he also made a huge relief map of Mindanao (based on the map done byFrench JesuitFr. Pedro Murillo Velarde in 1752) out of earth, stones and grass during his first two months in Dapitan. Located in the southeast part of the plaza, he intended it to be a...
ware and bronze ware and a collecting point for shells, which, if not exported, are used mainly for local button manufacture. A large wharf accommodates interisland and oceangoing vessels. The city is the southern terminus of thePan-Philippine Highwayand has an airport. Pop. (2020) 977,234...
Zamboanga Peninsula, long semicircular peninsula of western Mindanao, Philippines, extending southwesterly toward the Sulu Archipelago and Borneo. It has an area of roughly 5,600 square miles (14,500 square km). It is bordered on the north and west by th