Zamboanga (Philippines) - Wink Travel Guide

Zamboanga City is in the Mindanao region of the Philippines. Known as the "City of Flowers" (the etymology of Zamboanga comes from the Malay word jambangan means garden of flowers), it is now one of the most important and busiest port cities in the Philippines.

The Chavacano language (popularly known as Zamboangueño language or Zamboangueño Chavacano, a creole language whose vocabulary is 80% Spanish and 20% from Philippine languages and other foreign sources) made Zamboanga as "Asia's Latin City."

This is also because of the same traditions with Spain, particularly the patroness Our Lady of the Pilar (which is also the patroness of Spain).

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