Asuncion for the 3rd time won as the Cleanest and Greenest Municipality in Davao del Norte. Asuncion is now
a Hall of Famer in the Provincial Level and recently adjudged as the Cleanest and Greenest in Region XI in 2002 and an entry
to the National Level.
The Municipality of Asuncion became a regular municipal district in February 23, 1921 by virtue of Executive
Order No. 8, signed by Governor General Francis Burton Harrison, duly endorsed by the Provincial Board of Davao under Resolution
Numbers 927 and 393. Two districts were created: the District of Camansa and the District of Saug. Each district consists
of 5 barrios.
In the early part of 1948, Executive Order No. 156 promulgated by then President Elpidio Quirino, made Asuncion
a regular town and originally named the municipality New Leyte. On September of the same year, Executive Order No. 173 was
issued changing its name to Municipality of Saug.
Republic Act No. 1675 was passed in Congress on June 30, 1957 renaming the Municipality of Saug to Municipality
of Asuncion in honor of its Patron Saint Nuestra Seņora dela Asuncion.
The early inhabitants of the Municipality were the Atas and Mandayas. In the early 1930’s migrants
from Leyte, Bohol, Cebu and other parts of the Visayas settled in the town and lived peacefully with the early settlers.
At present, the Municipality of Asuncion has twenty six (26) barangays with a total land area of 41,152 hectares
representing 2.3% of the total land area of the Province of Davao.
