Pampanga
Pampanga (Kapampangan: Lalawigan ning Pampanga; Filipino: Lalawigan ng
Pampanga) is a province in the
Central Luzon
Central Luzon region of the
Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of
Manila
Manila Bay,
Pampanga
Pampanga is
bordered by
Tarlac
Tarlac to the north,
Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan
to the east, the
Manila Bay
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Manila Bay to the central-south,
Bataan
Bataan to the
southwest and
Zambales
Zambales to the west. Its capital is the City of San
Fernando. Angeles City, while geographically within Pampanga, is
classified as a first-class, highly urbanized city and is governed
independently of the province.
The name La
Pampanga
Pampanga was given by the Spaniards, who encountered
natives living along the banks (pampáng) of the
Pampanga
Pampanga River. Its
creation in 1571 makes it the first Spanish province on
Luzon
Luzon Island
(
Cebu
Cebu in
Visayas
Visayas is older as it was founded by the Spaniards in 1565).
The town of Villa de
Bacolor
Bacolor in the province briefly served as the
Spanish colonial capital when Great Britain invaded
Manila
Manila as part of
the Seven Years' War. At the eve of the
Philippine Revolution
Philippine Revolution of 1896,
Pampanga
Pampanga was one of eight provinces placed under martial law for
rebellion against the Spanish Empire; it is thus represented on the
Philippine national flag as one of the eight rays of the sun.
Pampanga
Pampanga is served by
Clark International Airport
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Clark International Airport (formerly Diosdado
Macapagal International Airport), which is in Clark Freeport Zone,
some 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of the provincial capital. The
province is home to two
Philippine Air Force
Philippine Air Force airbases: Basa Air Base
in Floridablanca and the former United States
Clark Air Base
Clark Air Base in
Angeles City. By 2015, the province has 2,198,110 inhabitants,[2]
while it has 1,079,532 registered voters.[3]
Contents
1 History
2 Geography
2.1 Climate
2.2 Administrative divisions
3 Demographics
3.1 Population
3.2 Languages
3.3 Religion
4 Economy
5 Infrastructure
5.1 Telecommunication
5.2 Water and power
5.3 Transportation
5.3.1 Road transport
6 Schools
6.1 Colleges and universities
7 Attractions
7.1 Festivals
7.2 Natural parks
8 Government and politics
8.1 Provincial government
8.2 Court system
8.3 Governors
9 Notable people from Pampanga
10 References
11 External links
History[edit]
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Ancient Pampanga's territorial area included portions of the modern
provinces of Tarlac, Bataan, Zambales,
Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija and Bulacan.
Pampanga
Pampanga was re-organized as a province by the Spaniards on December
11, 1571. For better administration and taxation purposes, the Spanish
authorities subdivided
Pampanga
Pampanga into pueblos, which were further
subdivided into districts (barrios) and in some cases into royal and
private estates (encomiendas).
Due to excessive abuses committed by some encomenderos, King Philip II
of Spain in 1574 prohibited the further awarding of private estates,
but this decree was not fully enforced until 1620. In a report of
Philippine encomiendas on June 20, 1591, Governor-General Gómez
Pérez Dasmariñas reported to the Crown that La Pampanga's
encomiendas were Bataan, Betis y Lubao, Macabebe, Candaba, Apalit,
Calumpit, Malolos, Binto, Guiguinto, Caluya,
Bulacan
Bulacan and Mecabayan.
The encomiendas of La
Pampanga
Pampanga at that time had eighteen thousand six
hundred and eighty whole tributes.
Pampanga, which is about 850 square miles (2,200 km2) in area and
inhabited by more than 1.5 million people, had its present borders
drawn in 1873. During the Spanish regime it was one of the richest
Philippine provinces.
Manila
Manila and its surrounding region were then
primarily dependent on Kapampangan agricultural, fishery and forestry
products as well as on the supply of skilled workers. As other Luzon
provinces were created due to increases in population, some
well-established
Pampanga
Pampanga towns were lost to new emerging provinces in
Central Luzon.
During the 17th century, The Dutch recruited men from
Pampanga
Pampanga as
mercenaries who served the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, known
as Papangers[4] part of the larger Mardijkers community. Their legacy
can be found in North Jakarta,[5] however, there are few traces of
their descendants, except for a small community in Kampung Tugu.
Pampanga, 1899
The historic province of
Bataan
Bataan which was founded in 1754 under the
administration of Spanish Governor-General Pedro Manuel Arandia,
absorbed from the province of
Pampanga
Pampanga the municipalities of Abucay,
Balanga (now a city), Dinalupihan, Llana Hermosa, Orani, Orion, Pilar,
and Samal.
During the
British occupation of Manila
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British occupation of Manila (1762-1764),
Bacolor
Bacolor became
the provisional Spanish colonial capital and military base.
The old
Pampanga
Pampanga towns of Aliaga, Cabiao, Gapan, San Antonio and San
Isidro were ceded to the province of
Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija in 1848 during the
term of Spanish Governor-General Narciso Claveria y Zaldua. The
municipality of San Miguel de Mayumo of
Pampanga
Pampanga was yielded to the
province of
Bulacan
Bulacan in the same provincial boundary configuration in
1848.
