Bataan

Bataan
Q24746
Province of Bataan
Bataan Provincial Capitol in Balanga
Flag Seal
Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°N 120°E / 15°N 120°E / 15; 120Coordinates: 15°N 120°E / 15°N 120°E / 15; 120
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon (Region III)
Founded	1754
Capital	Balanga
Government
• Governor	Albert Garcia (NUP)
• Vice Governor	Ma. Cristina Garcia (NUP)
Area[1]
• Total	1,372.98 km2 (530.11 sq mi)
Area rank	71st out of 81
Highest elevation (Mount Mariveles)	1,388 m (4,554 ft)
Population (2015 census)[2]
• Total	760,650
• Rank	39th out of 81
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
• Density rank	8th out of 81
Divisions
• Independent cities	0
• Component cities	1 Balanga
• Municipalities	11 Abucay Bagac Dinalupihan Hermosa Limay Mariveles Morong Orani Orion Pilar Samal
• Barangays	237
• Districts	1st and 2nd districts of Bataan
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Tagalog (88%) Kapampangan (4%) Sambal (2%) Others (3%)
• Languages	Tagalog Kapampangan English
Time zone	PHT (UTC+8)
ZIP Code	2100–2114
IDD : area code	+63 (0)47
ISO 3166 code	PH
Website	bataan.gov.ph

Bataan (/bɑːtɑːˈɑːn/ Filipino: Lalawigan ng Bataan; Kapampangan: Lalawigan ning Bataan) is a province situated in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Its capital is the City of Balanga. Occupying the entire Bataan Peninsula on Luzon, Bataan is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north. The peninsula faces the South China Sea to the west and Subic Bay to the north-west, and encloses Manila Bay to the east.

The Battle of Bataan is famous in history as one of the last stands of American and Filipino soldiers before they were overwhelmed by the Japanese forces in World War II. The Bataan Death March was named after the province, where the infamous march started.

History

In 1647, Dutch naval forces landed in country in an attempt to seize the islands from Spain. The Dutch massacred the people of Abucay in Bataan.

Historian Cornelio Bascara documents that the province of Bataan was established in January 11, 1757 by Governor-General Pedro Manuel Arandia out of territories belonging to Pampanga and the corregimiento of Mariveles which, at the time, included Maragondon, Cavite across the Manila Bay.^[3][4]

World War II

Bataan featured prominently during World War II. Prior to the 1941 Japanese invasion, the US Army stored nearly 1,000,000 US gallons (3,800 m³) of gasoline there.

March 1942: burning houses after a Japanese bombing raid in Bataan

Shortly after the Japanese Army invaded the country in December 1941, the combined US and Filipino forces were being gradually overrun and General Douglas MacArthur 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 mi) from Bataan to Capas, Tarlac, which became known as the Bataan Death March.

Geography

Bataan as seen from Manila Bay

The province has an area of 1,372.98 square kilometres (530.11 sq mi),^[5] and covers the entire Bataan Peninsula, a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains jutting out into the South China Sea, enclosing the Manila Bay. At the northern portion of the peninsula is Mount Natib (elevation 1,253 metres (4,111 ft)) and its surrounding mountains, separated from Mount Samat and the Mariveles Mountains in the south by a pass.^[4]

A narrow coastline plain characterizes the eastern portion of the province, while the western coast features many ridges, cliffs and headlands.^[4]

Administrative divisions

Bataan is politically subdivided into 11 municipalities and one component city.

Demographics

The population of Bataan in the 2015 census was 760,650 people,^[2] with a density of 550 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,400 inhabitants per square mile.

Religion

Various religious groups are subscribed to by the people but Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion, comprising 85% of the Bataan population. Aglipayan as well as several Christian faiths are the minority.

