 Zamboanga City 

(Chavacano: Ciudad de Zamboanga, Filipino: Lungsod ng Zamboanga) is a highly

urbanized city on Mindanao, Philippines. It has a population of 861,799 people as of the 2015 census.
 Zamboanga City used to be known as Samboangan in historical records. It was founded by
the Subanen people during pre-Hispanic times. After independence from Spain in May 1899,
Zamboanga became the Republic of Zamboanga with Chavacano as its official language
and Spanish as its co-official language. After American armed intervention, the republic was
incorporated into their Philippines colony and became the capital of the Moro Province, now
Mindanao, from 1903 to 1913. On October 12, 1936, Zamboanga City became a chartered city under
Commonwealth Act No. 39. It was inaugurated on February 26, 1937, which was declared a local
holiday.
 Although geographically not situated on it but for statistical purposes, Zamboanga City is grouped
with the province of Zamboanga del Sur yet still governed independently from it.

ZAMBOANGA CITY
LUNZURAN, ZAMBOANGA CITY
BACKGROUND AND IT’S
CURRENT SETTING
History of Lunzuran, Zamboanga City

Long before the Spaniards came, the whole Zamboanga was covered with forest except the areas along the
shores. The natives engaged in fishing, they inhabit in the shore lines. Upon their arrival, the Spaniards
undertook at once the task of building a town, which is at present the city of Zamboanga.This town became a
center, so that, it prospered and expanded to its present boundaries. Many people made good in the place, so
they decided to settle there permanently with their families. It was then Moros harassed the foreigners while
they were on campaign. The Spaniards reached the farthest place where the settlers built their homes. On their
way, they met a man carrying bundles of vegetables. The soldier who wish to know the name of the place,
asked him in Spanish, “Que se llamas estoy lugar?” The man did not understand what he was talking about. All
he thought the Spaniard was asking him where he was going, so he answered, “sa lungsod”, which is in
Visayan dialect, meaning “going to town”. Since the Spaniard found difficulty in saying the Visayan word,he
pronounced it as “lunzur”, until many settlers heard it, until many people modified the place as “lunzuran”
which meant pleasant and so romantic to hear.
Economy of Lunzuran, Zamboanga City
 New housing projects are
being built in Luzuran. One of
these projects is located on
Sun Road near the Ateneo de
Zamboanga High School
WOODRIDGE
Building. The subdivision
offers big lots and modern
houses.

FILLINVEST
All areas within the urban lands not otherwise properly delineated in the Urban
Land Use Map but are known to the public to be actually being utilized or are
undergoing development constructions for cemeteries/memorial parks or other
special uses at the time of the enactment of this Ordinance and properly indicated
by symbolsto determine only their locations, as identified but not limited to:

a. Sinunuc – Pryce Cemetery

b. Tumaga – Lunzuran – Putik – Tetuan Cemetery
c. Sta. Cruz Cemetery (Roman Catholic, Municipal and Chinese)
d. San Roque – San Jose Gusu Cemetery Zone
e. Barangay Calarian (Lund Cemetery)
f. Arena Blanco – Mampang Cemetery
g. Talon-Talon Loop Cemetery
h. Patalon – Labuan Cemetery
i. Talabaan – Taluksangay Cemetery
j. Caragasan Cemetery
k. Lumbangan Cemetery
THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARE DECLARED
TO BE IN HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE (R-
3):

.
Portion of barangay Lunzuran, that area
where a line is drawn 1,000 lineal meters
from the center of theLunzuran Road
starting from the junction of Lunzuran Road
and Tumaga-Lunzuran Road towards north
and up to the end of Lunzuran Road. Legend:
  Residential Area
  Built up Area
  Agricultural Land,
Parks and Open
Spaces
  Institutional Area
  Commercial Area
Barangay Boundary
  Cemetery/landfills,
idle lots
 The baranggay has 2 phase, and it’s adjacent to its neighboring barangay:
Putik, Divisoria, Tumaga And Lunzuran
 It has a total land area: 743 Hectares
 The terrain characteristics : Lunzuran is more of a savannah hilly terrain
 Population : 8,221
 Number of Households 917
 Distance to city proper : 7.30 kms
LUNZURAN is located in Zamboanga City, Philippines. It has an area of 743 Hectares and is
about 7.3 kilometers north of City hall.
The barangay of Lunzuran borders Tumaga to the southwest and Putik to the South. Lunzuran is
about 1.2 kilometers from the main highway. Lunzuran is more of a savannah hilly terrain.
Lunzuran has its own water supply managed by the city water district.
In 2006 the barangay of Lunzuran constructed a brand new building to house the Barangay hall.
Slowly but surely the barangay of lunzuran is growing.

Phase 2

Phase 1
SCHOOL BARANGAY HALL
DATA ANALYSIS
• GREEN SCENARY
• POOR DEVELOPMENT
• ACCESSIBLE TO THE MAIN
ROAD(DIVERSION ROAD & NATIONAL
HIGHWAY) AND TO THE OTHER
BARANGAY.

S W

O T
• COMMERCIAL SPACES • TRAFFIC
• ECONOMIC GROWTH • INCREASING POPULATION
• MORE JOBS OR EMPLOYMENT
PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED IN BARANGAY
LUNZURAN
A river runs through Lunzuran and it flows down through
the barangay of Putik. During the rainy season and when
it floods, often the river brings down tons of river sand.
Some of the sand get trapped above the irrigation damn.
 Damage road cause by soil erosion
 Traffic within the boundary of putik and tumaga road.
Traffic hour (6am-8am) and 4pm-5pm
 Poor development
SMALL BRIDGE RIVER
Road damaged, caused by soil erosion – damage gabion
TRAFFIC ZONE 6am – 8am and 4pm-5pm
RECOMMENDATION
 Provide (Mechanically stabilized earth) It can be used for retaining walls, bridge
support .
 Bandalong Litter Trap must apply, it can capture litter before it flows further
downstream by using the current to guide debris into the trap.
 provide gabions for it can protect the riverbank to collapse.
 to solve the identified problem of traffic in putik-lunzuran road and tumaga-lunzuran
road, the researcher decide to provide an open space for habal-habal driver and
tricycle where they can stop and drop the passanger and to provide walk shed 15
meters away from the national highway.
 Commercial development along diversion road/road widening.
Mechanically stabilized earth
Bandalong Litter Trap
This performance floatable control
technologycontinuously operates 365 days a
year without any mechanical assistance to
capture floating litter. The Bandalong is a
proven, cost-effective solution for floatables
control and is the answer to the growing
problem of litter in our waterways. The
Bandalong Litter Trap is the ideal in-stream
solution for floatables where combined sewer
overflows are concerned. The Bandalong
Litter Trap has been cleaning waterways in
Australia and Asia for more than 15 years.
GABIONS 

• When loose rock won’t do the job,

loose rock in restraints just might.
Like riprap, civilizations have been
using gabions for centuries. Ancient
Egyptians lined the Nile River with
rock-filled boxes made of hemp rope.
•
Today’s gabions are large wire
mesh
baskets that imprison rock so it can’t
move. These baskets are then
fastened together to form flexible,
permeable, monolithic structures.
Unlike loose riprap, a gabion structure
will retain its overall strength even if
one of its components is removed or
damaged.
TRAFFIC SOLUTION
• Provide 15 meters away walk shed

• 15 meters away/traffic boundary for

habal-habal and tricycle