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Zamboanga City - "ASIA'S LATIN CITY"

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Ciudad de Zamboanga
(City of Zamboanga)





El Ayuntamiento de Zamboanga

photo (c) Bro. Jeffrey Pioquinto, SJ


original unedited photo (c) Cornerstone Photography


retrato (c) IG: @vaughnvoyage





Zamboanga City ( Zamboangueño or Chavacano/Spanish: Ciudad de Zamboanga) (Filipino:Lungsod ng Zamboanga) is classified as a highly urbanized city and it is currently ranked as the 6th most populous city (947,020 population as of 2010) and the 3rd largest city by area in the Philippines. ((522/km2) 1,353/sq mi)

The Chabacano (popularly known as Zamboangueño, which is based on 70% Spanish words, and 30% Italian, Portuguese, Quechua, Taino, Mexican-Indian, Nauhtl, Tagalog, Illongo, Bisaya and other Philippine languages) made Zamboanga as "Asia's Latin City". Chavacano language is the only Spanish-based creole in Asia

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Asia's Latin City Visitors :)





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Zamboanga (Filipinas), 9 Junio 2017 (EFE). - El idioma Chabacano, último exponente de la lengua Española en Filipinas, sobrevive a los embates del inglés y el tagalo en la ciudad sureña de Zamboanga gracias al empeño de académicos y medios de comunicación.

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Zamboanga City @ night








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Aerial Views





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Aerial view (1982)




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Downtown
























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International Fast-food chains




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Mount Pulongbato & Zamboanga Cordilleras





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Zamboanga International Airport











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The Historic FORT PILAR



















Fort Pilar Courtyard




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Oye de verdad parece una ciudad cualquiera latinoamericana... Esta muy linda la ciudad ;)
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speak spanish in the city?
I dont like so much =/
This city has an amazing atmosphere for sure, and its constantly expanding.

Greetings.:eek:kay:
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speak spanish in the city?
I dont like so much =/
Rekarte, they speak Chavacano in Zamboanga. :)
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NICE! Ateneo HS building's upper floors and roofdeck are cleary visible behind the woods. :colgate:
Interesting!, really looks like a latinamerican city :D
Zamboanga is the most "Latin American" city in the Philippines...

For all the Latin Americans here, this is an example of the Chavacano language spoken in Zamboanga:


I think a lot of words and phrases will sound familiar to all of you!
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Oye de verdad parece una ciudad cualquiera latinoamericana... Esta muy linda la ciudad ;)
This city has an amazing atmosphere for sure, and its constantly expanding.

Greetings.:eek:kay:
Gracias chuck23!

Zamboanga is beautiful!
^^

Gracias a todos! :)
Interesting!, really looks like a latinamerican city :D
Gracias Amigo! ;)
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