Zamboanga Travel Guide

Zamboanga is one of the first chartered cities and the sixth largest in the country. Today, the city is commercially branded for tourism by the city government as "Asia's Latin City." Zamboanga is one of the oldest cities in the country and the most hispanicized. It is also one of the largest cities in the world in terms of area, with over 1,480 km², including its 28 surrounding islands. The people of Zamboanga speak a unique Creole language called Chavacano - a blend of Spanish and European, Mexican-Indian languages and other local dialects but mostly Cebuano as its substrate language. Zamboanga is the only city in Asia where the majority of the population speak Chavacano.