Pantukan, officially the Municipality of Pantukan ( ceb, Lungsod sa Pantukan; tl, Bayan ng Pantukan), is a 1st class

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in the

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Davao de Oro Davao de Oro, officially the Province of Davao de Oro ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Davao de Oro; tgl, Lalawigan ng Davao de Oro), is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Nabunturan. It used to be part of t ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 90,786 people.

History

In 1914, Governor General

Charles Yeater Charles Emmett Yeater (April 24, 1861 – July 20, 1943) of Sedalia, Missouri was acting Governor-General of the Philippines from March 5, 1921 to October 14, 1921. From 1901 to 1935, the governor-general was the chief political executive o ...

declared Pantukan as a municipal district. Sangui, a

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, was appointed president. A year after, he was replaced by Bancas Mansaka. On November 13, 1936, President

Manuel L. Quezon Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, (; 19 August 1878 – 1 August 1944), also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier and politician who served as president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 until his dea ...

declared it a regular municipality, therefore becoming the oldest town in Davao de Oro province. Teodoro Fuentes was appointed its first Alkalde. Juan Caballero Sr. was its first elected Mayor. From then up to the present, the elected mayors were: Graciano Arafol (1952-1959), Diosdado Basanez (1960-1963), Celso Sarenas (1964-) with Juan Caballero, Jr. as OIC (1986-1987), Jovito Derla (1988-1992), Juan Caballero, Jr. (1992-1995), Jovita Derla (1995-2004), Tok Sarenas (2004-2013), and Roberto Yugo (2013–present).

Geography

Climate

Barangays

Pantukan is politically subdivided into 13

barangay A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...

s. * Bongabong * Bongbong * P. Fuentes * Kingking (

Poblacion ''Poblacion'' (literally "town" or "settlement" in Spanish language in the Philippines, Spanish; ) is the common term used for the administrative center, central, downtown, old town or central business district area of a Philippines, Philippi ...

) * Magnaga * Matiao * Napnapan * Tagdangua * Tambongon * Tibagon * Las Arenas * Araibo * Tagugpo

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Pantukan, Davao de Oro, was 90,786 people, with a density of .

Economy

The municipality is primarily dependent on

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but agriculture thrives in communities within its boundary. While small scale mining operates in the town, a large mining operator has been granted permit to explore

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...

in the area. Gold deposits in Barangay Kingking alone is estimated to be at 10.3 million ounces with copper deposits of 5.4 billion pounds. Nationwide Development Corporation (Nadecor) holds the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) for the Kingking mine site.

References

External links

Pantukan Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census Information
{{Authority control Municipalities of Davao de Oro Mining communities in the Philippines