1.
GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 FAST FACTS
AREA:
Municipality
First District
Dinalupihan
Hermosa
Orani
Samal
Abucay
Morong
Sub-Total
Second District
7. Balanga City
8. Pilar
9. Orion
10. Limay
11. Mariveles
12. Bagac
Sub-Total
BATAAN
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Population:
Upland Hills, Mountain Area
Lowlands and Plains
TOTAL
Land Area
(Has.)
No. of'
Barangays
-
111,072 has.
26,224 has.
137, 296 has. or
1,373 sq. kms.
Distance from
Balanga City
(km.)
Classification
(2007)
st
9,252
15,700
6,490
5,630
7,970
21,920
66,962
46
23
29
14
9
5
26.12
18.62
13.87
10.00
4.72
50.48
11,163
3,760
6,541
10,360
15,390
23,120
70,334
137,296
25
19
23
12
18
14
00.00 4th (component city)
rd
2.22
3
nd
8.00
2
st
15.31
1
st
46.98
1
rd
27.82
3
CY 2010
Growth Rate (2007)
Projected (2014)
Population Density 2014
Labor Force Participation Rate
Employment Rate
Functional Literacy Rate
Simple Literacy Rate
Status of Electrification
237
1
st
1
st
1
th
4
rd
3
rd
3
-
-
687,482
2.39%
747,368
544 persons/sq.km.
-
64.0% (2009)
84.9% (2007)
86% (2011)
98%
100% Energized
st
1
POLITICAL FIGURES
Congresswoman
1st District
Congressman
2nd District
Governor
Vice-Governor
Mayor, Dinalupihan
Mayor, Hermosa
Mayor, Orani
Mayor, Samal
Mayor, Abucay
Mayor, Balanga City
Mayor, Pilar
Mayor, Orion
Mayor, Limay
Mayor, Mariveles
Mayor, Bagac
Mayor, Morong
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Rep. Herminia B. Roman
Rep. Enrique T. Garcia Jr.
Hon. Albert Raymond S. Garcia.
Hon. Efren E. Pascual, Jr.
Hon. Maria Angela S. Garcia
Hon. Danilo C. Malana
Hon. Benjamin C. Serrano, Jr.
Hon. Generosa M. dela Fuente
Hon. Ana D. Santiago
Hon. Jose Enrique S. Garcia III
Hon. Carlos F. Pizarro, Jr.
Hon. Jose S. Santos
Hon. Lilvir B. Roque
Hon. Jesse I. Concepcion
Hon. Rommel V. del Rosario
Hon. Jorje S. Estanislao
1.2
HISTORY OF BATAAN
Several villages in the coastal plains of Bataan were already thriving
communities when Spanish missionaries found them in 1570s. Bataan, then
known as Vatan, was part of the vast Capampangan Empire that included
provinces known as 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 peopled by Aeta tribes.
The province of Bataan was established in 1754 by Governor General
Pedro Manuel Arandia out of the towns of San Juan de Dinalupihan, Llna
Hermosa, Orani, Samal, Abucay, Balanga, Pilar, Orion, Mariveles, Bagac, and
Morong. The first eight previously belonged to the Spanish provinces of
Pampanga, while the last three, along with Maragondon in Cavite, were part of
the Corrigimiento de Mariveles. Limay the twelfth town of Bataan, was created
only in 1917.
Long before the outbreak of Worl War II, Bataan already earned herself a
secure place in the history of the Philippines. It produced the prince of Filipino
Printers, who authored or co-authored some of the oldest books in the
Philippines and printed them by himself between 1610 and 1639 in the printing
press in Abucay, In 1647, the plundering Dutch forces were resisted in Bataan,
the defenders ultimately choosing the glory of death to the ignominy of surrender.
Bataan was among the first provinces to rise in revolt against Spanish
tyranny. Two of her sons Pablo Tecson and Tomas del Rosario, were prominent
figures in the Malolos Convention in 1898, who were instrumental in ensuring
that the Filipinos enjoyed religious freedom. Another son of Bataan, Cayetano
Arellano became Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Revolutionary Government
and later on became the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Bataan also became known through its products, like rice, corn and some
high value crops like mango, coffee and vegetables. She earned some
reputation for her capiz shell windows, wooden bancas, dried and smoked fish,
brooms and other handicrafts. The province is also a good producer of bangus,
tilapia, sugpo and a wide variety of saltwater and freshwater fish.
When the Pacific War broke out in 1941, the selection of the peninsula as
the locale of the last defense against the invading Japanese brought fame and
infamy to Bataan. The loss of life and property cannot be over estimated. The
greatest tragedy, however, was the breakdown of the moral fiber of the Filipino.
The decades that followed saw another reign of greed and its attendant
inequities.
After the U. S. entered World War II, Bataan Peninsula was the scene of
bitter fighting between American-Filipino forces under General Douglas
MacArthur (later under Major Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright) and the invading
Japanese. On April 9, 1942. Bataan defenders surrendered, but a small force
remained in Corregidor, an island at the south tip of the peninsula and continued
to fight until May 6.
