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Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Chavacano: Ciudad de Zamboanga; Tausug: Dāira sin Sambuangan; Filipino: Lungsod ng Zamboanga; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Zamboanga) or Jambangan in the native Subanon language, [8] [9] is a highly urbanized city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region of the Philippines.
The Republic of Zamboanga was a short-lived revolutionary government, founded by General Vicente Álvarez and the Zamboangueño Revolutionary Forces after the Spanish government in Zamboanga, Philippines officially surrendered and ceded Real Fuerte de Nuestra Señora La Virgen del Pilar de Zaragoza in May 1899. On May 28, 1899, Álvarez ...
DISTRICT OF ZAMBOANGA: Luis Lim: July 23, 1914–1917: Lim was the first appointed civil governor of the province. [4] Agustin Alvarez: 1917–1920: Alvarez succeeded Lim in 1917 as governor and reelected in 1928. In 1940, he was elected Zamboanga City Mayor. [4] PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA: Agustin Alvarez: 1920–1922 [4] Florentino Adasa Saguin ...
Zamboanga Peninsula (Cebuano: Lawis sa Zamboanga.; Chavacano: Peninsula de Zamboanga; Filipino: Tangway ng Zamboanga) is an administrative region in Mindanao, Philippines, designated as Region IX. It consists of the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Sur, and the cities of Isabela and Zamboanga City.
The Zamboanga City crisis (Filipino: Krisis sa Zamboanga; Chavacano: Crisis na Zamboanga) or Zamboanga Siege was an armed conflict in Zamboanga City, Philippines between the government forces of the Philippines and Moro rebels from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) that began on September 9, 2013 and ended twenty days later on September 28.
The Zamboanga City Hall (Filipino: Bahay Pamahalaan ng Lungsod ng Zamboanga) [1] is the seat of the local government of Zamboanga City. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines considers the city hall building as a National Historical Site.
Zamboanga del Sur comprises 26 municipalities, 1 component city and 1 highly urbanized city organized into two congressional districts and further subdivided into 681 barangays. Traditionally grouped with Zamboanga del Sur is the highly urbanized city of Zamboanga, which is administratively independent from the province.
Main entrance of Fort Pilar with the historical marker in Zamboanga City. This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission.