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ZAMBOANGA

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 953 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ZAMBOANGA , the See also:

capital of the See also:Moro See also:Province, and of the See also:District (or Comandancia) of Zamboanga, and a See also:port of entry, on the See also:island of Mindanao, Philippine Islands, at the S. extremity of the western See also:peninsula. Pop. (1903) 3281; of the comandancia, 20,692. Zamboanga has one of the most healthful sites in the islands, its See also:climate being decidedly cooler than that of See also:Manila. Since the See also:American occupation the See also:trade has greatly increased and various improvements have been planned or are under way, including a new See also:custom-See also:house, better facilities for docking, pavements, See also:bridges, and public parks. The Provincial Capitol, one of the finest See also:government buildings in the Philippines, was completed in 1908. There is considerable valuable See also:timber in the vicinity, live-stock is extensively raised, and See also:rice, See also:copra, See also:hemp, See also:sugar-See also:cane, See also:tobacco, and sweet potatoes are other important products. Zamboanga was one of the See also:oldest See also:Spanish settlements in the islands, it having been taken and fortified as a See also:base against the Moros, and it still contains an old See also:stone fort. Many of the inhabitants are 'descendants of slaves who escaped from the Moros and sought Spanish See also:protection. A Spanish See also:patois, called " Zamboangueno," is spoken by most of the native inhabitants.

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