao del Norte. In both groups, women generally wear handwoven abaca tube skirts, embroidered blue cotton tops and heavy jewellery. Men sport wide blue or white fringed and embroidered trousers and

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990-519: The area flocked into the settlement, eventually becoming the main trade entrepot in the Davao Gulf area. With his immense overlordship of Davao Gulf, Datu Bago was eventually crowned Sultan by his subjects at his capital Pinagurasan in 1843, effectively making his realm virtually independent from the Sultanate of Maguindanao and is now itself a Sultanate that lords over Davao Gulf, now in equal standing with

1035-445: The century. They acquired lands from the natives who retreated to the hinterlands when they came. The settlers then converted the place into settlement sites and agricultural production areas. After the war, Barrio Sulop was still part of the Municipality of Limonso. But the people have multiplied, and the community has grown. Several persons, particularly Eulalio Masocol, Zoilo Comabig, and Antonio Go Pace emerged as respected figures of

1080-619: The community. They espoused the idea of creating a new town separate from Limonso. It was decided to call the town SULOP, a word reconciled from the term “surop” meaning rushing waters, “sul-op” from the Tagacaulo dialect meaning wild (ihalas in Cebuano), and the name of the B’laan tribalchieftain Datu Sulo. From then on, the place came to be known as SULOP. Antonio Go Pace lobbied for the creation of Sulop as

1125-500: The construction of Labon – Clib Steel Bridge; Another change in leadership took place on June 30, 2007, when the newly elected mayor assumed the post at noon marking the return of Mayor Jose Jimmy S. Sagarino who, in his new term as local chief executive, celebrated the Golden Founding Anniversary of the Municipality of Sulop. He then commenced the continuity of what he started during his first 3 terms as mayor, laying down

1170-426: The development efforts laid down by her predecessor, her son and former mayor Atty. Jose Jimmy Sagarino. Then eventually on June 30, 2019, Atty. Jose Jimmy S. Sagarino again assumed the local leadership after winning the local election unopposed. It is the third time he became Municipal Mayor of Sulop, a feat never before achieved by any politician in the history of Sulop. Right at the commencement of his new mandate as

1215-432: The five string bamboo guitar, two-string lute, violin, flute, gong, drum and bamboo Jew's harp. They are also excellent silversmiths crafting breastplates, jewellery, daggers and knives. The Mandayas are famous for their colorful abaca fiber weaves embroidered with tribal motifs. Poverty incidence of Davao del Sur Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The colorful artistic heritage of Davao stems from

1260-540: The form of Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion in the province followed by more than 80% of the people. The remaining faiths are Islam and other Christians such as Aglipayan , Baptists , Iglesia ni Cristo , the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , Seventh-day Adventist , other Evangelical Christians and Jehovah's Witnesses . The major Moro ethnic group is the Kagan tribe , an Islamized group related to

1305-522: The fortress of Pinagurasan in what is now the site of Bangkerohan Public Market in 1830 which served as his capital. From being a fortification and base of operations from which Datu Bago could gather and rally his forces, the settlement of Pinagurasan eventually grew into a small city extending from present-day Generoso Bridge in Bangkerohan to Quezon Boulevard more than a kilometer down south, as Maguindanaons and Bagobos alike among other nearby tribes in

1350-402: The foundation of the sustainable growth of the locality. A new era in the local political leadership transpired when the first lady Chief Executive assumed the highest position of the municipality with the assumption of Honorable Maria S. Sagarino as the new mayor on June 30, 2016. For the first time in the history of Sulop, a woman handled the reins of governance of the municipality. She pursued

1395-473: The mayorship of Antonio Go Pace when the latter died and then facilitated the establishment of the Cacao Investors Incorporated (CII), a multi-million-peso corporation engaged in cacao beans production; Vice-mayor Perfecto O. Sagarino, Sr. succeeded as mayor when Mayor Sebastian Mondejar, Sr. was killed in an ambush on December 3, 1982 during the height of the insurgency. His greatest achievement

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1440-575: The name Datu Bago was rewarded the territory of the surroundings of Davao Gulf by the Sultan of Maguindanao Sultanate for joining the campaign against the Spanish in the late 1700s. From his ancestral home in Maguindanao , he moved to the area in 1800 and, having convinced Bagobos and other native groups in the area to his side, conquered the entire Davao Gulf area. Having consolidated his position, he founded

1485-562: The oldest in the province. The Spanish administration in the Philippines ended in 1898 following the defeat of the Spaniards during the Spanish–American War . In the early 1900s, waves of immigrants from the Visayas , Luzon , and as well as from Japan began to live in the region, centered mainly in Davao. The region began to boom in economic growth as agricultural business proliferated in

