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Zamboanga City ( Zamboangueño Chavacano : Ciudad de Zamboanga ) is a highly urbanized city located in Mindanao , Philippines . It has a population of 807,129 people as of the 1 May 2010 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, but governed independently from the province.
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 be