Pagadian

Pagadian
Component City
City of Pagadian
F.S. Pajares Ave. in Pagadian City, showing the view of Illana Bay in the background
Seal
Nickname(s): Little Hongkong of the South;
Motto: Asenso Pagadian!
Map of Zamboanga del Sur with Pagadian highlighted
Pagadian Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 7°50′N 123°26′E / 7.83°N 123.43°E / 7.83; 123.43Coordinates: 7°50′N 123°26′E / 7.83°N 123.43°E / 7.83; 123.43
Country	Philippines
Region	Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX)
Province	Zamboanga del Sur
District	1st district of Zamboanga del Sur
Chartered	March 23, 1937
Cityhood	June 21, 1969
Barangays	54
Government
• Mayor	Romeo Pulmones (LP)
• Vice Mayor	Ernesto Mondarte (LP)
Area
• Total	378.8 km2 (146.3 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Highest elevation (Mount Palpalan)	208 m (682 ft)
Population (2015 census)
• Total	199,060
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Pagadianon
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	7016
Dialing code	+63 (0)62
Income class	2nd city income class
	097322000
Electorate	110,857 voters as of 2016
Language(s)	Cebuano, Filipino, English, Hiligaynon, Subanen, Ilokano, Iranun, Maguindanao, Tausug, Samal, Chavacano
Ecclesiastical Province	Archdiocese of Ozamiz
Episcopal polity	Diocese of Pagadian
Patron Saint	Sto. Niño de Cebu
Website	www.pagadian.gov.ph

Pagadian, officially the City of Pagadian (Filipino: Lungsod ng Pagadian; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Pagadian; Chavacano/Spanish: Ciudad de Pagadian), is located in Mindanao, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Zamboanga del Sur and the regional center of Zamboanga Peninsula. Pagadian City is the second largest city in the region, after the independent city of Zamboanga. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 199,060 people.

With its beginnings as a stop-over for traders who ply the road between the old Spanish fort-town of Zamboanga on the southwestern tip of the Zamboanga peninsula and other bigger towns to the north of the old Zamboanga Province and apart from its sheltered bay and good fishing grounds, it was not a place where anyone imagined that a city would be founded on it as it is situated on steeply rolling terrain. In the course of its local history, waves of different kinds of people came to stay and eventually called among themselves "Pagadianons."

The iconic symbol of Pagadian is its uniquely designed tricycle built to adopt to the city's hilly terrain. It is the only place in the Philippines with a public transport inclined at about 25-40° angle.

Pagadian is on the northeastern side of the Western Mindanao region, bordering on Illana Bay. It is bounded by the municipalities of Tigbao and Dumalinao on the southwest, Lakewood on the west, Labangan on the east and northwest, and Midsalip on the north.