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Encyclopedia > Olongapo City

Coordinates: 14°50′N 120°17′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

City of Olongapo
Location
Map of Zambales showing the location of Olongapo.
Map of Zambales showing the location of Olongapo.
Government
Region Central Luzon (Region III)
Province --
District 1st district of Zambales
Barangays 17
Income class: 1st class city; highly urbanized
Mayor James "Bong" Gordon, Jr. (NP)
Cityhood June 1, 1966[1]
Physical characteristics
Area 170.30 km²
Population

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194,260
1,141/km²
Downtown Olongapo
Downtown Olongapo

The City of Olongapo (Tagalog: Lungsod ng Olongapo; Sambal: Syodad nin Olongapo) is an urbanized city formerly in the province of Zambales, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 194,260 people in 43,107 households. Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Olongapo_Philippines_downtown. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Olongapo_Philippines_downtown. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ... Sambal (Spanish: zambal) is a Sambalic language spoken primarily in the province of Zambales in the Philippines. ... 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. ... Zambales is a [[fun place fullof the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...


Olongapo was originally governed as a part of the United States naval reservation. It was relinquished to the Philippine government and converted into a municipality on December 7, 1959. Six years later Olongapo was reconverted to a chartered city on June 1 1966.[1] Olongapo City administers itself autonomously from Zambales province. Adjacent to the city is the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Zambales, which until 1992 was a United States naval base. Subic Bay Freeport (SBF) is located southwest of the Luzon Island in the Philippines. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay was a major ship-repair, supply, and rest and recreation facility of the United States Navy located in Zambales, Philippines. ...

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Name

According to popular legend, there once were a group of warring tribes who lived in the area in and around what is now the modern city. A wise, old man, seeing the perils of disunity, exerted great efford toward uniting the warring tribes. There were, however, some who bitterly opposed his idea and, one day, the old man just diappeared.


After a long search, the old man’s body was found, but with the head missing. It is said that the tribesmen launched search parties to locate the severed head of the man. (It should also be said that, to the Sambal, decapitation was the only permissible form of assassination.[2]) These efforts, sadly, would prove to be futile, and the search was eventually called off. A boy, however, vowed to himself that he would not stop searching until he found the elder’s head. He searched for weeks, but found nothing. Then, one day, he chanced upon what appeared to be the old man’s head, resting on top of a bamboo pole. The boy, upon seeing the head, ran back to his people crying, “Olo nin apo! Olo nin apo!” (“head of the elder” in Sambal; translates as “ulo ng apo” in Tagalog), running hysterically from village to village. The Sambal people, also spelled Zambal form one of the most important Filipino ethnicities. ... Diversity Around 91 genera and 1,000 species Subtribes Arthrostylidiinae Arundinariinae Bambusinae Chusqueinae Guaduinae Melocanninae Nastinae Racemobambodinae Shibataeinae See the full Taxonomy of the Bambuseae. ... Sambal (Spanish: zambal) is a Sambalic language spoken primarily in the province of Zambales in the Philippines. ... Tagalog (pronunciation: ) is one of the major languages of the Republic of the Philippines. ...


The phrase stuck, and that, according to legend, is how the area got its name, Olongapo. To this day, the old man’s head acts as a symbol of the unity of the people of what is now a modern city.


Barangays

Olongapo City is politically subdivided into 17 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. ...

  • Asinan
  • Banicain
  • Barreto
  • East Bajac-bajac
  • East Tapinac
  • Gordon Heights
  • Kalaklan
  • Mabayuan
  • New Cabalan
  • New Ilalim
  • New Kababae
  • New Kalalake
  • Old Cabalan
  • Pag-asa
  • Santa Rita
  • West Bajac-bajac
  • West Tapinac

References

  1. ^ a b Olongapo City - Brief History
  2. ^ It was recorded as customary for the Sambal to execute those who have taken another person’s life, unless done by decapitation. Their manner of execution was to bore a hole at the top of the skull and then scrape out the brains.

Television Networks:

GMA Network, Incorporated (Global Media Arts Network, Incorporated) is a television network in the Philippines. ... Categories: Corporation stubs | Philippines | Television networks ... Studio 23 is the UHF television station fully owned and managed by Amcara Broadcasting Network, Inc. ...

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