About 37,000 U. S. and Filipino soldiers were captured in Bataan.
Thousands of them died during a 70-mile “death march” from Mariveles, the tip
of the peninsula, to Centration Camp at Capas, Tarlac. Bataan was retaken by
U.S. forces under Gen. MacArthur in February 1945. The battlefields of Bataan
and Corregidor are now national shrines.
Today, Bataan is consistently developing into a completely transformed
province where economy flourished with adequate social services and stable
food supply.
1.3
GEOGRAPHY
Location/Boundaries
Bataan is located on the western coast of Luzon, right at the
mouth of Manila Bay. It is a peninsula bounded in the west by the West
Philippine Sea and in the east by Manila Bay. Its north eastern portions
are provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga and on its north is the province
of Zambales.
Total Land Area
Bataan has a total land area of 1,373.0 square kilometers or
137,296 hectares. This land area constitutes 0.5 percent of the total land
area of the Philippines. Compared to other provinces of Central Luzon,
Bataan has the smallest land area and represents 7.51 percent of the
whole land of Central Luzon.
Bataan is composed of 11 municipalities and 1 city where eleven
of these are coastal areas. Nine are located along the Bataan-Manila
Bay coastline, Hermosa, Orani, Samal, Abucay, Balanga, Pilar, Orion,
Limay and Mariveles. Two municipalities, Morong and Bagac lie in the
Bataan-South China Sea coastline. Dinalupihan is the lone landlocked
municipality and also the entry point to Bataan from Pampanga and
Zambales. The coastline of Bataan is approximately 177 kms. from
Hermosa down to Mariveles and looping up to Morong.
Among the 11 municipalities and 1 city in Bataan, Bagac has the
largest land area with almost 23,120 hectares while Pilar is the smallest
with an area of 3,760 hectares.
Municipality
First District
Dinalupihan
Hermosa
Orani
Samal
Abucay
Morong
Sub-Total
Second District
Balanga City
Pilar
Orion
Limay
Mariveles
Bagac
Sub-Total
Grand Total
Land Area (has.)
No. of Barangays
9,252
15,700
6,490
5,630
7,970
21,920
66,962
46
23
29
14
9
5
126
11,163
3,760
6,541
10,360
15,390
23,120
70,334
137,296
25
19
23
12
18
14
111
237
1.4
TOPOGRAPHY
Bataan is a mountainous land mass, dominated largerly by uplands, hills
and mountains covering 80.9 percent of its whole land area. There are two
groups of extinct volcano stocks: the northern group which is composed of Mt.
Sta. Rosa (902 m.) Mt. Natib (1,253 m.) and Mt. Silanganan (10 m.); and the
southern group which includes Mt. Mariveles (1,388 m.), Mt. Cuyapo (946 m) and
Mt. Samat.
The province is generally hilly and mountainous with a narrow plain on
the eastern side. The lowlands and plains of the province are generally flat,
gently rising towards the hills. These areas comprising most of the agricultural
portion of Bataan are found along the northern and eastern coasts facing Manila
Bay.
1.5
DRAINAGE
The province is drained by numerous rivers, streams and creeks with very
few meanders radiating and sloping from the mountain groups down to the sea
draining the whole area very efficiently. There are more than one hundred rivers
in the province which are very important not only for irrigation but also for
purposes of navigation and fishing. Talisay and Almacen Rivers are the two
major rivers in Bataan. Talisay has its headwaters in the Mariveles mountain
group extending up to Pilar and Balanga into the Manila Bay. Almacen River has
its headwaters in the Natib mountains extending down to Hermosa and exits
through the Orani Channel to Manila Bay.
Status of Watershed Areas:
Drainage Way
Abo-abo River
Batalan River
Lamao River
Saysayin River
Agloloma River
Mamala River
TOTAL
1.6
Area (has.)
31,704
19,408
13,385
11,999
10,718
9,665
96,879
Total Eroded Area (has.)
8,061
5,833
7,759
6,835
5,217
4,349
38,054
CLIMATE
Climate in Bataan falls under Type 1 in the Coronas System. There are
two distinct seasons: the rainy season and dry season. The rainy season starts
on the month of May and ends up around the month of October. The rest of the
year is dry with occasional rains dispersed widely throughout the province.
Occasional typhoons visit the area especially during the months of June to
September. Floods occur annually due to heavy rains and the clogging of the
heavily silted outlets to Manila Bay.
1.7
POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
1.7.1
Total Population rose to 687,482 persons
The population of Bataan was 687,482 persons as of May 1,
2010,based on the 2010 Census of Population (POPCEN 2010). This
figure is higher by 25,329 persons over the population count of 662,153
persons in 2007. the population counts for the province from the 2000
and 2010 censuses translated to an average annual population growth
rate of 2.11 percent for the period 2000 to 2010.
The number of households reached 139,125, which is 25,541
households more than the number in 2000. The average household size
in 2007 was 4.7 persons, which is slightly lower than the average
household size of 4.9 persons in 2000.
