Zamboanga

Zamboanga
/zam'boh ahng"geuh/, n.
a seaport on SW Mindanao, in the S Philippines. 343,722.

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Port city (pop., 2000: 601,794), western Mindanao, Philippines.

Founded in 1635 as a fort by the Spanish, it later became the chief market of the southern Philippines. In World War II it was a Japanese defense headquarters and was taken by U.S. troops in 1945. It exports rubber, pearls, copra, and mahogany and is a centre for Moro brass ware and bronze ware. It is also a tourist resort.

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