In 1860, the northern towns of Bamban, Capas, Concepcion, Victoria,
Tarlac, Mabalacat, Magalang, Porac and Floridablanca were separated
from
Pampanga
Pampanga and were placed under the jurisdiction of a military
command called Comandancia Militar de Tarlac. However, in 1873, the
four latter towns were returned to
Pampanga
Pampanga and the other five became
municipalities of the newly created Province of Tarlac.
On December 8, 1941, Japanese planes bombed
Clark Air Base
Clark Air Base marking the
beginning of the invasion of Pampanga. Between 1941 and 1942,
occupying Japanese forces began entering Pampanga.
During the counter-insurgencies under the Japanese occupation from
1942 to 1944, Kapampangan guerrilla fighters and the Hukbalahap
Communist guerrillas fought side by side in the province of Pampanga,
attacking and retreating the
Japanese Imperial forces for over three
years of fighting and invasion.
The establishment of the military general headquarters and military
camp bases of the
Philippine Commonwealth Army
Philippine Commonwealth Army was active from 1935 to
1946. The
Philippine Constabulary
Philippine Constabulary was active from 1935 to 1942 and
1944 to 1946 in the province of Pampanga. During the military
engagements of the anti-Japanese Imperial military operations in
central
Luzon
Luzon from 1942 to 1945 in the province of Bataan, Bulacan,
Northern Tayabas (now Aurora), Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, and
Zambales, the local guerrilla resistance fighters and Hukbalahap
Communist guerrillas, helped the U.S. military forces fight the
Imperial Japanese armed forces.
In the 1945 liberation of Pampanga, Kapampangan guerrilla fighters and
the
Hukbalahap
Hukbalahap Communist guerrillas supported combat forces from
Filipino and American ground troops in attacking Japanese Imperial
forces during the Battle of
Pampanga
Pampanga until the end of the Second World
War. Local military operations soldiers and officers of the Philippine
Commonwealth Army 2nd, 26th, 3rd, 32nd, 33rd, 35th, 36th and 37th
Infantry Division and the
Philippine Constabulary
Philippine Constabulary 3rd Infantry
Regiment recaptured and liberated the province of
Pampanga
Pampanga and fought
against the
Japanese Imperial forces during the Battle of Pampanga.
After the Second World War, operations in the main province of
Pampanga
Pampanga was downfall insurgencies and conflicts between the
Philippine Government forces and the
Hukbalahap
Hukbalahap Communist rebels on
1946 to 1954 during the
Hukbalahap
Hukbalahap Rebellion.
The June 1991 eruption of
Mount Pinatubo
Mount Pinatubo displaced a large number of
people with the submersion of whole towns and villages by massive
lahar floods.
Geography[edit]
Pampanga
Pampanga covers a total area of 2,002.20 square kilometres
(773.05 sq mi)[6] occupying the south-central section of the
Central Luzon
Central Luzon region. When
Angeles City
Angeles City is included for geographical
purposes, the province's area is 2,062.47 square kilometres
(796.32 sq mi).[6] The province is bordered by
Tarlac
Tarlac to the
north,
Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija to the northeast,
Bulacan
Bulacan to the east, the Manila
Bay to the central-south,
Bataan
Bataan to the southwest, and
Zambales
Zambales to the
northwest.
Its terrain is relatively flat with one distinct mountain, Mount
Arayat and the notable
Pampanga
Pampanga River. Among its municipalities, Porac
has the largest land mass with 314 square kilometres
(121 sq mi);
Candaba
Candaba comes in second with 176 square
kilometres (68 sq mi); followed by Floridablanca with 175
square kilometres (68 sq mi). Santo Tomas, with an area of
21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi), is the smallest.[6]
Climate[edit]
The province of
Pampanga
Pampanga has two distinct climates, rainy and dry. The
rainy or wet season normally begins in May and runs through October,
while the rest of the year is the dry season. The warmest period of
the year occurs between March and April, while the coolest period is
from December through February.
Climate data for Pampanga
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Average high °C (°F)
30.5
(86.9)
31.5
(88.7)
33.1
(91.6)
34.5
(94.1)
34.0
(93.2)
32.6
(90.7)
32.0
(89.6)
31.2
(88.2)
31.4
(88.5)
31.6
(88.9)
31.4
(88.5)
30.5
(86.9)
32.03
(89.65)
Average low °C (°F)
21.6
(70.9)
21.8
(71.2)
22.9
(73.2)
24.1
(75.4)
25.0
(77)
25.0
(77)
24.6
(76.3)
24.8
(76.6)
24.3
(75.7)
24.0
(75.2)
23.5
(74.3)
22.3
(72.1)
23.66
(74.58)
Average rainy days
5
3
4
5
13
20
22
22
22
17
15
8
156
Source: Storm247 [7]
Political divisions
Administrative divisions[edit]
Pampanga
Pampanga comprises 19 municipalities and three cities (one highly
urbanized and two component).
† Provincial capital and component city
∗ Component city
Municipality
‡ Highly urbanized city (geographically within but
independent from the province)
City or municipality
District[6]
Population
±% p.a.
Area[6]
Density
Brgy.
