Dipolog is a component city and the capital of Zamboanga del Norte province, in the Zamboanga Peninsula region of the Philippines. Established in 1834, chartered as a municipality in 1913 and granted cityhood effective January 1, 1970 under Republic Act No. 5520, it had a 2024 census population of 136,528 across 241.13 square kilometers, the most populous settlement in the province. Known as the Gateway to Western Mindanao and the Bottled Sardines Capital of the Philippines, the city sits between rolling hills and the Sulu Sea.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Longitude123.340833 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Dipolog (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1913-07-01T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 136,528 (2024)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 8.587222, longitude 123.340833
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 49 m
P2046 (area)
area 241.13 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 136528 (2024)
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Dipolog - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1714674
8.56697 123.33471 P PPL PH 09 65 097202000 93549 7 Asia/Manila
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 7 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.75, 123.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.75, 123.25
8.75 123.25 Af
Wikidata: Dipolog
Wikidata Q432169, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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