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Provinces of the Philippines
The Provinces of the Philippines are the primary political and administrative divisions of the Philippines. There are 80 provinces at present, further subdivided into component cities and municipalities. The National Capital Region, as well as independent cities, are autonomous from any provincial...
of the Philippines
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...
occupying the whole of the Bataan Peninsula on Luzon
Luzon
Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines. It is located in the northernmost region of the archipelago, and is also the name for one of the three primary island groups in the country centered on the Island of Luzon...
. The province is part of the Central Luzon
Central Luzon
Central Luzon , also known as Region III , is an administrative division or region of the Republic of the Philippines, primarily serve to organize the 7 provinces of the vast central plain of the island of Luzon , for administrative convenience...
region
Regions of the Philippines
In the Philippines, regions are administrative divisions that serve primarily to organize the provinces of the country for administrative convenience. Currently, the archipelagic republic of the Philippines is divided into 17 regions...
. The capital of Bataan is Balanga City
Balanga City
Balanga City is a second class city in the province of Bataan, Region III - Central Luzon, Philippines. It is the capital city of Bataan. According to the latest census, it has a population of 84,105 people in 14,065 households. Its citizens are called Balangueños.Balanga City is primarily a...
and it is bordered by the provinces of Zambales
Zambales
Zambales is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Iba. Zambales borders Pangasinan to the north, Tarlac and Pampanga to the east, and Bataan to the south. The province lies between the South China Sea and the Zambales Mountains. With a land area of...
and Pampanga
Pampanga
Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...
to the north. The peninsula faces the South China Sea to the west and Subic Bay
Subic Bay
Subic Bay is a bay forming part of Luzon Sea on the west coast of the island of Luzon in Zambales, Philippines, about 100 kilometers northwest of Manila Bay. Its shores were formerly the site of a major United States Navy facility named U.S...
to the north-west, and encloses Manila Bay
Manila Bay
Manila Bay is a natural harbor which serves the Port of Manila , in the Philippines.The bay is considered to be one of the best natural harbors in Southeast Asia and one of the finest in the world...
to the east.
The Battle of Bataan
Battle of Bataan
The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. The capture of the Philippine Islands was crucial to Japan's effort to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast...
is famous in history as one of the last stands of American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Filipino soldiers before they were overwhelmed by the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese forces in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. The Bataan Death March
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer, by the Imperial Japanese Army, of 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of prisoners.The march was characterized by...
was named for this province, where the infamous march started. This is also a location of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant, completed but never fueled, on Bataan Peninsula, west of Manila in the Philippines. It is located on a 3.57 square kilometre government reservation at Napot Point in Morong, Bataan...
located in the Municipality of Morong
Morong, Bataan
Morong is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 27,119 people in 4,204 households. Subic Bay International Airport is located in this town...
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Political
Bataan is politically subdivided into 11 municipalities and 1 component cityCities of the Philippines
A city is a tier of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities, whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific charters in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies the administrative structure...
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Municipalities
- AbucayAbucay, BataanAbucay is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 38,554 people.-Barangays:Abucay is politically subdivided into 9 barangays.* Bangkal* Calaylayan * Capitangan...
- BagacBagac, BataanBagac is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census , it has a population of 24,202 people in 4,553 households...
- DinalupihanDinalupihan, BataanDinalupihan is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. It is the only land-locked municipality of the province. According to the latest census, it has a population of 92,289 people in 14,833 households.-Pre-Spanish rule:...
- HermosaHermosa, BataanHermosa is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 52,484 people in 8,988 households."Hermosa" means "beautiful" in Spanish, like the Portuguese formosa.-Barangays:...
- LimayLimay, BataanLimay is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 54,782 people in 9,490 households.-Barangays:Limay is politically subdivided into 12 barangays.* Alangan* Kitang I...
- MarivelesMariveles, BataanMariveles is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 102,844 people in 19,460 households...
- MorongMorong, BataanMorong is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 27,119 people in 4,204 households. Subic Bay International Airport is located in this town...
- OraniOrani, BataanOrani is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 59,530 people in 10,810 households.-Barangays:Orani is politically subdivided into 33 barangays.-External links:*****...
