Pampanga:
Pampanga itself was named during the Spanish colonial rule and is now a Philippine
province on the peninsula Luzon and honored as one of the 8 rays of the sun in the
national flag.
Population at 2010: 2’338’529 (2’014’019 excluding Angeles City)
External Link: Philippine Statistics Authority
Estimated Land Area: 191’401 has. (1914 square kilometres)
External Link: Department of Environment and Natural Resources
The neighbour provinces of Pampanga are Bataan, Zambales, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija
and Bulacan.
Pampangas Road Connections:
Placed in central Luzon, the North Luzon Express way (NLEX) connects Pampanga
by the Candaba Viaduct Bridge with Manila, Philippines capital. The Subic-Clark-
Tarlac Express way connects Pampangas Airport with the ports of Subic Bay.
As in the entire Philippines, all public land transportation services are administered by
the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Boards (LTFRB). This national
agency issues the certificate to operate to private individual who owns the
transportation facility’s. Provincial operations passing Pampanga have bus
connections in San Fernando and on the Dau Bus Terminal.
The Ports:
•
Diosdado Macapagal International airport. Located at Former Clark U.S. Air
Base (erstwhile biggest U.S. base outside of U.S. territory) now known as “Clark
Freeport Zone” or “Clark Special Economic Zone”.
•
Philippines air force base in Floridabalanca.
•
Pampanga is in between of two Philippines major Seaports. Namely, between of
“Manila`s Seaports” and the “Seaport of Subic” in Zambales. Pampanga itself
has no deep-sea port along the coastal line.
The Appearance of Pampanga:
Mt. Arayat is spread over three provinces. One of these provinces is Pampanga. This
characteristic mark is visible through the whole lowland province Pampanga. Mount
Pinatubo, an active Volcano, is primarily placed in the neighbour province Zambales.
The most famous volcano is Mount Pinatubo, with one of the most powerful eruptions
in the 20th-Century. In commemoration of this 1991 eruption, an annual celebration is
being held every 30th of November dubbed as "A March to Peace and Tranquility".
So, Mt. Arayat is the extinct volcano that can be seen from everywhere, Mount
Pinatubo was the formative Volcano of this century.
The Cities and Towns of Pampanga:
Pampanga`s Capital is “City of San Fernando” is one of three Cities in Pampanga.
The other cities are “Angeles city” and “Mabalacat”. All cities are beside of the
previous mentioned “Noth Luzon Express way”.
Villages of Pampanga:
Apalit; Arayat; Bacolor; Candaba; Floridablanca; Guagua; Lubao; Macabebe;
Magalang, Masantol, Mexico, Minalin, Porac, San Luis, San Simon, Santa Ana, Santa
Rita, Santo Tomas, Sasmuan
Pampanga:
Pampanga itself was named during the Spanish colonial rule and is
now a Philippine province on the peninsula Luzon and honored as one
of the 8 rays of the sun in the national flag.
Population at 2010: 2’338’529 (2’014’019 excluding Angeles City)
External Link: Philippine Statistics Authority
Estimated Land Area: 191’401 has. (1914 square kilometres)
External Link: Department of Environment and Natural Resources
The neighbour provinces of Pampanga are Bataan, Zambales,
Tarlac, Nueva Ecija and Bulacan.
Pampangas Road Connections:
Placed in central Luzon, the North Luzon Express way (NLEX)
connects Pampanga by the Candaba Viaduct Bridge with Manila,
Philippines capital. The Subic-Clark-Tarlac Express way connects
Pampangas Airport with the ports of Subic Bay.
As in the entire Philippines, all public land transportation services are
administered by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory
Boards (LTFRB). This national agency issues the certificate to operate
to private individual who owns the transportation facility’s. Provincial
operations passing Pampanga have bus connections in San Fernando
and on the Dau Bus Terminal.
The Ports:
•
Diosdado Macapagal International airport. Located at Former
Clark U.S. Air Base (erstwhile biggest U.S. base outside of U.S.
territory) now known as “Clark Freeport Zone” or “Clark Special
Economic Zone”.
•
Philippines air force base in Floridabalanca.
•
Pampanga is in between of two Philippines major Seaports.
Namely, between of “Manila`s Seaports” and the “Seaport of
Subic” in Zambales. Pampanga itself has no deep-sea port
along the coastal line.
The Appearance of
Pampanga:
Mt. Arayat is spread over
three provinces. One of these
provinces is Pampanga. This
characteristic mark is visible
through the whole lowland
province Pampanga. Mount
Pinatubo, an active Volcano,
is primarily placed in the
neighbour province Zambales.
The most famous volcano is
Mount Pinatubo, with one of
the most powerful eruptions in the 20th-Century. In commemoration of
this 1991 eruption, an annual celebration is being held every 30th of
November dubbed as "A March to Peace and Tranquility". So, Mt.
Arayat is the extinct volcano that can be seen from everywhere, Mount
Pinatubo was the formative Volcano of this century.
The Cities and Towns of Pampanga:
Pampanga`s Capital is “City of San Fernando” is one of three Cities
in Pampanga. The other cities are “Angeles city” and “Mabalacat”. All
cities are beside of the previous mentioned “Noth Luzon Express way”.
Villages of Pampanga:
Apalit; Arayat; Bacolor; Candaba; Floridablanca; Guagua; Lubao;
Macabebe; Magalang, Masantol, Mexico, Minalin, Porac, San Luis,
San Simon, Santa Ana, Santa Rita, Santo Tomas, Sasmuan