三宝颜锡布格省是2001年由南三宝颜省分设。前几天偶然看到这个名字的由来。
原来最初这个地方（当时的菲律宾国会南三宝颜省第三选区）希望分省时初拟定的名字是西三宝颜省，不过实际上当时的南三宝颜省是东北，西南狭长。新设的省位于南三宝颜省的西南部分，而他的西边是北三宝颜省的国会第三选区（未来也存在独立设省的可能性），如果南三宝颜省的第三选区叫西三宝颜省，不但地理上不太符合，而且显然北三宝颜省第三选区更适合叫西三宝颜省这个名字的。
那么三宝颜锡布格是什么意思呢？这个得名于当地的一条重要河流，但是这个河流的得名有点像西非“几内亚”这个名字的得名。
大意是这样的，
——一个外路人到了这里，问一在地人，“这河啥名啊？”当时噪音太大，在地人没听清，就说了声“锡布格”，意思是“过来点，哥们，（我听不清哪）”
Sibugay -the Name
Zamboanga Sibugay got its name from the bigriver that wends its way through several of the province’s major towns.
How the river got its name which it thenpassed on to the province is told in an anecdote.
“What’s the name of this river?” was thequestion asked by a visitor to the town datu, as they paddled down the river.
Since the paddles were making too muchnoise in the water, the datu did not understand and requested the visitor tocome closer to be able to hear him clearly and in the Subano tongue, said“Sibug ari bagay” meaning “Come closer,my friend.”
Thus did the river come to be known assuch.
Geography/Political Subdivisions
Zamboanga Sibugay is bounded on thesoutheast by Zamboanga City, on the north by Baliguian and Gutalac in Zamboangadel Norte, the municipality of Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur on the east, and on thesouth by Dumanquillas Bay and Sibuguey Bay.
