- Zamboangueño
"This article refers to the people of
Zamboanga City . For theCreole language of which Zamboangueño is a variety, seeChavacano ."The Zamboangueños are a
collective group of people who are natives and residents ofZamboanga City , thePhilippines . Anybody born in the city is called a Zamboangueño. It also refers to those from other ethnic groups who migrated and settled in the city to become residents and those Spanish mestizos from the inter-marriages of Spaniards and locals during the Spanish period.The natives are the indigenous tribes of the Lutaos of the plains, the highlander Subanons, the boat-dwellers and sea-gypsies - the Bajaus and Samals, the Yakans from
Basilan , and the muslim warrior tribe fromSulu - the Tausugs. These were the people who had occupied most of the city and the whole ofZamboanga Peninsula before theSpaniards came. In fact, the early Spaniards called the city, "El pueblo de Lutao" - the place of Lutaos.People from other ethnic groups came to Zamboanga City when the construction of the present-day
Fort Pilar begun. The colonial Spanish government ordered the construction of a military fort to guard off the city from pirates and slave raiders of Sulu. Laborers fromCebu ,Cavite ,Bohol ,Panay and other islands were brought to the city to help build the fort. Eventually, these people settled in the city to live with the natives. Because these people from different islands spoke different languages, apidgin begun and eventually, theChavacano language developed into a creole to become the lingua franca of the city.During the Spanish period, some Spaniards married local Zamboangueños, and their descendants are called "mestizos". At present, many prominent Zamboangueño families are Spanish mestizos.
Today, people from all over
Luzon ,Visayas , and parts ofMindanao come to Zamboanga City, make it their home and eventually call themselves "Zamboangueños".ee also
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Zamboanga City
*Chavacano
*Republic of Zamboanga Zamboanga City's Online News
* [http://www.zambotimes.com Zamboanga City, Daily]
* [http://www.zambonews.com Zamboanga Online News]
* [http://www.zambotoday.com The Official Website of Zamboanga Today Newspaper]
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