Editing Zamboanga (province) (section)

===Creation===
[[File:Zamboanga province map 1918.JPG|thumb|Map of Zamboanga province in 1918]]
During the time of the United States' purchase of the Philippines (1898), the [[Republic of Zamboanga]] had its own independence and jurisdiction on what is now Zamboanga City. After the dissolution of the republic, Zamboanga was eventually consolidated into one major administrative area by the American government of the Philippines, consisting of an enormous region that was the Mindanao island's western peninsula, [[Basilan|Basilan Island]], and the entire Sulu archipelago, with the ancient namesake town/fort of Zamboanga as the seat of its government, and was called the [[Moro Province]] of the Philippines.

The Moro Province, in 1914 was replaced by the [[Department of Mindanao and Sulu]]. It was divided into Zamboanga, [[Sulu (province)|Sulu]], [[Cotabato]], [[Davao Region|Davao]], [[Agusan (province)|Agusan]] and [[Surigao (province)|Surigao]]. The town of Zamboanga as its capital. Luis Lim<ref>Father of Congressman [[Roseller T. Lim]]</ref> was appointed as the first governor of Zamboanga.

In 1920, the [[Department of Mindanao and Sulu]] was officially dissolved and Zamboanga became an independent province. In 1922, elections were held for the first elected provincial officials of Zamboanga. Florentino Saguin was elected as first elected governor.

At that time, the province was composed of five municipalities:
*[[Dipolog]]
*[[Dapitan]]
*[[Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte|Lubungan]]
*[[Isabela, Basilan|Isabela]]
*Zamboanga

Zamboanga was also sub-divided into 12 municipal districts:
*[[Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay|Bangaan]]
*[[Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur|Dinas]]
*[[Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay|Kabasalan]]
*[[Kumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur|Kumalarang]]
*[[Lamitan City|Lamitan]]
*[[Maluso, Basilan|Maluso]]
*[[Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur|Margosatubig]]
*[[Sibutad|Panganuran]]
*[[Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte|Sibuko]]
*[[Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte|Sindangan]]
*[[Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte|Sirawai]]
*[[List of barangays in Zamboanga City|Taluksangay]]