Zamboanga del Norte

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Zamboanga del Norte
Province
(from top: left to right) Dakak Beach, Saint James the Greater Church, Katipunan Arch and Provincial Capitol Building in Dipolog
Flag Seal
Motto(s):  Unity, Prosperity, Peace
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 8°08′00″N 123°00′00″E / 8.1333333°N 123°E / 8.1333333; 123
Country	Philippines
Region	Zamboanga Peninsula
Founded	June 6, 1952
Capital and largest city	Dipolog
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor	Rosalina G. Jalosjos (Nacionalista)
• Vice Governor	Julius C. Napigquit (PDP–Laban)
• Legislature	Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Board
Area [1]
• Total	7,301.00 km2 (2,818.93 sq mi)
• Rank	9th out of 81
Highest elevation (Mount Dansalan)	629 m (2,064 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[2]
• Total	1,047,455
• Rank	27th out of 81
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
• Rank	60th out of 81
Divisions
• Independent cities	0
• Component cities	2 Dapitan Dipolog
• Municipalities	25 Baliguian Godod Gutalac Jose Dalman Kalawit Katipunan La Libertad Labason Leon B. Postigo Liloy Manukan Mutia Piñan Polanco President Manuel A. Roxas Rizal Salug Sergio Osmeña Sr. Siayan Sibuco Sibutad Sindangan Siocon Sirawai Tampilisan
• Barangays	691
• Districts	Legislative districts of Zamboanga del Norte
Time zone	UTC+8 (PHT)
ZIP code	7100–7124
IDD : area code	+63 (0)65
ISO 3166 code	PH-ZAN
Spoken languages	Cebuano Subanon Filipino English
Income classification	1st class
Website	Province of Zamboanga del Norte Official Website

Zamboanga del Norte (Cebuano: Amihanang Zamboanga; Subanon: Utara Sembwangan; Filipino: Hilagang Zamboanga), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Norte, is a province in the Philippines situated within the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao. Its capital is Dipolog and the province borders Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay to the south, Misamis Occidental to the east, and the Sulu Sea to the west.

Zamboanga del Norte is the largest province of the Zamboanga Peninsula region by land area covering 7,301.00 square kilometres (2,818.93 sq mi).^[1] Zamboanga del Norte is the 26th populous province in the Philippines.