- OrionOrion, BataanOrion is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 49,164 people in 8,735 households.-Barangays:Orion is politically subdivided into 23 barangays.-Festival:...
- PilarPilar, BataanPilar is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 43,213 people in 6,514 households. The living standards are healthier than its neighboring city of Balanga which is always congested and heavily polluted. The historic...
- SamalSamal, BataanSamal is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 45,677 people in 7,346 households. Samal is formerly known as Samel. Samal has copper and gold deposits.Samal is located at the south of Orani, at the north of Abucay,...
Physical
The Bataan PeninsulaBataan Peninsula
The Bataan Peninsula is a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains, on Luzon in the Philippines. It separates the Manila Bay from the South China Sea...
is a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains, on Luzon in the Philippines. It separates the Manila Bay from the South China Sea. The peninsula features Mount Natib 1,253 m in the north and the Mariveles Mountains in the south, which includes Mount Samat, the location of the historical marker for the Bataan Death March.
Mariveles, at the southern tip, can be reached via jet ferry plying the Mariveles-to-Manila route that has an approximate travel time of 40 minutes.
In 1647, Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
naval forces landed in country in an attempt to seize the islands from Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. The Dutch massacred the people of Abucay
Abucay, Bataan
Abucay is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 38,554 people.-Barangays:Abucay is politically subdivided into 9 barangays.* Bangkal* Calaylayan * Capitangan...
in Bataan.
The province of Bataan was established in 1754 by Governor-General Pedro Manuel Arandia out of territories belonging to Pampanga
Pampanga
Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...
and the corregimiento of Mariveles
Mariveles, Bataan
Mariveles is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 102,844 people in 19,460 households...
which, at the time, included Maragondon, Cavite
Maragondon, Cavite
The Municipality of Maragondon is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. Maragondon is 54 kilometers away from Manila going southeast. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 33,604 people...
across the Manila Bay
Manila Bay
Manila Bay is a natural harbor which serves the Port of Manila , in the Philippines.The bay is considered to be one of the best natural harbors in Southeast Asia and one of the finest in the world...
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World War II
Bataan featured prominently during World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Prior to the 1941 Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese invasion, the US Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
stored nearly 1000000 gallons (3,785.4 m³) of gasoline
Gasoline
Gasoline , or petrol , is a toxic, translucent, petroleum-derived liquid that is primarily used as a fuel in internal combustion engines. It consists mostly of organic compounds obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, enhanced with a variety of additives. Some gasolines also contain...
here.
Douglas MacArthur
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...
moved his troops to the Bataan Peninsula in an attempt to hold out until a relief force could be sent from the US. Japanese forces started a siege of the peninsula on January 7, 1942, and launched an all-out assault on April 3, a few months after the Battle of the Points. The majority of the American and Filipino forces surrendered on April 9 and were forced to march more than a 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) from Bataan to Tarlac
Tarlac
Tarlac is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Luzon Island. Its capital is Tarlac City. Tarlac borders Pampanga to the south, Nueva Ecija to the east, Pangasinan to the north, and Zambales to the west...
, which became known as the Bataan Death March
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer, by the Imperial Japanese Army, of 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of prisoners.The march was characterized by...
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Education
- AMAAMA Computer UniversityAMA Computer University , formerly AMA Computer College, was the first ICT University in Asia. The University serves as the flagship brand of the AMA Education System....
Computer Learning Center – Balanga - Asia Pacific College of Advanced Studies
- Bataan Heroes Memorial College
- Bataan Peninsula State UniversityBataan Peninsula State UniversityBataan Peninsula State University is the first and only state university in the province of Bataan of the Philippines.-History:The Bataan Peninsula State University was established by Republic Act 9403 which was signed into law on 22nd of March 2007....
- Colegio de San Juan de LetranColegio de San Juan de LetranThe Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Letran College, or simply Letran is a private Roman Catholic institution of learning located in Intramuros, Manila, in the Philippines. The college was founded in 1620. Colegio de San Juan de Letran has the distinction of being the oldest college in the...
- Abucay - EastWoods Professional College of Science and Technology (formerly SOFTNET College of Science and Technology)
- Microcity Computer College
- Philippine Women's UniversityPhilippine Women's UniversityThe Philippine Women's University is a non-sectarian academic institution for men and women in the Philippines, founded in 1919 as the Philippine Women's College by Filipino women who envisioned a school that would prepare young women for leadership and service...
