The City of Olongapo is a highly urbanized city located in the province of Zambales, 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...

. According to the latest census, it has a population of 227,270 people in 50,300 households.
Unlike the rest of the Philippines which gained independence from the United States after World War II in 1946, Olongapo was governed as a part of the United States naval reservation.

After the efforts of James Leonard T. Gordon

James Leonard T. Gordon

James Leonard Tagle Gordon was the first elected mayor of Olongapo City, Philippines from December 30, 1963 to February 20, 1967...

, the area was relinquished to the Philippine Government and converted into a municipality on December 7, 1959.