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**Province of Davao del Sur**
	Province of Davao del Sur
	; Provincial seal of Davao del Sur
	; Map of the Philippines with Davao del Sur highlighted
Region	Davao Region (Region XI)
Capital	Digos City
Divisions
- Independent cities	1
- Component cities	1
- Municipalities	14
- Barangays	337; including independent cities: 519
- Congressional; districts	1st and 2nd districts of Davao del Sur; including independent cities: 1st to 3rd districts of Davao City
Population
- Total (2007)	822,406 (29th out of 80); including independent cities:; 2,185,743 (10th out of 80)
- Density	194.72/km² (39th out of 80); including independent cities:; 327.84/km² (18th out of 80)
Area
- Total	4,223.45 km² (31st out of 80); including independent cities:; 6,667.06 km² (13th out of 80)
Founded	May 8, 1967
Spoken languages	Cebuano, Dabaweño
Governor	Douglas Ra. Cagas (Nacionalista)

Davao del Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Digos City and the province borders the Davao City to the north, and Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato, and Sarangani to the west. To the east lies the Davao Gulf.

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Davao del Sur is subdivided into 14 municipalities and 1 city.

In 1942, founded by occupation of the Japanese soldiers landed and entering in the province of Southern Davao.

In 1945, the liberation in Southern Davao by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth troops was supported by the Davaoeño guerrilla fighters against the Japanese forces beginning to fighting in the Second World War.