Coordinates[A]
(2015)[2]
(2010)[8]
km2
sq mi
/km2
/sq mi
Angeles
‡
1st
—
411,634
326,336
4.52%
60.27
23.27
6,800
18,000
33
15°08′24″N 120°35′16″E / 15.1399°N 120.5879°E /
15.1399; 120.5879 (Angeles)
Apalit
4th
7000490000000000000♠4.9%
107,965
101,537
1.18%
61.47
23.73
1,800
4,700
12
14°57′01″N 120°45′36″E / 14.9502°N 120.7599°E /
14.9502; 120.7599 (Apalit)
Arayat
3rd
7000610000000000000♠6.1%
133,492
121,348
1.83%
134.48
51.92
990
2,600
30
15°09′00″N 120°46′03″E / 15.1501°N 120.7675°E /
15.1501; 120.7675 (Arayat)
Bacolor
3rd
7000180000000000000♠1.8%
39,460
31,508
4.38%
71.70
27.68
550
1,400
21
14°59′47″N 120°39′05″E / 14.9965°N 120.6513°E /
14.9965; 120.6513 (Villa de Bacolor)
Candaba
4th
7000510000000099999♠5.1%
111,586
102,399
1.65%
176.40
68.11
630
1,600
33
15°05′33″N 120°49′39″E / 15.0925°N 120.8276°E /
15.0925; 120.8276 (Candaba)
Floridablanca
2nd
7000570000000000000♠5.7%
125,163
110,846
2.34%
175.48
67.75
710
1,800
33
14°58′33″N 120°31′43″E / 14.9759°N 120.5287°E /
14.9759; 120.5287 (Floridablanca)
Guagua
2nd
7000530000000000000♠5.3%
117,430
111,199
1.04%
48.67
18.79
2,400
6,200
31
14°57′55″N 120°38′01″E / 14.9654°N 120.6336°E /
14.9654; 120.6336 (Guagua)
Lubao
2nd
7000730000000000000♠7.3%
160,838
150,843
1.23%
155.77
60.14
1,000
2,600
44
14°56′16″N 120°36′01″E / 14.9378°N 120.6004°E /
14.9378; 120.6004 (Lubao)
Mabalacat
∗
1st
7001114000000000000♠11.4%
250,799
215,610
2.92%
83.18
32.12
3,000
7,800
27
15°13′22″N 120°34′24″E / 15.2228°N 120.5733°E /
15.2228; 120.5733 (Mabalacat)
Macabebe
4th
7000350000000000000♠3.5%
75,850
70,777
1.33%
105.16
40.60
720
1,900
25
14°54′30″N 120°42′53″E / 14.9084°N 120.7147°E /
14.9084; 120.7147 (Macabebe)
Magalang
1st
7000510000000099999♠5.1%
113,147
103,597
1.69%
97.32
37.58
1,200
3,100
27
15°12′53″N 120°39′42″E / 15.2147°N 120.6618°E /
15.2147; 120.6618 (Magalang)
Masantol
4th
7000260000000000000♠2.6%
57,063
52,407
1.63%
48.25
18.63
1,200
3,100
26
14°53′04″N 120°42′35″E / 14.8845°N 120.7098°E /
14.8845; 120.7098 (Masantol)
Mexico
3rd
7000700000000000000♠7.0%
154,624
146,851
0.99%
117.41
45.33
1,300
3,400
43
15°03′53″N 120°43′12″E / 15.0648°N 120.7200°E /
15.0648; 120.7200 (Mexico)
Minalin
4th
7000220000000000000♠2.2%
47,713
44,001
1.55%
48.27
18.64
990
2,600
15
14°58′04″N 120°41′09″E / 14.9677°N 120.6859°E /
14.9677; 120.6859 (Minalin)
Porac
2nd
7000570000000000000♠5.7%
124,381
111,441
2.11%
314.00
121.24
400
1,000
29
15°04′20″N 120°32′28″E / 15.0723°N 120.5411°E /
15.0723; 120.5411 (Porac)
San Fernando
†
3rd
7001140000000000000♠14.0%
306,659
285,912
1.34%
67.74
26.15
4,500
12,000
35
15°01′45″N 120°41′34″E / 15.0292°N 120.6928°E /
15.0292; 120.6928 (San Fernando, Pampanga)
San Luis
4th
7000250000000000000♠2.5%
54,106
49,311
1.78%
56.83
21.94
950
2,500
17
15°02′21″N 120°47′27″E / 15.0393°N 120.7908°E /
15.0393; 120.7908 (San Luis)
San Simon
4th
7000240000000000000♠2.4%
53,198
48,353
1.83%
57.37
22.15
930
2,400
14
14°59′42″N 120°46′45″E / 14.9950°N 120.7793°E /
14.9950; 120.7793 (San Simon)
Santa Ana
3rd
7000250000000000000♠2.5%
55,178
52,001
1.14%
39.84
15.38
1,400
3,600
14
15°05′41″N 120°45′57″E / 15.0946°N 120.7659°E /
15.0946; 120.7659 (Santa Ana)
Santa Rita
2nd
7000190000000000000♠1.9%
40,979
38,762
1.06%
29.76
11.49
1,400
3,600
10
14°59′56″N 120°37′05″E / 14.9990°N 120.6180°E /
14.9990; 120.6180 (Santa Rita)
Santo Tomas
4th
7000180000000000000♠1.8%
40,475
38,062
1.18%
21.30
8.22
1,900
4,900
7
14°59′38″N 120°42′16″E / 14.9939°N 120.7045°E /
14.9939; 120.7045 (Santo Tomas)
Sasmuan
2nd
7000130000000000000♠1.3%
28,004
27,254
0.52%
91.80
35.44
310
800
12
14°56′10″N 120°37′21″E / 14.9362°N 120.6226°E /
14.9362; 120.6226 (Sasmuan)
Total[B]
2,198,110
2,014,019
1.68%
2,002.20
773.05
1,100
2,800
505
(see GeoGroup box)
^
Coordinates
Coordinates mark the city/town center, and are sortable by latitude.
