Davao - Dabao (English spelling)

Japanese: ダバオ - だばお(英語表記)Davao
Davao - Dabao (English spelling)

Davao is a port city on the west coast of Davao Bay in the southeastern part of Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines. It is located at the eastern foot of Mount Apo Volcano (2,954 meters), the highest peak in the Philippines. It has a population of 1,147,116 (2000). It is the center of industries and distribution such as wood processing, and has seen a remarkable population increase in recent years, making it the second largest city after Metro Manila. Until the 19th century, it was a remote area inhabited by the indigenous Bagobo people, but in the 20th century, the number of Christian Cebuano immigrants increased. Davao's development and Japan are deeply related. The formation of the main production area of ​​abaca (Manila hemp) before World War II was largely due to the development of abaca plantations by the Japanese, who began to settle in earnest in 1904 (Meiji 37). In the late 1930s, about 20,000 Japanese people lived there. In February 1941 (Showa 16), the Japanese Navy occupied it, and it became a port of call for the fleet, but in May 1945, the Allied forces recaptured it. It was also an important port for shipping lauan lumber to Japan from before the war until the 1960s, and from the late 1960s, corporate banana plantations targeting the Japanese market spread. Most of the bananas imported by Japan are produced in and around Davao City. The Japanese consulate is located there.

[Akira Takahashi]

[Reference] | Cebuano | Mindanao

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

フィリピン南部、ミンダナオ島南東部にあるダバオ湾西岸の港湾都市。フィリピンの最高峰アポ火山(2954メートル)の東麓(とうろく)に位置する。人口114万7116(2000)。木材加工業などの産業と流通の中心で、近年の人口増加が著しく、マニラ首都圏に次ぐ大都市となっている。19世紀までは先住民であるバゴボ人の住む辺境であったが、20世紀に入ってキリスト教徒セブアノ人の移住者が増えた。ダバオの発展と日本とのかかわりには深いものがある。第二次世界大戦前のアバカ(マニラ麻)の主産地の形成は、1904年(明治37)から本格的な入植を始めた日本人によるアバカ農園の開発に負うところが大きい。30年代末には約2万人の日本人が住んでいた。41年(昭和16)2月日本海軍が占領、以後艦隊の寄港地となったが、45年5月連合軍が奪還した。また、戦前から60年代までラワン材の日本向け積出し港としても重要で、60年代後半からは日本市場を対象としたバナナの企業的農園が広がった。日本が輸入するバナナの多くはダバオ市周辺で生産されたものである。日本の領事館が設けられている。

[高橋 彰]

[参照項目] | セブアノ | ミンダナオ島

出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例

<<:  Tabaqat (English spelling) ṭabaqāt

>>:  Polyembryony

Recommend

lemon verbena

… There are about 100 known species of the Lippia...

Opening of the port - Kaikou

[Noun] (Suru) 1. The opening of a new port or airp...

Kālidāsa (English spelling)

An ancient Indian poet and playwright active in t...

Mammātī (English spelling)

In addition to small families, Islamic societies ...

Greek cuisine - Greek cuisine

…It is said that Hungarian cuisine cannot be disc...

Ara tricolor (English spelling)

...They live in groups in the tropical rainforest...

O Printemps Japon - O Printemps Japon

...It has maintained its position ever since, and...

Maris (painter) (English spelling)

…In the mid-19th century, when realist painting w...

Organic psychosis

Psychosis caused by organic or morphological chang...

Taxation - Taxation

〘 noun 〙 To collect taxes. To collect taxes. Also,...

Takeisao Shrine

This shrine is located in Kitafunaokacho, Murasaki...

Kaian

…In 1464 (Kansho 5), he was living at Unkoku-an i...

Jacquet-Droz, HR (English spelling) JacquetDrozHR

…A father and son known for making automata in Sw...

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin

1929‐ American female science fiction writer. Born...

Topaz - Ougyoku

Al 2 F 2 SiO 4 . Also known as topaz. Orthorhombi...