Education

Schools, colleges and universities

Tourist attractions

Historical places

Churches

• Nuestra Señora del Pilar Church — Morong
• Nuestra Señora del Pilar Church — Pilar
• Nuestra Señora, Virgen Milagrosa del Rosario Church — Orani, declared as a diocesan-shrine by the Diocese of Balanga. It is home to the miraculous image of the Our Lady of the Holy Rosary which was canonically crowned 18 April 1959.
• San Francisco de Asis Church — Limay
• San Jose Cathedral — Balanga City, was declared as a diocesan-shrine and is the seat of the Diocese of Balanga
• San Juan Bautista Church — Dinalupihan
• San Miguel Arcangel Church — Orion
• San Nicolas de Tolentino Church — Mariveles
• San Pedro Martir de Verona Church — Hermosa
• Santa Catalina de Alexandria Church — Bagac
• Santa Catalina de Siena Church — Samal
• Santo Domingo de Guzman Church — Abucay, the oldest church in Bataan

Other places of interest

• Bataan Tourism Center — Balanga
• Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar — Bagac
• Philippine Refugee Processing Center — Morong
• Ocean Adventure — Mabayo, Morong (SBMA)
• Zoobic Safari — Mabayo, Morong (SBMA)

Natural places of interest

Infrastructure

Power

Generation

Bataan is a location of bulk power generation, whose most of the power produced are sent to the Luzon Grid. Most power plants in Bataan rely on fossil fuels, like oil and coal, but renewable energy sources, primarily solar power, forms part of the generation. The total output of existing power plants equals to 2068.1 MW, and new power plants to start operation will increase the output to 4224.1 MW.

Fossil fuel-fired plants form most of the bulk power generation from Bataan, with a total capacity of 2020 MW, and mostly concentrated in Limay and Mariveles. Existing power plants include the GN Power Mariveles Coal Power Plant, with 660 (2x330) MW, SMC Limay Greenfield Power Plant (4x150 MW), Petron Cogeneration Power Plant (4x35 MW), and Panasia Bataan Combined Cycle Power Plant (620 MW). Two plants under construction, the Dinginin Power Station (1,336 MW) and SMC Mariveles Coal Power Plant (4x150) will increase the capacity by 1936 MW.

Renewable energy, primarily solar power, forms a small portion of power generation in Bataan, with a total capacity of 48.1 MW, and are concentrated on the northern part of the province. Existing renewable energy power plants include the Bataan 2020 Cogen Power Plant (12.5 MW), YH Green Energy Solar Power Plant (12.6 MW), Citicore Solar Power Plant (18 MW), and Morong Solar Power Plant (5 MW). Three renewable energy power plants, namely the Solana Solar Alpha Inc. (20 MW), Bataan Solar Power Project (150 MW), and Santa Rita Wind Power Project (50 MW), are awarded to increase the capacity by 220 MW.

The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in Morong, with 600 MW capacity, is supposed to be the first nuclear power plant in the Philippines and is built during the Marcos era. It was supposed to commence operation in 1986, but abandoned amidst critical opposition to the Marcos regime and concerns on nuclear power.

Distribution

Power distribution in the province are served by the Peninsula Electric Cooperative (PENELCO), but some large customers have their power supply sourced from the transmission grid, operated by National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), whose network of 69,000 volt lines supply substations owned by PENELCO.

Sea ports / terminals

• Mariveles Grain Terminal — Mariveles
• Seasia-Nectar Mariveles Dry Bulk Terminal — Mariveles
• Port of Lucanin — Mariveles
• Port of Lamao — Mariveles
• Port Capinpin — Orion

Airport

• Subic Bay International Airport — Morong

Highways / expressways / national roads

Bataan is served by a network of national highways and one expressway. Roman Superhighway, part of highway N301, and Jose Abad Santos Avenue, or highway N3, forms the backbone of the national highway network. Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway, a toll expressway, links the province with the Pampanga and Tarlac. National Road and Governor J.J. Linao National Road forms the secondary network, which connects the smaller municipalities with the main highway network.

Notable people from Bataan

See also

• Bataan Provincial Expressway
• Petron Corporation (formerly known as Bataan Refining Corporation)
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga

References

External links

• Media related to Bataan at Wikimedia Commons
• Geographic data related to Bataan at OpenStreetMap
• Bataan official website

Adjacent places of Bataan
		Zambales	Pampanga
	South China Sea		Manila Bay / Metro Manila
		Bataan
		Manila Bay Cavite

Province of Bataan
Balanga (capital)
Municipalities	Abucay Bagac Dinalupihan Hermosa Limay Mariveles Morong Orani Orion Pilar Samal
Component city	Balanga

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