Zamboanga City

Zamboanga City

Zamboanga City is located on the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines, between longitudes 122.073890 and latitude 6.910280 and rises above sea level by only nine meters, and is considered the largest city in the Zamboanga Peninsula by population with a population of approximately 457.623 people.

About Zamboanga

Zamboanga City was established in 1635 AD by the Spanish forces. The name Zamboanga was derived in relation to tropical flowers and the place of flowers and fruit orchards. The Pilar Fort was built in the seventeenth century to protect settlers belonging to the Christian religion against Moro pirates. Sailboats live in the residents instead of homes, but the population moves to their homes as a temporary shelter to protect from the various storms that affect the city of Zamboanga, and the residents of the city speak the Spanish Creole, where the local language of the population is considered.

Economic information on Zamboanga

Zamboanga City is considered one of the main cities that owns a crowded seaport, and it is a major center for the production of many industries such as wood and iron making, and the city relies heavily on the cultivation of both: rubber and resin plants, and Zamboanga exports all kinds of fish products, processed fruits and products based on manufacturing Products using coconut plant, and the city occupies the first position in the manufacture of bronze tools and copper tools, and is also a place for the collection of shells that were not exported to the crown and used to manufacture local buttons, as the economy of the city of Z Empunga is on the tourist income as it owns many exciting attractions, including a Spanish castle founded in the sixteenth century in addition to the Talangkusay Mosque and many other attractions and attractions in the city of Zamboanga.