^ Total figures exclude the highly urbanized city of Angeles.
Demographics[edit]
Population census of
Pampanga
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1990
1,295,929
—
1995
1,401,756
+1.48%
2000
1,614,942
+3.08%
2007
1,911,951
+2.36%
2010
2,014,019
+1.91%
2015
2,198,110
+1.68%
(excluding Angeles City)
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[2][8][8]
Population[edit]
The population of
Pampanga
Pampanga in the 2015 census was 2,198,110 people,[2]
with a density of 1,100 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,800
inhabitants per square mile. If
Angeles City
Angeles City is included for
geographical purposes, the population is 2,609,744, with a density of
1,265/km2 (3,277/sq mi). The native inhabitants of
Pampanga
Pampanga are
generally referred to as Kapampangans (alternatively spelled
Capampañgan), Pampangos or Pampangueños.
Languages[edit]
Languages Spoken (2000)[9]
Language
Speakers
Kapampangan
1,291,763
Tagalog
652,436
Sambal
13,109
Main articles: Kapampangan language, Tagalog language, and Sambal
language
The whole population of
Pampanga
Pampanga speak Kapampangan, which is one of
the
Central Luzon
Central Luzon languages along with the Sambalic languages. English
and Tagalog are mainly spoken and used as secondary languages. There
are a few Sambal speakers in the province, especially near the border
of Zambales. There are also a few Ilocano speakers in Pampanga,
especially near the border of Zambales, Tarlac, and Nueva Ecija.
Religion[edit]
Our Lady of Grace Parish in Mabalacat
The province of
Pampanga
Pampanga is composed of many religious groups, but it
is predominantly Roman Catholic, followed by the Members Church of God
International, colloquially called
Ang Dating Daan
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Ang Dating Daan headed by Eliseo
Soriano, with its headquarters in Apalit, Pampanga.
Other prominent Christian groups include the Seventh-day Adventist
Church, Aglipayan Church, Iglesia ni Cristo, United Methodist, Church
of the Nazarene, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
Jehovah's Witnesses, Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th
Watch), Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus, Jesus is Lord Church,
Evangelicals,
Jesus Miracle Crusade and many others.
Islam is also present in the province, mainly due to migrants
originating from the south, as well as Buddhism, which is practiced by
a few Filipinos of Chinese descent.
Economy[edit]
Farming and fishing are the two main industries. Major products
include rice, corn, sugarcane, and tilapia.
Pampanga
Pampanga is the tilapia
capital of the country because of its high production reaching
214,210.12 metric tons in 2015. In addition to farming and fishing,
the province supports thriving cottage industries that specialize in
wood carving, furniture making, guitars and handicrafts. Every
Christmas season, the province of Pampanga, especially in the capital
city of San Fernando becomes the center of a thriving industry
centered on handcrafted lighted lanterns called parols that display a
kaleidoscope of light and color. Other industries include its casket
industry and the manufacturing of all-purpose vehicles in the
municipality of Santo Tomas.
The province is famous for its sophisticated culinary work.
Kapampangans are well known for their culinary creations. Famous food
products range from the mundane to the exotic. Roel's Meat Products,
Pampanga's Best and Mekeni Food are among the better known meat brands
of the country producing Kapampangan favorites such as pork and
chicken tocinos, beef tapa, hotdogs, and longganizas (Philippine-style
sausages and cured meats).
Specialty foods such as the duman, siopao, pandesal, tutong, lechon
(roasted pig) and its sarsa (sauce) are popular specialty foods in the
region. The more exotic betute tugak (stuffed frog), kamaru (mole
crickets) cooked adobo, bulanglang (pork cooked in guava juice),
lechon kawali and bringhe (a green sticky rice dish like paella) are a
mainstay in Kapampangan feasts.
Native sweets and delicacies like pastillas, turonnes de casuy, buro,
are the most sought after by Filipinos including a growing number of
tourists who enjoy authentic Kapampangan cuisine. The famous cookie in
Mexico, Pampanga, Panecillos de San Nicolas, which is known as the
mother of all Philippine cookies, is made here, famously made by
Lillian Borromeo.[10] The cookies are made with arrowroot, sugar,
coconut milk and butter and are blessed in Catholic parishes every
year on the feast of San Nicolas Tolentino.[11] The cookies are
believed to have a healing power and bestow good luck and are
sometimes crumbled into rice fields before planting.[11]
Tourism is a growing industry in the province of Pampanga. Clark
Freeport is home to Clark International Airport, designated as the
Philippines' future premier gateway.[citation needed] Other developing
industries include semiconductor manufacturing for electronics and
computers mostly located within the freeport.
Within the Clark
Special
Special Economic Zone are well-established hotels and
resorts. Popular tourist destinations include St. Peter Shrine in
Apalit, Mt. Arayat National Park in San Juan Bano, Arayat, the
Paskuhan Village
Paskuhan Village in the City of San Fernando, the Casino Filipino in
Angeles City
Angeles City and, for nature and wildlife, "Paradise Ranch and
Zoocobia Fun Zoo" in Clark. Well-known annual events include the Giant
Lantern Festival in December, the hot air balloon festival in
Clarkfield in February, the
San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites
San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites celebrated
two days before Easter, and the Aguman Sanduk in
Minalin
Minalin celebrated on
the afternoon of New Year's Day.