1530-555: The place into an abaca plantation. This became the hub of economic activity in the locality during those days. In 1942, during the start of the World War II in the Pacific , the first waves of invading Japanese units landed and entered the province of southern Davao. In 1945, the liberation of southern Davao by United States and Philippine Commonwealth troops was supported by Davaoeño guerrilla fighters. In 1967, Davao Province

1575-539: The province. The Cebuano language, with Davaoeño as its regional variant, is the main language of the province, although Filipino and English are also widely spoken and used in government functions and publications. Since the late 20th century, a linguistic phenomenon has developed in the Metro Davao area whereby locals have either shifted to the ' national language ' (Filipino) or significantly mix Filipino terms and grammar into their Cebuano speech. Christianity in

1620-406: The province; as such, Davao City is only grouped for geographical and statistical purposes and serves as the regional center of Davao Region . The province is bounded by Davao del Norte to the north, Davao Occidental to the south-east, North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat to the west, South Cotabato and Sarangani to the south-west, and Davao Gulf to the east. A Maguindanaon Datu under

1665-399: The region conquered by Uyanguren in what is now Davao Region , with Davao, then called Nueva Vergara , as the provincial capital. Uyanguren became the provincial governor, but he failed in his efforts to develop Nueva Guipúzcoa. Thirty-six years after the foundation of Davao, the town of Santa Cruz was founded on October 5, 1884. It is the first town to be founded south of Davao and is now

1710-585: The region. As part of the "food bowl" of what is now the province of Davao del Sur, otherwise known as the Padada Valley , the agricultural area south of the town of Santa Cruz , which is known as Digos that time, lured many migrants, majority of whom came from the Visayas and Ilocos regions to settle permanently in the area. Before World War II , an enterprising American by the name of N.E. Crumb leased 10.24 square kilometres (3.95 sq mi) and transformed

1755-469: The rich culture of its tribes. For the Bagobos, aesthetics is the meticulous carving of weapons; the elaborate decoration of inlaid metal boxes with bells; and the ornamentation of their abaca fiber dress with embroidery, shells, beads and metal discs. The Mandayas, on the other hand, have a solid tradition in weaving. To produce their famed coarse textured cloth, abaca fiber is colored with earth dyes and woven on

1800-489: The route to and from Sulop. The first seat of government after the creation of Sulop was the residence of Enrique Pacatan. The policemen in those days were appointed by the mayor and the first to assume as Chief of Police was Felix Dullin, Sr.. There was only one (1) secondary school then, the Sulop Community High School located in the area where the municipal health center now stands. The school children go to

1845-410: The waterworks system; Atty. Jose Jimmy S. Sagarino, son of former mayor Perfecto O. Sagarino Sr., won the mayoralty race in 1995. Mayor Jose Jimmy S. Sagarino then initiated the formulation of the vision of Sulop and the 1995 – 2005 Comprehensive Development Plan of the municipality. The Construction of the new Municipal Government Center of Sulop was made during his incumbency. Notable transformation of

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1890-495: Was designated as the provincial capital) by virtue of Republic Act 10360 enacted on July 23, 2013, and the majority of votes cast were "Yes", ratifying the province. In 2015, the National Competitiveness Council , ranked the province as the most competitive province in the country. Davao del Sur covers a total area of 2,163.98 square kilometres (835.52 sq mi) occupying the southwestern section of

1935-557: Was divided into three provinces, one of them being Davao del Sur; the town of Digos was made its capital and would become a suburban city for the next 33 years. On October 28, 2013, along with the Barangay Elections, a plebiscite was held to create a new province Davao Occidental , formed out of the southern part of Davao del Sur, covering the municipalities of the 2nd district of the province, namely Don Marcelino , Jose Abad Santos , Santa Maria , Sarangani and Malita (which

1980-401: Was the assignment of residential lots to interested parties consistent with the townsite development plan. However, Mayor Nestorio Comabig resigned from office six (6) months after he assumed office; The then Vice Mayor Antonio Go Pace assumed the vacated mayorship position and facilitated the construction of the first Town Hall of the municipality; Vice-mayor Sebastian Mondejar, Sr. succeeded

2025-604: Was the construction of the Sulop Public Market building. Unfortunately, he was forced to relinquish his position after the EDSA REVOLUTION in 1986; Atty. Leopoldo C. Diones was then installed as OIC-Mayor who retained his position by winning the 1987 and 1992 elections. Mayor Leopoldo C. Diones’ achievement was the restoration of peace and order of the municipality and the construction of the municipal gymnasium, municipal nursery, animal breeding center, municipal cemetery, and

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