Zamboanga Peninsula

Zamboanga Peninsula

Region IX
Western Mindanao (formerly)
Zamboanga Peninsula Region IX; Western Mindanao (formerly)
Region
	[[File:\|Skyline of Zamboanga City\|250px]] Skyline of Pagadian City (top), and the aerial view of Fort Pilar, Zamboanga City
	Location in the Philippines
Country	Philippines
Island group	Mindanao
Regional center	Pagadian
Area
• Total	17,056.73 km2 (6,585.64 sq mi)
Population (2015)[1]
• Total	3,629,783
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ISO 3166 code	PH-09
Provinces	3 Zamboanga del Norte ; Zamboanga del Sur ; Zamboanga Sibugay ;
Cities	5 Dapitan ; Dipolog ; Isabela ; Pagadian ; Zamboanga City ;
Municipalities	67
Barangays	1,904

Zamboanga Peninsula is an administrative region in the Philippines. It is also known as Region IX. The regional center is Pagadian.

The region has three provinces (Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Sur) and two cities (Isabela City and Zamboanga City).

References

Census of Population (2015). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

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