Infrastructure[edit]
Telecommunication[edit]
Telephone services are provided by the Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Company (PLDT), Digitel, Datelcom, the Evangelista Telephone
Company, and the
Pampanga
Pampanga Telecom Company in the town of Macabebe. The
province has 24 public telegraph offices distributed among its towns
while the facilities of PT&T and RCPI were set up to serve the
business centers in Angeles City, San Fernando City and Guagua.[12]
Several Internet service providers are available. These include the
Angeles Computer Network Specialist, Information Resources Network
System, Inc., [Mosaic communications Inc., Net Asia Angeles City, Phil
World On Line and Comclark Network and Technology Corp.
United Parcel Service
United Parcel Service (UPS) and
Federal Express
Federal Express (FedEx) provide
international courier services. Their hubs are in the Clark Freeport
Zone. They are complemented by four local couriers operating as the
communication and baggage of the province. There are three postal
district offices and 35 post office stations distributed in the 20
municipalities and two cities of the province.[13]
Water and power[edit]
Potable water supply in the province reaches the populace through
three levels namely: Level I (point source system), Level II (communal
faucet system), and Level III (individual connections). A well or
spring is the pinpointed water source in areas where houses are few as
the system is only designed to serve 15 to 25 households. As of 1997,
there were 128,571 Level I water system users in the province. The
communal faucet system (Level II) serves the rural areas while the
Level III system is managed by the Local Water Utilities
Administration (LWUA). The system provides individual house
connections to all second and first class private subdivisions.
Electric power is distributed to majority of the towns through the
distribution centers of the
Pampanga
Pampanga Electric Cooperative (PELCO)
which include PELCO I, II, III. Small parts of
Candaba
Candaba and Macabebe
are also supplied by
Manila
Manila Electric Company (MERALCO). Angeles City
and small parts of Mabalacat, Villa de Bacolor, and Porac are supplied
by Angeles Electric Corporation (AEC). City of San Fernando is
supplied by San Fernando Electric Company (SFELAPCO).[12]
Power is also transmitted to the province through transmission lines
and substations that are located within the province, such as the
Mexico and Clark substations, and Hermosa-Balintawak, Mexico-Hermosa,
Hermosa-San Jose transmission lines, etc, all of which are operated
and maintained by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines
(NGCP).
Transportation[edit]
The province of
Pampanga
Pampanga is strategically located at the crossroads of
central
Luzon
Luzon and is highly accessible by air and land. The province
is home to two airstrips:
Basa Air Base
Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, which is
used by the military, and
Clark International Airport
Clark International Airport in Clark
Freeport Zone.
Pampanga
Pampanga has five municipal ports that function as fish
landing centers. These are in the municipalities of Guagua, Macabebe,
Masantol, Minalin, and Sasmuan.[12]
Road transport[edit]
Land travel to
Pampanga
Pampanga is provided by highways and by buses. Buses
that travel the routes of Manila-Bataan, Manila-Zambales,
Manila-Tarlac, Manila-Nueva Ecija, Manila-Bulacan-Pampanga, and
Manila-Pampanga-Dagupan serve as connections with the nearby provinces
and Metro Manila.
The 84 kilometres (52 mi)
North Luzon Expressway
North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) extends
from Balintawak in
Quezon
Quezon City, Metro Manila, to Santa Ines in
Mabalacat. It passes through the cities and municipalities of Apalit,
San Simon, Santo Tomas, San Fernando, Mexico, Angeles, and ends on
Santa Ines in Mabalacat.
The 94 kilometres (58 mi) four-lane Subic-Clark-
Tarlac
Tarlac Expressway
(SCTEx) to date, is the longest toll expressway in the Philippines.
Its southern terminus is in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales
and passes through the
Clark Freeport Zone
Clark Freeport Zone in two interchanges: Clark
North and Clark South. The expressway is linked to the North Luzon
Expressway through the
Mabalacat
Mabalacat Interchange. Its northern terminus is
located at the Central Techno Park in
Tarlac
Tarlac City, Tarlac.
Aside from the expressways, national highways also serve the province.
Two major national highways serves Pampanga, the MacArthur Highway
(N2) and
Jose Abad Santos Avenue
Jose Abad Santos Avenue (N3). Secondary and tertiary national
roads, and provincial roads complement the highway backbone.
