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Zamboanga City

Location and boundaries

• The province is located in the outhernmost tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula. It covers a total land area of 142,089.9 hectares.
• It is bounded in the north by Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur and to the west by the Sulu Sea. On the east is the Moro Gulf and on the south is the Basilan Strait and Celebes Sea.
• The capital is Zamboanga City.

Infrastructure facilities

• Airport/seaports
  • 1 international airport (Zamboanga International Airport)
  • 1 international port (International Seaport of Zamboanga)

Cost of doing business

• Power

  Classification	Rates/kwh (in US$)
  Residential	0.061
  Commercial	0.069

• Water

  Classification	Rates (in US$)
  Residential	0.85
  Commercial	0.057

Potential investment areas

• Regional Agro-Industrial Center (for light industries) covering 50 hectares.
• Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone in San Ramon, Z.C.; upper Pamucutan covering 15,391 hectares.

Incentives

1. Zamboanga Freeport
   1. Tax & Duty-Free Importation
   2. Four (4) to Six (6) years Tax Holiday
   3. Five percent (5%) flat tax from gross income earned (no other local or national taxes shall be imposed)
   4. Guaranteed lease of 50 years renewable every 25 years
   5. Estate Lots rate at only Php1.00 ($.03)/sq. m. (until year 2005)
   6. Foreign investors investing $150,000 or more will be granted residence status along with their spouse, dependents and unmarried children below 21 years of age.
   7. Foreign executives and technical staff with highly specialized skills
   8. Are issued working visas, renewable every 2 years.

2. Regional Agro-Industrial Center
   1. Tax & Duty Free Importation of Goods
   2. Four (4) to Six (6) years Tax Holiday
   3. Five (5) percent Flat Tax Rate
   4. Exemption from all Local and National taxes
   5. Permanent Residency or Working Visas to foreign Nationals