Sindangan

Sindangan lies on the shore of a broad bay on the northern side of the Zamboanga peninsula. Its name appeared as Sindãgan on the 1734 map of the Philippines by Pedro Murillo Velarde. Subanen communities inhabited the country around the bay and along its rivers; their name is associated with the word #italic suba#!, meaning river. Wooded hills rise behind the coast, while the bay opens westward to the Sulu Sea.