Schools[edit]
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Colleges and universities[edit]
AIE College (Angeles City)
AMA Computer College
AMA Computer College (
Angeles City
Angeles City and City of San Fernando)
AMA Computer Learning Center (
Angeles City
Angeles City and City of San Fernando)
AMA Computer Learning Center (Apalit)
Angeles University Foundation (Angeles City)
Arayat Institute
Arayat Institute (Arayat)
Arayat National High School (Arayat)
Asian College of Science & Technology
Asian Institute of Computer Studies (
Mabalacat
Mabalacat City and City of San
Fernando)
Central Luzon
Central Luzon College of Science and Technology (CELTECH College),[14]
(City of San Fernando)
Church Education System
Church Education System Seminary & Institute of Religion, in every
chapels of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Colegio de San Lorenzo de
Pampanga
Pampanga (Macabebe, Pampanga)
Colegio de Sebastian (City of San Fernando)
Computer System Specialist, Inc. (Angeles City)
Dau Academy-Saint Muchen (
Mabalacat
Mabalacat City)
Dee Hwa Liong College Foundation (
Mabalacat
Mabalacat City)
Development for Advanced Technology Achievement (DATA) College (City
of San Fernando)
Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University
Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (Bacolor)
Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University
Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (Lubao)
Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University
Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (Mexico)
Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University
Don Honorio Ventura Technological State University (Santo Tomas)
East Central Colleges (City of San Fernando)
Exact College of Asia (Arayat)
Gateway Institute of Science and Technology (City of San Fernando)
Guagua National Colleges
Guagua National Colleges (Guagua)
Harvardian Colleges (City of San Fernando)
Holy Angel University
Holy Angel University (Angeles City)
Holy Cross College
Pampanga
Pampanga (Santa Ana)
Infant Jesus Academy (IJA)
Information and Communication Technology High School (City of San
Fernando)
Integrated Computer School Foundation (Angeles City)
Jocson College (Angeles City)
Jose C. Feliciano College, Inc. (
Mabalacat
Mabalacat City)
La Verdad Christian College (Apalit)
Mabalacat
Mabalacat College (
Mabalacat
Mabalacat City)
Mary
Help of Christians School Inc. (
Mabalacat
Mabalacat City)
Mary the Queen College (Guagua)
Mega Computer College (Angeles City)
Megabyte College of Science and Technology (Floridablanca and Guagua)
Mother of Good Counsel Major Seminary (City of San Fernando)
Mother Of Good Counsel Minor Seminary (City of San Fernando)
Mother of Perpetual
Help Institute School of Midwifery and Nursing
Aide (Angeles City)
Mount Carmel Colleges (City of San Fernando)
New Era University (City of San Fernando)
NorthPoint Academy for Culinary Arts (City of San Fernando)
Our Lady of Fatima University
Our Lady of Fatima University (City of San Fernando)
Pampanga
Pampanga Colleges (Macabebe)
Pampanga
Pampanga Institute (Masantol)
Pampanga State Agricultural University
Pampanga State Agricultural University (Magalang)
Philippine State College of Aeronautics (Floridablanca)
Proverbsville School (Angeles City/City of San Fernando)
Republic Central Colleges (Angeles City)
Saint Anthony College of Technology (
Mabalacat
Mabalacat City)
Saint Mary's Angels College of
Pampanga
Pampanga (Santa Ana)
Saint Michael's College (Guagua)
Saint Nicolas College of Business and Technology
San Lorenzo Ruiz Center of Studies and Schools (City of San Fernando)
Santa Rita College Integrated School (Santa Rita)
Somascan Fathers Seminary (Lubao)
Saint Augustine School of Nursing (Angeles City)
STI Colleges
STI Colleges (
Angeles City
Angeles City and City of San Fernando)
Systems Plus College Foundation, Inc. (Angeles City)
TESDA Training Center (City of San Fernando)
The Metropolitan Academy Of Arts & Beauty -
Pampanga
Pampanga (City of San
Fernando)
University of the Assumption
University of the Assumption (City of San Fernando)
University of the
Philippines
Philippines - Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga
(Clark Freeport Zone)
Attractions[edit]
Festivals[edit]
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Every week of January "Sunday" — Ding labas larawan king Masantol
(Masantol)
April 10–13 — Lubao International Balloon Festival (Lubao)
Every Last Saturday and Sunday of April — "PISTA ning INDU" -
Festivity of Nuestra Señora dela Paz, REINA DE BATALYA / Apung Maria
ning
Macabebe
Macabebe - Ing Indung Lugud ning Balen (Macabebe)
September 24 — feast day of Nuestra Señora De La Merced Mercedarian
Festival Apung Dela Merced (Candaba)
May 1 — Pinukpukan Festival (Floridablanca), Libad king San Pedro
(San Simon, Pampanga)
May 8 — Batalya ng San Miguel karing Morus
Masantol
Masantol "Batalla
Festival" (Batalya) (Masantol)
April every 3rd or 4th Sunday — Tabang Talangka Festival, San Roque
de Montpelier (Masantol)
August 15, 16, 17 — Batala Festival (Batalya) Batalya ng San Roque
de Montpelier (Masantol)
May 13 — Batalya ng San Nicolas (Masantol)
December 13 Batalaya ng Apu Lucia (Masantol)
January 1 — Aguman Sanduk (Minalin)
January 5–7 - Kuraldal (Sta. Ana)
