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Encyclopedia > Balanga
City of Balanga, Bataan
Location
Map of Bataan showing the location of Balanga City.
Government
Region Central Luzon (Region III)
Province Bataan (Capital)
District 2nd district of Bataan
Barangays 25
Income class: 5th class city; component city
Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia (Kampi)
Cityhood 2000
Official Website Balanga Official Website
Physical characteristics
Area 135.60 km²
Population

     Total (2000)      Density Image File history File links Map of Bataan showing the location of Balanga, Bataan. ... REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Bataan Region: Central Luzon (Region III) Capital: Balanga City Founded: —1754 Population: 2000 census—557,659 (46th largest) Density—406 per km² (12th highest) Area: 1,373. ... Map of the Philippines showing the regions and their provinces (click for larger version). ... Central Luzon region contains the largest plain of the Philippines and produces most of the countrys rice supply. ... Map of the Philippines showing the regions and provinces (click for larger version). ... REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Bataan Region: Central Luzon (Region III) Capital: Balanga City Founded: —1754 Population: 2000 census—557,659 (46th largest) Density—406 per km² (12th highest) Area: 1,373. ... Type Lower house Houses House of Representatives House Speaker Jose De Venecia, Jr. ... A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ... Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1986 | All Foreign relations Human rights Other countries Politics Portal      A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino and Tagalog) is a tier of local... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman Elections Commission on Elections 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 1995 | 1992 | 1987 | 1986 | All Foreign relations Human rights Political clans Other countriesAtlas  Politics Portal      The Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI, formerly the Kabalikat ng Mamamayang... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ...


71,088
524/km²
Coordinates 14º 15' N, 120º 45' E

The City of Balanga (Filipino: Lungsod ng Balanga) is a fifth class city in the province of Bataan, Philippines. It is the capital city of Bataan. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 71,088 people in 14,065 households. Its citizens are called Balangueños. Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Bataan is a province of the Philippines occupying the whole of Bataan Peninsula on Luzon. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Barangays

Balanga City is politically subdivided into 25 barangays. A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ...

  • Bagumbayan
  • Cabog-Cabog
  • Doña Francisca Subdivision
  • Munting Batangas (Cadre)
  • Cataning
  • Central
  • Cupang Proper
  • Cupang West
  • Dangcol (Bernabe)
  • Ibayo
  • Malabia
  • Poblacion Barcenas
  • Pto. Rivas Ibaba
  • Pto. Rivas Itaas
  • San Jose
  • Sibacan
  • Camacho
  • Talisay
  • Tanato
  • Tenejero
  • Tortugas
  • Tuyo
  • Bagong Silang
  • Cupang North
  • Pto. Rivas Lote

City Mayor

Name Year of Service
Jose Enrique Garcia III 2007-2010
Melanio S. Banzon Jr. 2004-2007
Albert S. Garcia 1998-2004
Melanio S. Banzon Jr 1988-1998
Teodoro Camacho III 1968-1987
Teodoro Alonzo 1980-1986
Celso Valdecañas 1972-1979
Vicente Malibiran 1964-1967
Emilio Bernabe 1960-1963
Pedro Dizon 1948-1959
Faustino V. Vigo 1952-1955
Graciano Pastorfide 1946-1947
Numeriano Quindoy 1944-1945
Mariano Batungbakal 1942-1943

History

Balanga, the capital of Bataan, was formerly a visita of Abucay before it was established as a mission of the Dominican Order in the Provincial Chapter of April 21, 1714 and later declared a vicariate on April 18, 1739, under the patronage of Saint Joseph. Upon the establishment of Bataan as a separate province in 1754, Balanga was made its capital by General Pedro Manuel Arandia due to its favorable location, at the heart of the new territorial jurisdiction. The word Balanga originates from the Tagalog word bañga (clay pot), which the town used to produce and which was among the best that can be found in the country.


Today. Balanga has just recently been transformed into a City. Prior to this development, the City has extended its urban fringe to west of Roman Superhighway and a new growth center in Barangay Tuyo has been delineated in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. During the past years, the city saw a high record of residential growth. The consequent expansion of the physical limits of the urban core as well as the expected large increases in population, and its attractiveness to commercial and employment activities, the City Government of Balanga decided to undertake a Master Planning exercise and to propose various developmental projects that would establish Balanga as a well-planned community with quality and character that is innovative and special. .[1]


Education

Partial List of Higher Educational Institutions in the city of Balanga.

  • AMA Computer Learning Center Balanga
  • Asia Pacific College of Advanced Studies
  • Bataan Heroes Memorial College
  • Bataan Peninsula State University - Main Campus (Capitol)
  • Bataan Peninsula State University - Balanga City Campus (Downtown)
  • Microcity Computer College
  • Tomas del Rosario College formerly known as Tomas del Rosario Academy
  • SOFTNET College of Science and Technology
  • St. Joseph College of Balanga
  • STI Balanga

Partial List of elementary and secondary in the city of Balanga. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

  • Asia Pacific College of Advanced Studies
  • Balanga Integrated School
  • Bataan Montessori School, Inc.
  • Bataan National High School
  • Bataan Peninsula State University - Main Campus (Capitol) Laboratory High School
  • Cataning Elementary School
  • Cupang Elementary School
  • Tenejero Elementary School
  • Tomas del Rosario College formerly known as Tomas del Rosario Academy
  • St. Joseph College of Balanga

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Bataan Provincial Expressway

Balanga City is on Exit 30. The Bataan Provincial Expressway (BPE or BPEx), also called Roman Super-Highway, is a limited-access toll expressway that connects Bataan to the provinces of the Central Luzon region in the Philippines. ...


References

In year 2000 under the governance of Hon. Albert S. Garcia he declared the Balanga as one of the City in the Province of Bataan.

  1. ^ NSCB - 2001 Factsheet - 12 New Cities Created, July-December 2000.

External links

  • Balanga City News and Current Events
  • Balanga City General Information
  • Philippine Standard Geographic Code
  • 2000 Philippine Census Information
  • Filipino Community
  • City of Balanga
  • Bataan National High School
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Balanga City at AllExperts (478 words)
Balanga is a city in the Bataan province on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
Balanga, the capital town of Bataan, was formerly a visita of Abucay before it was established as a mission of the Dominican Order in the Provincial Chapter on April 21, 1714 and later declared a vicariate on April 18, 1739, under the patronage of Saint Joseph.
Balanga is the capital of Bataan and covers an area of 165.60 km² and the third largest municipality in the province with 23 barangays.
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