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|footnotes = }} Zamboanga City (Zamboangueño Chavacano: ''Ciudad de Zamboanga'') is a highly urbanized city located in Mindanao, Philippines. It has a population of people as of the census.〔 Zamboanga is the 6th most populous and 3rd largest city by land area in the Philippines. It is the commercial and industrial center of the Zamboanga Peninsula Region.〔 For historical and statistical purposes, Zamboanga City is grouped with the Province of Zamboanga del Sur,〔 of which it formerly was the capital. Zamboanga used to be known as ''Jambangan'' in the Subanen language and was the center of the Subanen culture during the pre-Hispanic times. After independence from Spain in May 1899, Zamboanga became the Republic of Zamboanga with Zamboangueño Chavacano as its official language and Spanish as its co-official language. After American intervention, the republic incorporated into the Philippines and became the capital of the former Moro Province, now Mindanao, from 1903 to 1913. On October 12, 1936, Zamboanga became a chartered city under Commonwealth Act No. 39.〔http://www.zamboanga.com/news/Charter_of_Zamboanga_City_October_12_1936_Commonwealth_Act_Number_39.htm〕〔http://www.chanrobles.com/commonwealthacts/commonwealthactno39.html#.UjsEQX-yoXg〕 It was formally inaugurated on February 26, 1937, which was declared a local holiday. Known for Hispanic influences in its culture, it bears the nickname "Asia's Latin City." ==History== Zamboanga was founded in the late 12th or early 13th century, with the earliest people living there being the Subanen people, an indigenous tribe of the island Mindanao. The Subanen people's name for Zamboanga, "Sung Lupa", means "pointed land". Speculation that the name of Zamboanga comes from the word "Jambangan Bunga", meaning "bouquet/vase of flowers", or the "garden/land of flowers", is met by others insisting the name derives from the word "saguan" or "sambuan", a Malay word for the paddle used by natives to paddle the vintas in the sea. Another possible origin is "sambon" which refers to herbal plants that grew abundantly in the city. Badjao, Samal, Tausug and the Yakan tribes from Malayan descent settled in the same part of Mindanao in the early 14th century. Islam gained predominance in the early 14th century in the Philippines. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zamboanga City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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