January 6–10 — Kuraldal (Sasmuan)
February —
Philippine International Hot-Air Balloon Fiesta
Philippine International Hot-Air Balloon Fiesta (Clark
Field, Angeles City)
February 28–29 — Caragan Festival (Mabalacat)
March/April (Good Friday) —
San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites
San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites (Mal a
Aldo) (City of San Fernando)
May 5 — Sampaguita Festival of (Lubao)
May — Sabat/Santacruzan
May (first week) — El Circulo Fernandino
June 15 — Mt. Pinatubo Day (Aldo ning Bunduc Pinatubo)
June 28–30 — Apung Iru Fluvial Procession (Apalit)
August 27 — Apung Monica Fluvial Procession (Minalin)
September 10 — Sanikulas Festival (Mexico)
September 28 — San Lorenzo Ruiz Feast (
Mabalacat
Mabalacat City)
October — Pyestang Tugak (Frog Festival) (City of San Fernando)
October — Fiestang Kuliat-Twin Fiesta (La Naval de Angeles and Apung
Mamacalulu) (Angeles City)
Last Friday and Saturday of October — Tigtigan Terakan Keng Dalan
(Angeles City)
November — Makatapak Festival (Bacolor)
November (Last week of November) — Duman Festival (Santa Rita)
December —
Sisig
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Sisig Festival (Sadsaran Qng Angeles) (Angeles City)
December 1–7 — Sinukwan Festival (City of San Fernando)
December 11 — Aldo Ning Kapampangan (
Pampanga
Pampanga Day)
December — "Dukit Festival" (Betis)
July and December — "Serenata" (Betis)
December - La Purisima Concepcion Festival (Minalin)
December (Saturday before Christmas Eve) — Ligligan Parul (Giant
Lantern Festival) (City of San Fernando)
December 16–24 — Lubenas (various towns in Northern Pampanga)
El Circulos de Masantoleños
Maharajah Macabebean
Throughout the year, various towns and cities within the Province of
Pampanga
Pampanga celebrates feasts honoring their patron saint. These fiesta
days are listed below:
Angeles City
Angeles City — Second Sunday of October "Nuestra Señora del
Santisimo Rosario de La Naval de Angeles"
Apalit
Apalit — June 28,29 and 30 "San Pedro Apostol"
Arayat — November 25 "Santa Catalina Alexandria"
Villa de
Bacolor
Bacolor — Third Sunday of November "Nuestra Señora del
Santisimo Rosario de La Naval de Bacolor"
Candaba
Candaba — November 30 "San Andres Apostol"
Floridablanca — May 1 "San Jose Talapagobra"
Betis — July and December "Santiago Apostol"
Guagua — December 8 "La Purisima Concepcion"
Lubao — August 28 "San Agustin de Hippo"
Mabalacat
Mabalacat — February 2 "Nuestra Señora de la Divina Gracia"
Macabebe
Macabebe — September 10 "San Nicolas Tolentino"
Magalang — August 24 "San Bartolome Apostol"
Masantol
Masantol — May 8 "San Miguel Arcanghel"
Mexico — May 4 "Santa Monica"
Minalin
Minalin — Second Sunday of May "Santa Monica"
Porac — November 25 "Santa Catalina Alexandria"
City of San Fernando — May 30 "San Fernando Rey"
San Luis — June 21 "San Luis Gonzaga"
San Simon — October 12 "Nuestra Señora del Pilar"
Santa Ana — July 26 "Santa Ana"
Santa Rita — May 22 "Santa Rita de Casia"
Santo Tomas — December 21 "Santo Tomas Apostol
Sasmuan — December 13 "Santa Lucia Martir"
In addition to the town fiesta many barangays within each municipality
celebrates a local fiesta honoring a particular patron saint.
Natural parks[edit]
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Pinatubo Crater Lake
Nabulod Upland Zipline (Floridablanca)
Palakol (Floridablanca)
Mount Arayat
Mount Arayat National Park (Arayat)
Scenic
Candaba
Candaba Swamps and Wild Duck & Birds Sanctuary (Candaba)
Mount Pinatubo
Mount Pinatubo Crater Lake (Pampanga/Tarlac/Zambales)
Dara Falls (Porac) — Pampanga's version of the Pagsanjan Falls of
Laguna
Miyamit Falls & Porac Peak (Porac)
Hot Spring of
Sitio
Sitio Puning (Porac via Sapang Bato, Angeles City)
Maruring Falls (
Mabalacat
Mabalacat City via Clark)
Lahar
Lahar Canyon (Porac & Villa de Bacolor)
Muñoz Park (Minalin)
Lubao Bamboo Hub (Lubao)
Government and politics[edit]
Like other Provinces in the Philippines,
Pampanga
Pampanga is governed by a
Governor
Governor and Vice
Governor
Governor who are elected to three-year terms. The
Governor
Governor is the executive head and leads the Province's departments in
executing the ordinances and improving public services. The Vice
Governor
Governor heads a legislative council (Sangguniang Panlalawigan)
consisting of Board Members from the Districts.
Provincial government[edit]
Pampanga
Pampanga Provincial Capitol
Just as the national government, the provincial government is divided
into three branches: executive, legislative and judiciary. The
judicial branch is administered solely by the Supreme Court of the
Philippines. The LGUs have control of the executive and legislative
branch.
The executive branch is composed of the
Governor
Governor for the province,
mayors for the cities and municipalities, and the barangay captains
for the barangays.[15] The provincial assembly for the provinces,
Sangguniang Panlungsod (city assembly) for the cities, Sangguniang
Bayan (town assembly) for the municipalities, Sangguniang Barangay
(barangay council), and the
Sangguniang Kabataan
Sangguniang Kabataan for the youth sector.
The seat of Government is vested upon the
Governor
Governor and other elected
officers who hold office at the Provincial Capitol building. The
Sanguniang Panlalawigan is the center of legislation.
