Region iii

REGION
III
•San Fernando, Pampanga

Location: between Northern Luzon and
National Capital Region.
Total Land Area: 2,190,619 ha
Cities: Fourteen
Municipalities: 116
Barangays: 3,102

Central Luzon or known as Region 3,
was created to organize the 7 provinces of
the vast central plain of the island of Luzon
(the largest island), for administrative
convenience. The region contains the
largest in the country and produces most of
the country’s rice supply, earning itself the
nickname “Rice Granary
of the Philippines”.

AUROR
ALocation: eastern part of Central Luzon, facing
the Philippine Sea.
Total Land Area: 323,954 hectares
Capital: Baler
Municipalities: 8
Barangays: 152

Aurora was, in fact, named after Aurora Aragon, the
wife of Pres. Manuel L. Quezon, the president of
the Philippine Commonwealth, after whom the mother
province was named. The early history of Aurora is linked
to Quezon province, of which it formed a part, and Nueva
Ecija, under which the area was governed as the District of
El Príncipe. In 1902, the district was separated from Nueva
Ecija and transferred to the province of Tayabas (now
Quezon).
Aurora became a sub-province of Quezon in 1951
through Republic Act No. 648, and finally became an
independent province during the presidency of Ferdinand
E. Marcos, through Batas Pambansa Blg. 7 enacted on
August 13, 1979.

INDUSTR
YAgriculture is the primary industry in Aurora, employing
approximately half of the population. About 49,991 hectares, or
15% of the provincial land area, consist of cultivated land.
Major crops include rice, coconut, coffee, bananas, root crops,
corn, citrus fruits, peanuts and abaca.
Fishing is also a major industry. Of eight municipalities,
seven lie along coastal areas. Approximately one-third of the
province's population located in 48 barangays along the
coastline is dependent on the fishing industry.
The province also has many poultry and livestock
farmers. Chicken is the biggest poultry and livestock produced
followed by swine and ducks. Although there are quite a large
number of carabaos in the province, most of these are used in
farming.

LITERATU
RERommel Angara
• Why do They Cut Me, Lord?
• Pa’no ang Pasko?
• Ituro Nyo sa Akin ang
Magpakababa
• Ako’ y tunay na Pangahas
• Ang mga Griyego at ang mga
Judio pagdating ng Kristo

LANGUAGE/DIALEC
T
Majority of the people of Aurora speak
Tagalog and a few speak Ilocano. The working
population is ready in speech in the English
language as well as in the Filipino language.
The people of Aurora are heavily
Christianized (large majority being Roman
Catholic by 87%) as a result of hundreds of
years of Spanish colonization.
RELIGION

PEOPLE
Casiguran
Dumagat
Agtas

QUEZON MEMORIAL
PARK AND BALER

BATAA
NLocation: 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.
Total Land Area: 1,373 square kilometers
Capital: Balanga CityMunicipalities: 11
Barangays: 237

Several villages in the coastal plains of Bataan were already thriving
communities when Spanish missionaries found them in the 1570s. Bataan, then
known as Vatan, was part of the vast Capampangan Empire that included what
now are the provinces of Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, and some portions of
Bulacan, Zambales and Pangasinan, These coastal villages were inhabited by
natives who were predominantly fishermen, farmers and craftsmen.
Meanwhile, the hillsides were inhabited by nomadic Aeta tribes.
Bataan was established in 1754 by Governor General Pedro Manuel Arandia.
Before this, the region was divided into two parts: the Corregimiento of
Mariveles and the Province of Pampanga. When the Pacific War broke out in
1941, the selection of the peninsula as the locale of the last defensive stand by
the USAFFE against the invading Japanese forces brought fame and infamy to
Bataan. The loss of life and property cannot be estimated. Bataan then became
the symbol of valor and tenacity in its hopeless stand against the much superior
invading Japanese Imperial Forces. Today, a national landmark called the Shrine
of Valor (Dambana ng Kagitingan) stands majestically on top of the Mt. Samat in
Pilar as testimony to the gallantry and sacrifices of the men and women who
with their blood, tears, and sweat made the grounds of Bataan hallow.

INDUSTR
YBataan continues fundamentally an agricultural
province despite of the very fast industrialization
during the last ten years. This province is a major
producer of banana, mango and palay. There are big
industrial establishments in Bataan such as export
processing zone, modern oil refinery, munition and
carbon plants, pulp and paper mills, and thermal
plants.

