Pagadian is a component city and the capital of Zamboanga del Sur province, in the Zamboanga Peninsula region of the Philippines. Established as a municipality in 1937 and chartered as a city in 1969 under Republic Act No. 5478, it was designated the regional center of Region IX in 1990 and had a 2024 census population of 206,483 across 378.80 square kilometers, the second largest city in the region after the independent city of Zamboanga. Nicknamed the Little Hongkong of the South, the city is known for a public tricycle design built to climb inclines of roughly 25 to 40 degrees, said to be unique in the Philippines.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Longitude123.436389 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Pagadian (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1937-03-23T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 206,483 (2024)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 7.827222, longitude 123.436389
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 187 m
P2046 (area)
area 378.8 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 206483 (2024)
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Pagadian - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1696710
7.8257 123.437 P PPLA PH 09 66 097322000 206483 40 Asia/Manila
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 40 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 7.75, 123.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 7.75, 123.25
7.75 123.25 Af
Wikidata: Pagadian
Wikidata Q874270, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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