Court system[edit]
The Supreme Court of the
Philippines
Philippines recognizes
Pampanga
Pampanga regional
trial courts and metropolitan or municipal trial courts within the
province and towns, that have an over-all jurisdiction in the populace
of the province and towns, respectively.[16]
Façade of Halls of Justice (view from the rear of the Capitolio)
Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, "The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980",
as amended, created Regional, Metropolitan, Municipal Trial and
Circuit Courts. The Third Judicial Region includes RTCs in Bulacan,
Nueva Ecija, Pampanga,
Palayan
Palayan and San Jose, inter alia: xxx. There
shall be - (c) Seventy-five Regional Trial judges shall be
commissioned for the Third Judicial Region: Twenty-two branches
(Branches XLI to LXII) for the province of
Pampanga
Pampanga and the city of
Angeles, Branches XLI to XLVIII with seats at San Fernando, Branches
XLIX to LIII at Guagua, Branches LIV and LV at Macabebe, and Branches
LVI to LXII at Angeles City;
The law also created Metropolitan Trial Court in each metropolitan
area established by law, a Municipal Trial Court in each of the other
cities or municipalities, and a Municipal Circuit Trial Court in each
circuit comprising such cities and/or municipalities as are grouped
together pursuant to law: three branches for
Cabanatuan
Cabanatuan City; in every
city which does not form part of a metropolitan area, there shall be a
Municipal Trial Court with one branch, except as hereunder provided:
Three branches for Angeles City;
In each of the municipalities that are not comprised within a
metropolitan area and a municipal circuit there shall be a Municipal
Trial Court which shall have one branch, except as hereunder provided:
Four branches for San Fernando and two branches for Guagua, both of
Pampanga.[17]
Governors[edit]
Lilia Pineda
Main article:
Governor
Governor of Pampanga
Notable people from Pampanga[edit]
Politics
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal — 9th president of the Republic of the
Philippines
Philippines and a native of Lubao, Pampanga.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo — 14th president of the Republic of the
Philippines. She is the daughter of the 9th President of the Republic
Diosdado Macapagal.
Jose Lingad
Jose Lingad — a one-term governor and congressman, native of Lubao,
Pampanga.
Pedro Tongio Liongson
Pedro Tongio Liongson — lawyer, judge, and politician; born on
January 31, 1865 in Villa de Bacolor, Pampanga.
Eddie Panlilio
Eddie Panlilio — born in Minalin, Pampanga, was the first Filipino
priest to be elected governor in Philippine history.
José Abad Santos
José Abad Santos — born in San Fernando, Pampanga, the 5th Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Pedro Abad Santos
Pedro Abad Santos — founder of the Socialist Party. Ideological
mentor of Luis Taruc.
Luis Taruc
Luis Taruc — politician.
Artists and entertainers
Sheena Halili - model and actress from San Fernando.
Melanie Marquez — beauty queen turned actress from Mabalacat.
Brillante Mendoza
Brillante Mendoza — Filipino film director from San Fernando,
Pampanga.
Vanessa Minnillo
Vanessa Minnillo — American television personality born in Clark Air
Base, Angeles City, and raised in the US.
Allan Pineda Lindo, also known as apl.de.ap — founding member of The
Black Eyed Peas, born in Sapang Bato, Angeles City.
Francisco Alonso Liongson
Francisco Alonso Liongson — playwright. Born on July 1, 1896 in
Villa de Bacolor, Pampanga.
Rogelio dela Rosa
Rogelio dela Rosa — actor and politician, native of Lubao, Pampanga.
Jaime dela Rosa, a matinee idol in the 1950s of Lubao, Pampanga.
Donita Rose — Filipino-American actress, lived in
Angeles City
Angeles City for a
few years.
Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga — singer and actress, spent the first six years of her
childhood in
Angeles City
Angeles City before moving to Manila.
Aurelio Tolentino
Aurelio Tolentino — original member of the Katipunan and nationalist
playwright, born in Guagua.
Jeric Raval - Philippine Movie Action Star / Drama Actor from
Floridablanca, Pampanga
Religious leaders
Rufino Jiao Santos
Rufino Jiao Santos — born in Guagua, Pampanga, Archbishop of Manila
from 1953 to 1973.
Eliseo Soriano
Eliseo Soriano — televangelist of
Ang Dating Daan
Ang Dating Daan and the Over-all
Servant of
Members Church of God International
Members Church of God International which its main
headquarters is located in Apalit, Pampanga.
Honesto Ongtioco
Honesto Ongtioco — born in San Fernando, Pampanga, bishop of Balanga
from 1998 to 2003 and Cubao since 2003.
Sports
Ato Agustin
Ato Agustin — Filipino professional basketball player and coach,
from Lubao, Pampanga.
Victonara Galang — Filipino volleyball athlete.
Efren "Bata" Reyes
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Efren "Bata" Reyes — billiards player from Angeles City.
Jayson Castro William
Jayson Castro William - Filipino professional basketball player from
Guagua, Pampanga.
Japeth Aguilar
Japeth Aguilar - Filipino professional basketball player from Sasmuan,
Pampanga.
Arwind Santos
Arwind Santos - Filipino professional basketball player from Lubao,
Pampanga.
Calvin Abueva
Calvin Abueva - Filipino professional basketball player from Angeles
City.
Diana Mae Carlos
Diana Mae Carlos — Filipino volleyball athlete.
Others
Kristine Johnson — Filipino-American co-anchor at WCBS-TV, born in
Clark Air Base.[18][19]
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