LITERATU
REFRANCISCO
“BALAGTAS”
BALTAZAR• Florante at Laura
• Orosman at Zafira
• Clara Belmore
• Nudo Gordeano
• Rodolfo at Rosemonda

LANGUAGE/DIALEC
TTagalog is the chief language constituting 86
percent of the total population of the province of
Bataan. Kapampangan came after with ten percent
and the rest speaks Ilocano. English is utilized
mainly as the means of bargaining in business.
Roman Catholic
RELIGION

BULAC
ANLocation: north of Manila (the nation's capital), and
part of the Metro Luzon Urban Beltway Super Region.
Total Land Area: 2,796.10 km
Capital: Malolos
Municipalities: 21
Barangays: 569

The name "Bulakan" was derived from the Tagalog word
"bulak" which is cotton in English. When the Spaniards first came to
the country's shore, they found cotton, among others, growing
abundantly in many places in Luzon, particularly in Bulakan.
Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, Bulakan, as well as the rest of
the towns of Bulacan province, was consisted of small scattered
settlements of villages each then called "barangay", a word derived
from the name of the boats used by the early seafaring Malays who
went to various islands of what we now called Philippines. These
predecessors of our ancestors settled in different parts of the
archipelago, and their villages and barangays swere each headed by a
petty chieftain who bore the title "Gat" as is Gat-Maytan, Gat-Salian,
and "Gat-Dula", and "Lakan" as in Lakandula. These early settlers
lived along the seashores and rivers, thus they were called "taga-
ilog", meaning people who dwell near the rivers or other waterways.
From this term "taga-ilog" came the word "Tagalog".

INDUSTR
YPyrotechnics, aquaculture, meat and meat
products, jewelry, marble and marbleized limestone,
furniture, leathercraft, garments, high-value crops,
sweets and native delicacies

LITERATU
RE NICANOR
ABELARDO• Ang Unang Buko
• Nasaan ka Irog
• Magbalik ka Hirang
• Himutok
• Bituing Marikit

LANGUAGE/DIALEC
TTagalog, English, Kapampangan
Mainly Roman Catholic, other Christian
groups such as Aglipayans, Born-again
Christians, Iglesia ni Cristo, Jehovah’s
Witnesses, Islam, and Church of God
International
RELIGION

FEAST OF THE HOLY
CROSS OF WAWA

NUEVA
ECIJALocation: Encircling the province are the provinces of
Pangasinan in the northwest, Tarlac in the west, Bulacan
in the south, Aurora in the east and Nueva Viscaya in the
north.
Total Land Area: 5,751.33 sq km
Capital: Palayan City
Municipalities: 27
Barangays: 849

Nueva Ecija was formed as a military district of the province
of Pampanga at the beginning of the 18th Century after the
Augustinian missionaries had reduced some Ilongots into Christian
communities. These communities formed the nucleus of the towns
of Bongabon, Pantabangan and Carranglan. It is said that the
comandancia was so named by the Governor General after his
hometown of Ecija in southern Spain. From being a military outpost,
Nueva Ecija was transformed into a regular province a century later.
Nueva Ecija was one of the first provinces where the
Revolution of 1896 broke out. In 1898, the province came under
Revolutionary control. Cabanatuan became the seat of the
Revolutionary government in May 1899. In June of that year, General
Antonio Luna was assassinated in Cabanatuan in one of the most
tragic episodes of the Revolutionary War.

INDUSTR
YAgricultural goods: rice, corn, onion,
mango, banana, eggplant, and garlic.
Fishponds.
Mineral deposits; copper and manganese, and
gold.

LITERATU
REROGELIO SICAT
• Impeng Negro
• Dugo sa Bukang Liwayway
• Tatlo sa Tanghalan

LANGUAGE/DIALEC
TTagalog - 67.7%, Ilocano - 29.93%. Pampango,
Pangasinan, Bicol, and Ilonggo.
Roman Catholic
RELIGION

PAMPANG
ACoordinates: 15°04′N 120°40′E
Total Area: 2002.20 km2
Capital: San Fernando
Municipalities: 19
Barangay: 505

HISTORY
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 into pueblos, which
were further subdivided into
districts (barrios) and in some
cases into royal and private
estates (encomiendas).

INDUSTRY
Farming and fishing are the main industries. Rice
and sugarcane are the major crops. Others are banana,
mango, and eggplant. The rivers and fishponds produce
fish, shrimps, and crabs.
LITERATURE
“Pampango” refers to the people who speak the
Pampango language or inhabit the province of Pampanga. The
name of the province was coined by the early Spanish
conquerors from “pangpang” or “pangpangan” which means
riverbank. “Kapampangan” literally means “region of, or people
inhabiting riverbanks.” Pampango is the Spanish version of
“Pampanga.”

