[talk-ph] Chartered Cities

[Marloue Pidor]

I created a separate thread for this to give focus to the original
topic.

What I said is actually true, in March 1, 1937 (but Araw ng Dabaw is in
March 16) Davao City is inaugurated by President Manuel L. Quezon as a
chartered city by then Davao City is separated from Davao del Sur.
Unlike Davao del Sur, Davao City doesn't have a Governor. Well, actually
we are not insisting, in fact most of us does not know that Davao City
is separate to any provinces it is already separate and that includes
Zamboanga City and Puerto Princesa (correct me if I'm wrong).

It is also correct that for statistical purposes DC is grouped under
Davao del Sur. That is why the City Government announces before in
tri-media not to fill in the "Province" part of any government forms. To
separate the Davao City data from Davao del Sur. 

Here's some reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_city
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davao_City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamboanga_City
http://www.nscb.gov.ph/ru11/davao_city/default.htm

murlwe

<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: Eugene Alvin Villar [seav80 at gmail.com]
>Sent: 4/30/2009 8:28:19 PM
>To: murlwe at mail2engineer.com
>Cc: emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com;talk-ph at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Revisiting the admin_level values
forboundary=administrative
>
>Hi Marloue,
>
>Slightly off-topic question. Since you're from Davao City, are
residents of the
>city adamant about insisting that Davao City is separate from Davao del
Sur?
>*Some* people from Zamboanga City are positively vocal (and sometimes
actually
>hostile!) whenever people say they are part of Zamboanga del Sur[1].
>
>Many maps of the Philippines simplify the country's administrative
situation by
>making ALL cities (except those in Metro Manila) be "part" of a
province. The
>National Statistical Coordination Board actually groups Davao City
under Davao
>del Sur[2], but only for statistical purposes..
>
>
>Eugene / seav
>
>----------
>[1]
http://www.zamboanga.com/html/terrorism_attack_on_zamboanga_city.htm
>
>[2]
>http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/municipality.asp?muncode=112402
000&regcode=11&provcode=24
>
>
>
>On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Marloue Pidor
<murlwe at mail2engineer.com> wrote:
>
>I agree, it's the level in the hierarchy is confusing. In case of Davao
City we
>have 3 districts that covers only Barangays (By the way, Davao City is
not part
>of Davao del Sur as what others thought). In North Cotabato we have 4
districts
>with 18 municipalities. But classifying the different districts is
doable.
>
>murlwe
>
>
><-----Original Message-----> 
>>From: maning sambale [emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com]
>>Sent: 4/30/2009 2:09:00 PM
>>To: seav80 at gmail.com
>>Cc: talk-ph at openstreetmap.org
>>Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Revisiting the admin_level values
forboundary=administrative
>>
>>Eugene and all,
>>
>>Are you proposing this scheme for admin_levels?
>>
>>(first row is Eugene's proposal as I understand it)
>>2 --> 2 - National Border (this is a worldwide convention, so there
will be no
>>3 --> 4 - Regions
>>4 --> 6 - Provinces
>>5 --> Districts?
>>6 --> 8 - Cities and municipalities
>>8 --> 9 - Barangays and Districts of Manila
>>10 --> Zones
>>12 --> all sitios/puroks can just simply be place=*)
>>
>>The congressional district is very problematic in terms of level in
>>the hierarchy. Some congressional districts covers several
>>municipalities while others in my case, Marikina covers only
>>barangays.
>>
>>I think the most critical that we agreed on is the level for barangay
>>and cities/municipalities. The other levels can be aggregated to the
>>above basic unit.
>>
>>What do others think?
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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>http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com 


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