Its home industries include rattan and furniture craft, basket making, weaving and brass work. Ethnic Composition. These groups, usually erroneously classified under the general heading of Muslims, are actually distinct from each other in culture. Zamboanga Peninsula is rich in culture. It is a combination of vocabulary mainly from Spanish, with grammar mainly from Tagalog and Cebuano. Cultural Festivals. Zamboanga Peninsula has numerous festivals where the localities and tourist can celebrate and enjoy.
One of which is the Sibug Sibug Festival in Zamboanga Sibugay to commemorate the founding of the province and to give thanks to their patron. It is also famous because of the juiciest, meatiest, and most delicious taste of Sibugay oysters.
Every July 24, the City of Dapitan celebrates the Kinabayo festival. It is held to celebrate the Patron Saint, St. James the Greater. At the core of the festival is the reenactment of the Spanish-Moorish wars, the Battle of Clavijo, previously known as the Battle of Covadonga in AD.
The highly anticipated activity is the Regatta de Zamboanga, a fluvial race of vintas or native sea boats. The Megayon Festival in Zamboanga del Sur is relatively new as it only started in The festival is a week-long gathering to celebrate the unity among the three settlers that contribute to the founding of the province: the Subanons, the Muslims, and the local settlers.
Zamboanga del Norte. Zamboanga del Norte occupies the northwestern part of the Zamboanga Peninsula. North and west of the province is Sulu Sea, east is Misamis Occidental and southeast is separated by mountain ranges from the south.
Dipolog City is the capital of Zamboanga del Norte. The province is one of the largest in Region IX. Zamboanga del Norte's main crops are coconut, corn, palay, banana, cassava, rubber and vegetables. Its known mineral deposits are gold, chromite, manganese, asbestos and silica. Fishing and farming are the primary economic activities. Leading industries include coconut production as well as rice, corn and banana production. The region is the third highest in fish production in the country.
Zamboanga del Sur. Zamboanga del Sur is located northwest of the great island of Mindanao. The province was originally the other half of another province, called simply Zamboanga. When the government passed Republic Act on September 17, , it officially became Zamboanga Del Sur while the northern part became the Zamboanga del Norte. In , the third district of the province decided to split off, forming Zamboanga Sibugay. Zamboanga Del Sur is also considered as one of the best sources of crustaceans in the Philippines.
The crabs and lobsters it produces are always in demand in other places. To know more about Zamboanga del Sur, visit: www. Zamboanga Sibugay. Zamboanga Sibugay is considered as the 4 th youngest province in the Philippines.
The province was carved out from the third congressional district of Zamboanga del Sur after a plebiscite in Its capital is Ipil and it borders Zamboanga del Norte to the north, Zamboanga del Sur to the east and Zamboanga City to the southwest. To the south lies Sibuguey Bay in the Moro Gulf. Major crops produced include rice, corn, coconuts, rubber, fruit trees, vegetables, tobacco, coffee, cacao, and root crops.
Livestock and poultry productions are predominantly small-scale and backyard operations. Coal mining in large and small scale and precious metal mining in small scale category are likewise present in some areas of the province. Pagadian City. Dapitan City. From a small town replete with history, Dapitan took a giant step forward and became a chartered city by virtue of R.
It lies on the Northern tip of Zamboanga del Norte and northwestern coast of the island of Mindanao. Copra is the most important commercial agricultural product. Dipolog City. It is the capital of the Province of Zamboanga del Norte and it is situated in the northwestern part of the province.
It is facing Cebu and Negros provinces and sits of the tip of Western Mindanao. Dipolog is basically an agricultural city. A few of its large agro-industrial establishments deal includes rice and corn, fish, livestock and processing plants. A great majority of the small manufacturing establishments are also agro-industrial such as saw mills, bakeries as well as small and medium scale cottage industry. Zamboanga Peninsula has 3 provinces , 67 municipalities , and 5 cities 1 of which is a highly urbanized city administered independently from any province.
The total number of barangays in the region is 1, According to the Census, the age group with the highest population in Zamboanga Peninsula is 5 to 9 , with , individuals. Conversely, the age group with the lowest population is 80 and over , with 25, individuals. The population of Zamboanga Peninsula grew from 98, in to 3,, in , an increase of 3,, people over the course of years.
The latest census figures in denote a positive growth rate of 1. The total number of registered voters or electorate in Zamboanga Peninsula for the year was 2,,
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