Pagadian
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Pagadian, officially the City of Pagadian, is a component city and the capital of the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. It is the regional center of Zamboanga Peninsula and the second-largest city in the region, after the independent city of Zamboanga. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 206,483 people. The city will be converted into a highly urbanized city by the virtue of Proclamation No. 1247, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte dated November 8, 2021, but shall take effect after the ratification in a plebiscite.
Key facts
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- 120x80px
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- Pagadian Zamboanga del Sur.png
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- 100x80px
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- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Philippines
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- Province
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- Home of the 40 Degree TricycleLittle Hongkong of the South
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- Asenso Pagadian!
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- Beautiful Pagadian
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- District
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- Founded
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- March 23, 1937
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Encyclopedic overview
35 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Subanons (Early Historic Era)
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Christian settlement
- Under Margosatubig (1920s)
- Prewar Era (1930s)
- During World War II
- 1950s to the 1970s and the Martial Law Years
- Growth as a City (late 1980s-present)
- Designation as regional center for Region IX
- Highly urbanized city
- Geography
- Climate
- Barangays
- Demographics
- Economy
- Culture
- Festivals
- Tourism
- Government
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Utilities
- Education
- Media
- AM radio stations
- FM radio stations
- TV stations
- Cable and satellite providers
- Notable people
- Sister cities
- Notes
- References
- External links
Pagadian, officially the City of Pagadian, is a component city and the capital of the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. It is the regional center of Zamboanga Peninsula and the second-largest city in the region, after the independent city of Zamboanga. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 206,483 people. The city will be converted into a highly urbanized city by the virtue of Proclamation No. 1247, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte dated November 8, 2021, but shall take effect after the ratification in a plebiscite.
Pagadian began as stop-over for traders who plied the road between the old Spanish fort-town of Zamboanga on the southwestern tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula and other bigger towns to the north of the old Zamboanga Province. Except for its sheltered bay and good fishing grounds, it was not a promising site because it is situated on steeply rolling terrain. In the course of its local history, waves of different kinds of people came to stay, and eventually called among themselves "Pagadianons".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pagadian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.