Manay (, also spelled Man-ay), officially the Municipality of Manay (; ), is a first class

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in the

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Davao Oriental Davao Oriental (; ), officially the Province of Davao Oriental (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is the city of Mati, Davao Oriental, Mati which is the most ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 39,572 people. Manay is located in

seated the

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, bordering Banaybanay, Lupon, Pantukan (

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), and

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. Manay is one of the beautiful municipalities across from

. The main attractions are the Tagdalid Falls, (geographically centre of Manay), Rising Sun Beach Resort. The municipality's covering tropical rainforest climates.

Geography

Climate

Manay has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...

(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Barangays

Manay is politically subdivided into 17

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s while some have

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Demographics

Manay's population was decreased about 1.48% of the Municipality of Manay.

Economy

The Municipality of Manay have poverty incidence, covering 37.07% of the GDP per capita.

References

External links

Manay Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
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