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Map of Dipolog City in Zamboanga del Norte Province & History

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Dipolog's earliest recorded history started in 1834 when a civil government was organized by the Spanish Provincial government of Misamis, under whose jurisdiction we then belonged, with the appointment of a "Captain" as town executive, 'Teniente' and an 'Aguacil' to maintain law and order. Don Domingo Ruiz, a native, was the town executive that year when the town site transferred from Sitio Tulwanan to where it is now. Tradition says that in that year, a Spanish Recollect Missionary arrived in Tulwanan believing that the townsite was still there. Upon meeting a native, asked: "Donde esta el Capitan?" (Where is the captain?) Our unknown hero, understanding only word 'capitan' pointed to the west and said in Subano "Di. . .pag," meaning 'across the river'. Guided by his 'muchacho', a Tagalog boy named Antonio Subido, the Padre proceeded downriver and upon reaching the townsite named the place "Dipag". Through the years, this was corrupted by mispronunciation and intermingling of Visayan and Subano words into what it is today "Dipolog". But many years before that, Christianized and pagan settlers from the Visayas had already settled and mingled with the Subanos. For safety's sake against marauding pirates, they established a pueblo in what is now Barangay Sianib of Polanco, some twenty (20) kilometers from the coast of Dipolog. (Taken from http://dipologcity.gov.ph/main.jsp?url=h istory)

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    • It is also so helpful to have the map.

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