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- ↑ "Profile – The Official Website of the Municipality of Nabunturan" . Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ↑ Balasbas, Rhommel (December 9, 2019). "Compostella (sic) Valley tatawagin nang Davao de Oro" [Compostela Valley now to be called Davao de Oro]. Radyo Inquirer 990 AM (in Filipino). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
- ↑ "3 female governors proclaimed in Davao Region". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2022-07-13.