QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 77)
To organize the ten municipal districts in the Province of Zamboanga into five independent municipalities by grouping specific districts into each new municipality.
It is pursuant to Section 68 of the Revised Administrative Code.
EO No. 77 was issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.
Sindangan and Panganuran.
In the barrio of Sindangan.
Labangan and Dinas.
In the barrio of Pagadian.
Sibuko and Sirawai.
In the barrio of Siocon.
Margosatubig and Malangas.
In the barrio of Margosatubig.
Kabasalan and BaAgaan.
In the barrio of Kabasalan.
On January 1, 1937.
Sindangan, Panganuran, Labangan, Dinas, Sibuko, Sirawai, Margosatubig, Malangas, Kabasalan, and BaAgaan.
Five independent municipalities.
Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines.
Elpidio Quirino, Secretary of the Interior.
It changes the administrative-territorial organization by converting municipal districts into larger, newly created municipalities with specified seats of government.
It indicates that the municipalities are formed by the territory comprised in the present municipal districts (i.e., combinations of entire municipal districts as specified).