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Republic of Zamboanga República de Zamboanga | |||||||||
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1899–1903 | |||||||||
Status | Unrecognized state
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Capital | Zamboanga | ||||||||
Government | Republic | ||||||||
Legislature | Chamber of Deputies | ||||||||
Historical era | Philippine–American War | ||||||||
• Established | May 1899 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | March 1903 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Philippines Zamboanga City (previous actual control) Mindanao, Sulu, and Basilan (claimed territory) |
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The Republic of Zamboanga was a short-lived revolutionary government, founded by General Vicente Álvarez and the Zamboangueño Revolutionary Forces after the Spanish government in Zamboanga, Philippines officially surrendered and ceded Real Fuerte de Nuestra Señora La Virgen del Pilar de Zaragoza in May 1899. On May 28, 1899, Álvarez declared the territory's independence from the Spanish Empire, and became the republic's first and only genuinely elected president.[1]