- CDCEC Bataan - Polytechnic University of the PhilippinesPolytechnic University of the PhilippinesThe Polytechnic University of the Philippines commonly known as PUP is a public research university in the Philippines. It was founded on October 19, 1904 as the Manila Business School, offering commerce-related courses...
- Mariveles - St. Joseph College's of Balanga
- Tomas del Rosario CollegeTomas del Rosario CollegeTomas del Rosario College is a private college in the Philippines.It was formerly known as Tomas del Rosario Academy. It became a college in 1994. At one time the college was the most popular school in Balanga. Students from this school are called "del Rosarians".Tomas del Rosario College is the...
Tourist attractions
Historical places- First Abucay Catholic Church (The 411-year old Church)
- Mount SamatMount SamatMount Samat is a mountain in the town of Pilar, Province of Bataan, in the Republic of the Philippines. Located on the summit of the mountain is Dambana ng Kagitingan or Shrine of Valour, a memorial shrine complex built to honor and remember the gallantry of the Filipino and American soldiers who...
- Shrine of Valor (Pilar, Bataan) - Zero Kilometre Death March Marker (Mariveles)
Natural-made places of interest
- Dunsulan Falls
- Pasukulan Falls (Abucay, Bataan)
- Sibul Spring (Abucay, Bataan)
- Balong Anito (Mariveles, Bataan)
- San Miguel Mountain Peak (Mariveles, Bataan)
- Mariveles Volcano
- Tarak Ridge (Mariveles, Bataan)
Beaches and Resorts
- Camaya CoastCamaya CoastCamaya Coast is a popular beach and the name of the surrounding 300-hectare suburb in Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines. Camaya Coast is located 7 kilometers west of the Bataan Export Processing Zone business district, in the local government area of Mariveles, Bataan, the Philippines...
(Mariveles, Bataan) - Camaya Coast - Montemar (Bagac, Bataan) - Montemar Beach
- Villa Imperial Resort (Mariveles, Bataan)
- Baptist Camp Resort (Limay, Bataan)
- Anvaya Cove (Morong, Bataan)
- Morong Star Beach Resort (Morong, Bataan)
Famous people in Bataan
- Pedro TuazonPedro TuazonBorn in Balanga, Bataan on 15 September 1884 to Clemente Tuazon and Josefa Tiangco, Pedro Tuazon attended the public school in his town and at an escuela de segunda ensenanza...
(Balanga) - Solicitor General of the Philippines- 1921 - Kerby RaymundoKerby RaymundoKerby Mariano Raymundo is a Filipino professional basketball player currently playing for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...
(Orion) - PBAPhilippine Basketball AssociationThe Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
multi-awarded player, power forwardPower forward (basketball)Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
, member of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and the Philippines national basketball teamPhilippines national basketball teamThe men's national basketball team of the Philippines represents the Philippines in international basketball competitions. It is managed by its national basketball federation, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas...
. - Romi GarduceRomi GarduceRomeo "Romi" Garduce He finished His High School at Tomas del Rosario College, who sometimes goes by the nickname "Garduch", is a Filipino mountain climber and works as an IT Professional in Procter and Gamble Philippines...
(Balanga) - mountain climber who reached Mount EverestMount EverestMount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...
. - Mel TiangcoMel TiangcoCarmela Tiangco-Cornejo popularly known as Mel Tiangco is a popular television newscaster and television host in the Philippines....
(Pilar) - popular television newscaster and television host; head of GMA Kapuso foundation. - Rafael de Leon (Pilar) - The first Filipino who won the 100 meter dash, in the 1936 Olympic Games1936 Summer OlympicsThe 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
in BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. - Cayetano ArellanoCayetano ArellanoCayetano L. Arellano was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines under the American Civil Government. He was Chief Justice from 1901 until his retirement on April 12, 1920, making him the longest serving Chief Justice.Born in Orion, Bataan, He started as a working student...
(Orion) - The first Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Republic of the Philippines. - Pocholo GonzalesPocholo GonzalesPocholo THE VOICEMASTER Gonzales is a veteran in the art of Filipino voice acting. His voice was already used in a thousand characters in anime, hundreds of local commercials in radio and television, and various children's programs, films, foreign telenovelas, drama, and other TV shows.Apart from...
