Zamboanga del Sur – Its Name Meant “A Pot or Place of Flowers”

ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR

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Zamboanga del Sur is a province in the Philippines located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao. Its capital is the city of Pagadian. Grouped with Zamboanga del Sur is the highly urbanized city of Zamboanga, which is governed independently from the province.

The province borders Zamboanga del Norte to the north, Zamboanga Sibugay to the west, Misamis Occidental to the northeast, and Lanao del Norte to the east. To the south is the Moro Gulf. Read More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamboanga_del_Sur

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Zamboanga del Sur covers a total area of 4,499.46 square kilometers (1,737.25 sq mi) occupying the southern section of the Zamboanga peninsula in western Mindanao. When Zamboanga City is included for statistical purposes, the province’s land area is 591,416 hectares (5,914.16 km²). The province is bordered on the north by Zamboanga del Norte, west by Zamboanga Sibugay, northeast by Misamis Occidental, east by Lanao del Norte, southeast by the Illana Bay, and south by the Moro Gulf.

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The economy is predominantly agricultural. Products include coco oil, livestock feed milling, rice/corn milling, including the processing of fruits, gifts and housewares made from indigenous materials like handmade paper, roots, rattan, buri, and bamboo; wood-based manufacture of furniture and furniture components from wood, rattan, and bamboo; marine and aquaculture including support services; construction services and manufacture of marble, concrete, and wooden construction materials. There are also mining areas in the province, such as those found in the municipality of Bayog managed by TVI, a Canadian-based mining firm which concentrates on gold mining, and the Cebu Ore Mining which is handling the Ore-Copper-Steel mines. There are also small-scale mines in the municipality of Dumingag.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamboanga_del_Sur

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