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ZAMBOANGA CITY

Zamboanga City is highly Urbanized city, the people who lived in Zamboanga are called to be Zamboangueños, in Chavacano Zamboanga City is "Ciudad de Zamboanga" The city is located in Mindanao, Philippines. the distance between Zamboanga City and Manila is 1,247.1km. is has a population of 807,129 people as of the May 1, 2010 census. Zamboanga City is the Sixth most populous and 3rd largest city by land area in the Philippines. It is the commercial and industrial center of Zamboanga Peninsula Region.

FOR HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL PURPOSES.

Zamboanga City is grouped with the Province of Zamboanga del Sur, of which it formerly was the capital.Zamboanga was formerly known as Jambangan in the Subanon language and the center of the Subanon tribe and culture during the pre-Hispanic times. Afterindependence from Spain on May 1899, Zamboanga became the Republica deZamboanga with Zamboangueño Chavacano as its official language and Spanish as its co-official language. After American intervention, the republic incorporated into the Philippines and became the capital of the former Moro Province, now Mindanao, from 1903 to 1913. On October 12, 1936, Zamboanga became a chartered city under Commonwealth Act No. 39. It was formally inaugurated on February 26, 1937, which was declared a local holiday. Known for Hispanic influences in its culture, it bears the nickname "Asia's Latin City."

*LIST OF BARANGAYS IN ZAMBOANGA CITY*

Zamboanga city is politically subdivided into 98 barangays or barrios. there are two Congressional Districts, with 38 barangays in the west and 60 barangays in the east coast.

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