Carlos Camins Y Hernandez (November 4, 1887 – August 11, 1970) was the former governor of the old
Zamboanga Province
Zamboanga (also Zamboaŋga) was a province of the Philippines located in the western region of the southern island of Mindanao, Philippines.
History
Creation
During the time of the United States' purchase of the Philippines (1898), the Republi ...
from 1931 to 1934.
His parents were Francisco Camins, a member of the
Spanish Navy Unit stationed in
Zamboanga and the
Portuguese Mariquita Hernandez Camins. Camins studied in
Manila
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. He was a journalist, publisher and editor of ''El Finex'', a
Spanish newspaper
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, ''La Anorcha'' and ''El Sur''. During his term as governor he developed the Abuano Barracks in the municipality of
Aurora, now under the province of
Zamboanga del Sur.
See also
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Zamboanga City
Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Chavacano and es, Ciudad de Zamboanga, Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Dāira sin Sambuangan'', fil, Lungsod ng Zamboanga, ceb, Dakbayan sa Zamboanga), is a city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region ...
References
1887 births
1970 deaths
Filipino people of Catalan descent
Filipino people of Portuguese descent
People from Zamboanga City
Governors of Zamboanga (province)
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