Bataan Export Processing Zone Authority, Bataan

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Map of Bataan showing the location of BEPZA

Also called BEPZA. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 85,779 people in 19,460 households. Population growth rate per annum is 4.71%, twice that of the province itself.

BEPZA is located in a cove at the southern tip of the Bataan Peninsula. It is about 172.3 kilometers from Manila via the Bataan Provincial Expressway and North Luzon Expressway, Gapan-Olongapo Road and Roman Highway. It has a total land area of 153.9 km² representing 12% of the total land area of Bataan. Of this, about 35% consist of the pastureland, 4.6% of forestland, 3.8% agricultural lands and the remaining 6% for residential and industrial use. It is home to a Filipino community speaking a Languages of the Philippines called Mariveleño.

Agricultural resources include rice, mangoes, legumes, vegetables and coffee. It also has aquatic resources like round scads, grouper, mussel, and abalone; mineral deposits of granite and basalt and forest products like vines and bamboo.

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[edit] Access

It can also be reached through jet ferry plying the Mariveles to Manila route that has an approximate travel time of 39.7 minutes.

[edit] Bataan Provincial Expressway

BEPZA is on Exit 50

[edit] Barangays

BEPZA is politically subdivided into 8 barangays.

  • Alion
  • Cabcaben
  • Lucanin
  • San Isidro
  • Sisiman
  • Biaan
  • Camaya
  • Malaya

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 14°26′N, 120°29′E