Pasonanca Park
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Pasonanca Park is renowned in the Philippines
as a tourist attraction
and popular site for youth citizenship training and for the holding of regional seminars, conferences, conventions, outdoor campings, or Boy Scout
and Girl Scout jamborees. It is located in Zamboanga City
about 7 km. away from the city center. To those who come from the North, Pasonanca Park is known as the "Little Baguio of the South." This Park won First Prize and was cited as the Number One Garden of the Philippines, 1959 parks, plazas and gardens contest covering the entire country, and has always been the favorite week-end resort of the city people.
, Governor of the so-called Moro Province
at the time, and completed during the administration of the Honorable Frank W. Carpenter, Governor, Department of Mindanao and Sulu (1914-1920), a strictly civilian regime under the Americans which replaced the Moro Province. Mr. Thomas Hanley, a parksman, came here in 1912 from the States at the instance of Gov. Pershing to serve the same post at Pasonanca, this city, and was responsible for the original lay-out of the park.
The Park has three swimming pools, one for children with concrete slides (Wee-Wee Pool), a second natatorium for professional swimmers, and a third looks like a natural swimming hole, bordered around by ferns and other greeneries, the oldest of the three pools, having been constructed during the time of Gov. Carpenter and Parksman Hanley in 1916-1917, The Park also has a boy-girl-scout campsite, an amphitheatre, a convention center, and many other attractions.
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
as a tourist attraction
Tourist attraction
A tourist attraction is a place of interest where tourists visit, typically for its inherent or exhibited cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, or amusement opportunities....
and popular site for youth citizenship training and for the holding of regional seminars, conferences, conventions, outdoor campings, or Boy Scout
Boy Scout
A Scout is a boy or a girl, usually 11 to 18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement. Because of the large age and development span, many Scouting associations have split this age group into a junior and a senior section...
and Girl Scout jamborees. It is located in Zamboanga City
Zamboanga City
The City of Zamboanga : is a highly urbanized, independent and a chartered city located in Mindanao, Philippines....
about 7 km. away from the city center. To those who come from the North, Pasonanca Park is known as the "Little Baguio of the South." This Park won First Prize and was cited as the Number One Garden of the Philippines, 1959 parks, plazas and gardens contest covering the entire country, and has always been the favorite week-end resort of the city people.
History
Construction of the park began in 1912 by General John J. "Blackjack" PershingJohn J. Pershing
John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing, GCB , was a general officer in the United States Army who led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I...
, Governor of the so-called Moro Province
Moro Province
Moro Province is the name of the province of the Philippines consisting of the current provinces/regions of Zamboanga, Lanao, Cotabato, Davao, and Sulu...
at the time, and completed during the administration of the Honorable Frank W. Carpenter, Governor, Department of Mindanao and Sulu (1914-1920), a strictly civilian regime under the Americans which replaced the Moro Province. Mr. Thomas Hanley, a parksman, came here in 1912 from the States at the instance of Gov. Pershing to serve the same post at Pasonanca, this city, and was responsible for the original lay-out of the park.
The Park has three swimming pools, one for children with concrete slides (Wee-Wee Pool), a second natatorium for professional swimmers, and a third looks like a natural swimming hole, bordered around by ferns and other greeneries, the oldest of the three pools, having been constructed during the time of Gov. Carpenter and Parksman Hanley in 1916-1917, The Park also has a boy-girl-scout campsite, an amphitheatre, a convention center, and many other attractions.