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Pagadian City Agora Public Market Boats along the Pagadian fishport. Pagadian posted an average annual regular income of P662,511,106.21 from fiscal year 2009 to 2016, thus classifying it as a 1st class component city in the Philippines. As of 2023, it is the 7th wealthiest city in Mindanao with a total asset of P5.568 Billion. [50]
Zamboanga City, a highly urbanized city since 22 November 1983, comprises 98 barangays, which are grouped into 13 geographic districts. [1] The territory of Zamboanga City covers approximately 148,338.40 hectares, of which 142,089.90 (95.8%) lies on mainland Mindanao and 6,248.50 (4.2%) are on islands.
Even after receiving its own city charter on June 21, 1969, Pagadian remained part of the representation of the Province of Zamboanga del Sur by virtue of Section 108 of Republic Act No. 5478. [2] Zamboanga del Sur was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IX from 1978 to 1984.
Poverty incidence of Zamboanga del Sur 10 20 30 40 2006 31.68 2009 31.61 2012 32.03 2015 25.27 2018 23.68 2021 13.40 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Zamboanga City, highly urbanized city and the commercial hub. Pagadian City, the component city. The economy is predominantly agricultural. Products include coco oil, livestock feed milling, rice/corn milling, including the processing of ...
Kawit, officially the Municipality of Kawit (Tagalog: Bayan ng Kawit), is a urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 107,535. [3] It is one of the notable places that had a major role in the country's history during the 1800s and 1900s.
Medellin was formerly part of Daanbantayan. As a town, it started with only 3 barangays, namely; Kawit and Buenavista on the west coast, and Tindog on the east coast. Kawit, being the biggest and most progressive barangay at that time, became the first seat of government. Due to its deep shore water, the area was prone to pirates.
Dimataling was created in 1950 from the barrios of Dinas, Legarda, Mirapao, Migpulao, Kalipapa, Pisaan, Bubway, Tiniguangan, Tabina and Dimataling from Pagadian (not yet as a city at that time) and the barrios of Punta Flecha, Pitogo, Qugbay, Balong-balong, Libertad and Dumanguilas from Margosatubig. [5]
Hispanicized form of kawit or corruption of kalawit, Tagalog words for "hook", in reference to the small hook-shaped peninsula jutting into Manila Bay. Cebu City: none: Hispanicized corruption of sugbu, Cebuano for "to walk on shallow waters", referring to the shallows through which one had to wade in order to reach dry land from the port of ...