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Zamboanga City is a major city located in the Philippines, situated on the island of Mindanao. It is an important port and commercial center in the region, serving as a significant hub for trade and economic activity in the southern Philippines.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- City of Zamboanga
- Demonym
- zamboangueño
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Zamboanga Peninsula
- Population
- 1018849
- Area
- 1414.7
- Elevation
- 96
- Time zone
- Philippine Standard Time
- Shares border with
- Basilan
- Official website
- www.zamboanga.gov.ph
- Image
- Zamboanga City from Garden Orchid Hotel.jpg
- Households
- 227352
- Dialing code
- 62
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- twinned administrative body
- Zaragoza
- Commons category
- Zamboanga City
- topic's main category
- Category:Zamboanga City
- postal code
- 7000
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Zamboanga City
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical climate
- inception
- 1635-00-00
- language used
- Tagalog
- poverty incidence
- 3.30
- electorate
- 483058
- social media followers
- 12600
- total assets
- 23407614978.72
- total expenditure
- 3141859000.00
- total liabilities
- 1941299985.56
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 5720026552.26
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Encyclopedic overview
Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Chavacano/Spanish: Ciudad de Zamboanga; Subanen: Bagbenwa Sembwangan; Sama: Lungsud Samboangan; Tausug: Daira sin Sambuwangan; Filipino: Lungsod ng Zamboanga; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Zamboanga), is a highly urbanized city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region of the Philippines, with a total population of 1.02 million inhabitants. It is the third-largest city by land area in the Philippines, and is also the sixth-most populous city in the archipelago; additionally, it is the second most populous in Mindanao after Davao City. It is the commercial and industrial center of the Zamboanga Peninsula Region.
According to the 2024 census, the City of Zamboanga has a population of 1,018,894 people.
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