Castillejos, officially the Municipality of Castillejos (; ), is a

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in the

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 67,889 people.

History

Castillejos was established in 1743 by Tagalog settler families who migrated from

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. A strong magnitude 6.1

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occurred on 5:11pm ( UTC+08:00), April 22, 2019, according to PHIVOLCS.

Geography

Castillejos is located between

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, Subic, and

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. It is from Iba, from

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, and from

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Barangays

Castillejos is politically subdivided into 14

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s, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

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. * Balaybay * Buenavista * Del Pilar * Looc * Magsaysay * Nagbayan * Nagbunga * San Agustin * San Jose (

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) * San Juan (

) * San Nicolas * San Pablo (

) * San Roque * Santa Maria

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Castillejos was 67,889 people, with a density of .

Economy

Education

;Elementary schools: * Precious Child Montessori of Zambales, Inc. * San Isidro Elementary School * Aldersgate Learning Center * Hanniel Christian Academy * Castillejos Elementary School * Pres.Ramon F. Magsaysay Elementary School * San Agustin Elementary School * Santa Maria Elementary School * Magsaysay Elementary School * Del Pilar Elementary School * Balaybay Elementary School * Villaflor Elementary School * Looc Elementary School * Nagbayan Elementary School * Hanjin Integrated School ;High schools: * Precious Heritage of Zambales, Inc. * St. Nicholas Academy * Castillejos National High School * San Agustin High School * Castillejos Resettlement High School (formerly Jesus F. Magsaysay High School Annex) * Jesus F. Magsaysay Tech. Voc. High School * Hanjin Integrated School College/University: * President Ramon Magsaysay State University, College of Governance

References

External links

Castillejos Profile at PhilAtlas.com
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census Information
Municipalities of Zambales Long stubs with short prose {{CLuzon-geo-stub