Panabo, Philippines
Panabo is a city of 211,242 people in Davao Region, Philippines, founded in July 19, 1949.
Why visit Panabo
Townapedia lists 4 museums and landmarks, 7 parks and trails, 118 places to eat and 6 places to stay in and around town.
Weather in Panabo
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About Panabo
Panabo, officially the City of Panabo (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Panabo; Filipino: Lungsod ng Panabo), is a component city in the province of Davao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 211,242 people. It is also known for being the “Banana Capital of the Philippines” for its vast banana plantations.
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Museums and landmarks4
Panabo Mangroves Forest Park
Monument and historic site · 4.3 km
Mo-Su 08:00-17:00
Parks, trails and playgrounds7
Restaurants and cafes118
106 more on the map.
Where to stay6
History
Originally the rich lowland of what today is Panabo was inhabited by a group of natives called Aetas. These people led nomadic life and lived by hunting. With the use of their most essential tool, the bow and arrow—"pana-sa-boboy" as they call it—they hunted for food which primarily consisted of rootcrops and meat of wild boars.
Settlers and pioneers from the Visayas and Luzon started to flock the place during the early 1900s in search of a new life in the region. When the first batch of settlers arrived on the place, in what is now the urban core of the city, they found out that it was already a thriving community, and thus called it Taboan, or trading center. Feeling alienated with the massive influx of settlers in the region, the Aeta natives moved further into the hinterlands to the west, thus ensuring that the settler inhabitants become the majority of the population. The new inhabitants started to name the place as Panabo, named after the bow and arrow that the Aeta natives always carry.
Panabo, until then only a mere barangay of Tagum, then known as Magugpo during that time, became a town on July 19, 1949, through Presidential Proclamation No. 236 of the President Manuel A. Roxas.
From the History section of Panabo on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship48
Iglesia ni Cristo
Church · Iglesia Ni Cristo · 6.0 km
Davao-Agusan National Highway, Carmen
Iglesia ni Cristo
Church · Iglesia Ni Cristo · 6.0 km
Tagum-Panabo Circumferential Road, Panabo City
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Church · Jehovahs Witness · 6.1 km
Santan Street, Carmen
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Church · Jehovahs Witness · 10.6 km
Davao-Agusan National Highway
Santo Niño Church
Church · Roman Catholic
Davao-Agusan National Highway, Panabo City
St. James Apostle Parish
Church · Roman Catholic · 9.5 km
Davao-Agusan National Highway, Davao City
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Church · Protestant
Panabo City Coastal Road, Panabo City
United Methodist Church
Church · Methodist · 1.7 km
Davao-Agusan National Highway
Shopping19
Gas and EV charging54
Bunawan Gas Station
Gas station · 9.4 km
Davao-Agusan National Highway, Davao City
Schools, colleges and libraries99
Daniel M. Perez Central Elementary School
School · 9.4 km
Davao-Agusan National Highway, Davao City
Doña Nenita R. Floirendo Elementary School
School · 1.4 km
Garcia Street, Panabo City
Felipe Calderon Elementary School
School · 10.4 km
Davao-Agusan National Highway, Davao City
Gredu Elementary School
School · 1.5 km
Davao-Agusan National Highway, Panabo City
North Davao Colleges Elementary & High School Department
School · 0.8 km
Quirino Street, Panabo City
Healthcare29
Out Patient Emergency Clinic and Safety Birthing Facility
Clinic and pharmacy · 1.1 km
Roxas Street, Panabo City
Map of Panabo
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Getting there and nearby towns
Francisco Bangoy International Airport (DVO) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 21 km away.
- Carmen 6 km northeast, about 6 min by car
- Maco 20 km east, about 20 min by car
- Samal 26 km south, about 26 min by car
- Davao 27 km south, about 27 min by car
- Cambanugoy 27 km north, about 27 min by car
- New Corella 35 km northeast, about 35 min by car
- Nabunturan 46 km northeast, about 46 min by car
- Montevista 54 km northeast, about 54 min by car
- Lupon 58 km southeast, about 58 min by car
- Compostela 60 km northeast, about 1 h by car
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Panabo City heading to Tagum City, Choy4311, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mt. Matutum, The witness of undying love, Wilborne Ian Lustre, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS022-E-78762 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Once upon a Time, Wilborne Ian Lustre, CC BY-SA 4.0
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