REGION IX ZAMBOANGA SPOKEN LANGUAGE: Cebuano, Subanon,

Chavacano, Tagalog, and English

PENINSULA
MUNICIPALITIES: 25
BARANGAYS: 691
LAND AREA: 7,301.00 sq.km
• 26th populous province in the Philippines

BRIEF HISTORY
Zamboanga Del Norte was occupied by the
Spaniards through Dapital in the north and
Siocon in the south, where an old Spanish
fort atop a hill beside the sea still stands
today, Port Santa Maria a natural harbor.

ECONOMY OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE

Zamboanga Peninsula is an administrative It main products are rice, coconut, and fish.
region in the Philippines, designated as Sardines has become a major source of the
Region IX. province.

The Provinces of Region IX TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

•Zamboanga Del Norte • Gloria’s Fantasyland
•Zamboanga Del Sur •The Rizal Shrine
•Zamboanga Sibugay •Dakak Beach Resort

Four Cities under Region IX FESTIVALS

•Dapital City • Kinabayo Festival
•Dipolog City •Pagsalabuk Festival
•Pagadian City
•Isabela City FOODS
The highly urbanized Zamboanga City. •Halang-Halang
•Bas-oy
The Zamboanga Peninsula was known as
Sibuguey during the coming of the Spanish ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR
conquistadors. And later in was changed CAPITAL: Pagadian City
into Zamboanga from the capital town of TYPE: Province
the province which derived it’s name fron CITIES: 2 (Zamboanga City and Pagadian
the Malay word Sambangan meaning A City)
place where wild flowers grow. SPOKEN LANGUAGE:: Cebuano,
Maguindanao, Subanon, Chavacano, Tausug,
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE Iranun, Maranao, Tagalog, and English
CAPITAL: Dipolog City MUNICIPALITIES: 26
TYPE: Province BARANGAY: 681
CITIES: 2 ( Dapital City and Dipolog City)
•Statistically grouped with Zamboanga Del
Sur is the highly urbanized City of
Zamboanga, which is geographically
separated and a chartered city and
governed independently from the province.
BRIEF HISTORY
Zamboanga Del Sur was, for the most part,
built slowly upon the foundations of various
migrants and settlers; it built by one tribe
which later expanded.
ECONOMY OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR
The major crops that Zamboanga Del Sur
produces are corn, palay, coconuts, and
fruit trees.
governor. In the election of that year, Belma
A. Cabilao was elected as the first
congressman of the independent
Zamboanga Sibugay.
ECONOMY OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY
Main products are Seafood (talaba),
rubber, rice, corn, coconuts, fruit trees,
vegetables, tobacco, coffee, cacao, and
root crops.
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
•Buluan Island
•Tagbilat Falls
•Moalboal Cave

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS FOODS

•Putting Balas Sanbar •Lukot lukot or Tagkatak
•Pulacan Falls •Kilawing Talaba
•Guipos Cave •Balachan

FESTIVAL FESTIVAL
•Summer Youth Festival •Sibug Sibug Festival
•Megayon Festival •Kasikas Festival

FOODS ZAMBOANGA CITY

•Kinamatisang Bulad KNOWN: City of Flowers
•Piñato TYPE: City
BARANGAY: 98
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY
KNOWN: Talaba Capital of the Philippines BRIEF HISTORY
CAPITAL: Ipil (Nickname: Heart of Sibugay) • The evolution of the name “Zamboanga”
TYPE: Province comes from the early Malay settlers called
MUNICIPALITIES: 16 the region “Jambangan”, which means Land
BARANGAYS: 389 of the Flowers.

BRIEF HISTORY
It was formerly part of Zamboanga Del Sur
which in turn was formerly a territory of
the huge Zamboanga Province. On February
24, 2001, the present province was created
after a ratification of Republic Act 8973 with
then Congressman George Hofer as its first
•June 23, 1635 city’s founding date and this
date marked the change of the name of the
place from Samboangan to Zamboanga.
ZAMBOANGA TRIBES
•TAUSUG- Muslim natives of the Sulu
Archipelago.
•SAMAL- One of the natives of Zamboanga
Peninsula.
•SUBANEN- The original people of
Zamboanga.
•BADJAO – called as “Sea Gypsies” because
they move with the wind and the tide of
their small houseboat called vinta.

FESTIVAL OF ZAMBOANGA CITY

• Zamboanga Hermosa Festival or Fiesta
Pilar

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
• Great Sta.Cruz Island
•Fort Pilar Shrine
•Pasonanca Park and Scout Limbaga
Campsite

FOOD
•Curacha
•Satti
•Knickerbocker