14 Facts About Pagadian

1.

Pagadian, officially known as the City of Pagadian, is a 2nd class component city and the capital of the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.

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2.

Pagadian began as stop-over for traders who plied the road between the old Spanish fort-town of Zamboanga on the southwestern tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula and other bigger towns to the north of the old Zamboanga Province.

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3.

Iconic symbol of Pagadian is its uniquely designed tricycle built to adopt to the city's hilly terrain.

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4.

The name Pagadian is speculated to be derived from the Subanen word pengadian which means "school".

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5.

Pagadian was under the leadership of Datu Akob, an Iranun datu whose daughter caught the fancy of Datu Macaumbang, an Iranun from Malabang, Tukuran, part of modern Pagadian.

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6.

Pagadian was the son of Shariff Apo Tubo who descended from the bloodline of Shariff Kabungsuan, the first Sultan of the Maguindanao Sultanate.

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7.

The original Santo Nino Church of Pagadian was right across the city plaza, on the site of the current San Jose Parish church.

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8.

Pagadian was occupied by Japanese troops during World War II.

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9.

Four years later in November 2004, Pagadian was officially deisgnated as the Regional Center for the Zamboanga Peninsula.

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10.

Pagadian is on the northeastern side of the Western Mindanao region, bordering on Illana Bay.

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11.

Pagadian is politically subdivided into 54 barangays of which 19 of these are classified as urban and which 35 of these are classified as rural.

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12.

People of Pagadian are classified into three main groups which is based primarily on faith and heritage: the Subanens, the Muslim settlers who came from other parts of Mindanao and other places such as Sabah and Indonesia, and the Christian settlers who generally came from the Visayas and Luzon.

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13.

Pagadian is the seat of the Provincial Government of Zamboanga del Sur.

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14.

The port of Pagadian City is served by shipping lines operating for both passenger and cargo vessels.

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