Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Chavacano: Ciudad de Zamboanga, Tausug: Dāira sin Sambuangan, Filipino: Lungsod ng Zamboanga, Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Zamboanga), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 977,234 people.[8] It is the fifth-most populous and third-largest city by land area in the Philippines and also the second most populous in Mindanao after Davao City.[9][10] It is the commercial and industrial center of the Zamboanga Peninsula Region.[11]
On October 12, 1936, Zamboanga became a chartered city under Commonwealth Act No. 39.[12][13] It was inaugurated on February 26, 1937.[14]
Zamboanga City is an independent, chartered city and was designated highly urbanized on November 22, 1983.[15]
Although geographically separated, and an independent and chartered city, Zamboanga City is grouped with the province of Zamboanga del Sur for statistical purposes, yet governed independently from it.[16]
In 2028, the city's population is projected to hit the 1,200,000 population mark, which will make the city fall under the NEDA's classification of a Metropolitan City.[17]
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