Juan Crisóstomo Caballa
Soto A.K.A.: Crissot “The
Father of Pampango
Literature”
Born : January 27, 1867
Died: July 12, 1918
Father: Santiago Soto
Mother: Marciana Caballa

LANGUAGEKapampangan - 1,291,763
Tagalog - 652,436
Sambal - 13,109
The whole population of Pampanga speak Kapampangan, which is
one of the Central Luzon languages along with the Sambalic
languages. English and Tagalog are rather spoken and used as secondary
languages. There are a few Sambal speakers in the province, especially near
the border of Zambales.
RELIGIONRoman Catholic
INC
7TH Day Adventist
Aglipay

PEOPLE
The Kapampangan
people (Kapampangan: Taung
Kapampangan), also known
as Pampangueños or Pampa
ngos, are the fifth
largest ethnolinguistic
group in the Philippines,
numbering about 2.89
million. They live mainly in
the provinces of Pampanga, B
ataan and Tarlac, as well
as Bulacan, Nueva
Ecija and Zambales Kapampangan Beauty
Queen Guia Balmori

MUSIC AND DANCE
Sapatya is a favorite folk dance of the Pampangueños. The
dance is usually presented by the farmers during the planting
season as an offering for a good harvest.
According to the old people, the word Sapatya must have
been derived from the word Zapateado, a Spanish dance
introduced in the Philippines by the early Spanish settlers. The
version described here is from barrio Manibaug, Porac, Pampanga.
The Sapatya folk dance is usually accompanied by a song, the
words of which are improvised or taken from the "corridos. "

TOURIST
DESTINATION
Mt. Pinatubo

Philippine International Hot Air Balloon
Fiesta

DELICACIES
Murcon (morcon) Betute tagak (Stuffed frog)
Pindang Kalabaw Adobong Kamaru(mole
cricket)
Pampanga is the Culinary Capital of the Philippines.

Sisig Buro/Balo (fermented rice)
Bringhe Aligui (crab fat)

Bulanglang Kapampangan
(guava sour soup)
Tibuk-tibuk

TARLAC
Coordinates: 15°30′N 120°30′E
Total Area: 3,053.60 km2(1,179.00 sq mi)
Capital: Tarlac City
Municipalities: 17

HISTORY
The name “Tarlac” is a Hispanized derivation of the Aeta word
for a “talahib-like” weed called “Malatarlak.” The Aetas lived in the
western mountain regions of what is now the municipality of
Bamban. Tarlac Province was the last province organized in Central
Luzon in 1874 by the Spaniards.
INDUSRTY
Agriculture, Ceramics, Automotive, Electronics, Electric Wire
and Cable Industry, Garments, Sugar, Home furnishings,
Bamboo, Organic and natural products.

LANGUAGES
• Kapampangan
• Ilocano
• Tagalog
RELIGION
Roman Catholic 79.6%
Iglesia ni Cristo 7.4%
Non-Catholic &Protestant 2.5%,
Aglipay 2.2%
Evangelicals 2.0%

MUSIC AND DANCE
The Jota
Moncadena is the
interpretation and adaptation
by the old people of
Moncada, Tarlac. Hence, the
dance is named after the
place from where it
originated. It is a combination
of Spanish and Ilocano dance
steps and music. The use
of bamboo castanets makes
the dance lively, gay and
delightful.

TOURIST
DESTINATIONMonasterio de
Tarlac

ZAMBALES
Coordinates: 15°20′N 120°10′E
Total Area:
3,645.83 km2(1,407.66 sq mi)
Capital: Iba
Municipalities: 13
Barangay: 230

Zambales is a province in the Philippines located in
the Central Luzon region in the island of Luzon. Its capital is the
Municipality of Iba which is strategically located in the middle of
the province. Zambales is the second largest among the seven
provinces of Central Luzon after Nueva Ecija. The province is
noted for its mangoes, which are abundant from January to April.
The name of the province was derived from the Malay
word “Samba” meaning to worship as the Spaniards found the its
inhabitants worshipping their “Anitos.”
INDUSRTY• Agriculture
• Farming
• Fishing
• Mining
• Tourism

LANGUAGES
• Tagalog
• Ilocano
• Zambal
RELIGION
• Roman Catholic (80%)
• Born-Again Christians
• Iglesia ni Cristo
• Muslims

MUSIC AND DANCE
JotaCabangan
(Cabangan, Zambales) This is a courtship dance performed by the bride
and the groom at the "sinadag," a feast on the eve of the wedding day. To some,
this dance is known as "Jota Sinansinan," a native term which means "somewhat
like the Spanish Jotas." The dance depicts the courtship techniques done by the
groom, like whispers by the window, secret touching of the bride's feet under
the table, following the girl where ever she goes, etc.

TOURIST
DESTINATION
Mount Pinatubo

FESTIVALS
Zambales Mango
Festival
Sibit-Sibit Summer
Festival

Paynauen 'Duyan'
Festival
Domorokdok
Festival

Olongapo Grand
Mardi Gras
Subic Karakoa
Festival

DELICACIES
San Felipe -
Bagnet
Zambales
Mangoes

Ginipang of Sta.
Cruz
Pastillas
Botolan - Linga

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