(Mariveles) - popular youth advocate, broadcaster, motivational speaker, radio announcer, Events Organizer, Personal Branding Guru, TV producer, Voice Director and Voice Over Artist. - Chad PeraltaChad PeraltaRichard Edward Peralta or Richard Peralta, also known as Chad Peralta or Chad only, is a singer and actor from the Philippines. He is a Filipino-Australian born in Sydney, Australia.-Education:...
from Pinoy Dream Academy - Jackie RiceJackie RiceJackie Rice is a Filipina actress, television personality and commercial model.-Career and personal life:...
(Dinalupihan) - Filipina actress who won the title of Ultimate Female Survivor on the third season of Startstruck. - Tomas PinpinTomas PinpinTomas Pinpin was a printer, writer and publisher from Abucay, a municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines, who was the first Filipino printer and is sometimes referred as the "Patriarch of Filipino Printing."...
(Abucay) - A printer, writer and publisher, was also the first Filipino printer and is sometimes referred as the "Patriarch of Filipino Printing." - Luz Banson (Balanga) - Was the wife of Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and was the seventh First Lady of the Philippines, she was also remembered as one of the most admired First Ladies and distinguished herself for her warmth and simplicity
- Felicito PayumoFelicito PayumoFelicito Payumo is a Philippine businessman and politician. He represented the First District of Bataan in the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1985 to 1998, and served as chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority from 1998 to 2004....
(Dinalupihan) - Chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority from 1998-2004. - Janine Marie Tugonon - Binibining Pilipinas 2011Binibining Pilipinas 2011Binibining Pilipinas 2011, the 48th edition of Binibining Pilipinas, was held on April 10, 2011 at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines. Forty ladies competed for three titles: Miss Universe Philippines, Binibining Pilipinas-International, and Binibining Pilipinas-Tourism...
1st Runner-Up - Monique Teruelle Manuel - Miss Philippines Earth 2009Miss Philippines Earth 2009Miss Philippines Earth 2009 is the 9th edition of the environmentally-conscious beauty pageant, Miss Philippines Earth. The grand coronation night was held on May 10, 2009 at The Arena Entertainment and Recreational Center of the People, San Juan City. Fifty contestants competed for the title...
semifinalist
See also
- Bataan Death MarchBataan Death MarchThe Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer, by the Imperial Japanese Army, of 75,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of prisoners.The march was characterized by...
- Bataan Nuclear Power PlantBataan Nuclear Power PlantBataan Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant, completed but never fueled, on Bataan Peninsula, west of Manila in the Philippines. It is located on a 3.57 square kilometre government reservation at Napot Point in Morong, Bataan...
- Bataan PeninsulaBataan PeninsulaThe Bataan Peninsula is a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains, on Luzon in the Philippines. It separates the Manila Bay from the South China Sea...
- Battle of BataanBattle of BataanThe Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. The capture of the Philippine Islands was crucial to Japan's effort to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast...
- Geography of the PhilippinesGeography of the PhilippinesThe Philippines is an archipelago comprising 7,107 islands with a total land area of 300,000 km2. The 11 largest islands contain 94% of the total land area. The largest of these islands is Luzon at about 105,000 km2. The next largest island is Mindanao at about 95,000 km2...
- Provinces of the PhilippinesProvinces of the PhilippinesThe Provinces of the Philippines are the primary political and administrative divisions of the Philippines. There are 80 provinces at present, further subdivided into component cities and municipalities. The National Capital Region, as well as independent cities, are autonomous from any provincial...
- Bataan Provincial ExpresswayBataan Provincial ExpresswayThe Bataan Provincial Expresway, also known as the Roman Expressway or the Roman Superhighway, is a toll two-lane freeway with pedestrian lanes, intersections, and junctions that connects Bataan to the provinces of the Central Luzon region in the Philippines.The expressway begins in Layac,...
- Petron CorporationPetron CorporationPetron Corporation is the largest oil refining and marketing company in the Philippines, supplying more than a third of the country’s oil requirements....
(formerly known as Bataan Refining Corporation)