1.7.2
Mariveles remained the most populated municipality
Among the 11 municipalities and one city in the province of
Bataan, the municipality of Mariveles was the most populated with a
population of 102,844 persons or 16.4 percent of the provincial total
population. This was followed by the municipality of Dinalupihan (14.1
percent) and City of Balanga, the provincial capital (12.8 percent). The
municipalities of Orani with 8.9 percent and Limay, Hermosa will 8.3
percent each. The rest of the municipalities contributed less than 8.0
percent each.
1.7.3
Males outnumbered females
Of the 660,164 household population of Bataan, 50.4 percent
were males and 49.6 percent were females, which translates into a sex
ratio of 102 males for every 100 females. This is slightly higher than the
sex ratio of 101 males for every 100 females in 2000.
1.7.4
Median age was 24.4 years
The household population of Bataan had a median age of 24.4
years, which means that half of the household population were below
24.4 years old. This median age is 1.4 higher than the median age of 23
years recorded in 2000.
Persons under 15 years old comprised 33.4 percent of the total
household population. The proportion of those in age group 5 to 9 years
was the highest at 11.4 percent, followed by the proportions of those
aged below 5 years (11.2 percent) and 10 to 14 years (10.9 percent).
There were more males than females in the age brackets 0 to 39
years and 50 to 54 years, while there were more females than males in
the age brackets 40 to 49 years and 55 years and over.
1.7.5
Three out of five persons were in the voting age group
Three out of five persons (60.1 percent) of the household
population were in the voting age group (18 years and over). The
distribution of voting-age population by sex showed that females (50.4
percent) outnumbered the males (49.6 percent).
1.7.6
Dependency ratio down to 56
The proportion of household population belonging to age group 0
to 14 years was 31.9 percent. The oldest group (65 years and over)
posted a share of 3.8 percent while the working-age population (15 to 64
years), 64.3 percent.
The overall dependency ratio was 56, which means that for every
100 persons in the working age group, there were 56 dependents (50
young dependents and 6 old dependents). In 2000, there were about 63
dependents 57 young dependents and 6 old dependents) for every 100
persons in the working-age population. This ratio is lower than the
dependency ratio in 2000.
1.7.7
There were more males than females among the never-married
Of the household population 10 years old and over in 2007, 46.3
percent were married while 40.9 percent were never-married. The rest of
the population were either in common law/live-in arrangement (7.1
percent), widowed (4.1 percent), and divorced/separated (1.6 percent).
Among never-married persons, there were more males (54.3 percent)
than females (45.7 percent). Females outnumbered the males in the rest
of the categories for marital status.
1.7.8
More females pursued higher levels of education
Of the household population 5 years old and over, 30.6 percent
had attended or completed elementary education and 37.9 percent had
reached or completed high school. The proportion of academic degree
holders was 9.7 percent, an increase of 4.3 percentage points from a
proportion of 4.9 percent in 2000.
More females had higher levels of education than males as 58
percent of those with an academic degree were females, and 59.9
percent of those with a post baccalaureate course were also females.
Among the household population 5 to 24 years old, 64.5 percent
attended school at anytime during the School Year 2007 to 2008. Of
these total school attendees for the said school year, 51.3 percent were
males and 48.7 percent were females.
1.7.9
102 households for every 100 occupied housing units
From a total of 110,925 occupied housing units in 2000, the
number of occupied housing units reached 136,143 in 2007, showing an
increase of 22.7 percent. The ratio of households to occupied housing
units in 2007 was 1.02. the same ratio was recorded in 2000. In terms of
the number of persons per occupied housing unit, the ratio in 2007 was
4.8 persons per occupied housing unit, while it was 5.0 persons per
occupied housing unit in 2000.
1.7.10 Majority of the occupied housing units were made of strong materials
An improvement in the materials used for the outer walls was
observed in 2007. The proportion of occupied housing units with outer
walls made of concrete/brick/stone increased from 55.7 percent in 2000
to 65.1 percent in 2007. The usage of half concrete/brick/stone and half
wood for outer walls had decreased, from 20.4 percent in 2000 to 17.3
percent in 2007.
The proportion of occupied housing units in 2007 with roofs made
of galvanized iron/aluminum increased to 84.9 percent from 78.5 percent
in 2000. The use of cogon/nipa/anahaw for the roof decreased. From
11.5 percent in 2000, the proportion of occupied housing units having
roofs made of such material decreased to 6.2 percent in 2007.
Technical Notes:
Growth Rate
The rate at which the population is increasing (or decreasing) in a given period
due to natural increase and net migration, expressed as a percentage of the base
population.
Household
A social unit consisting of a person or a group of persons who sleep in the same
housing unit and have common arrangements in the preparation and consumption of
food.
Institutional Population
The population enumerated in institutional living quarters or institutions such as
jails/prisons, military camps, convents/seminars, mental hospitals, leprosaria, and the
like.
Total Population
The sum of household population and institutional population.
Average Household Size
The average number of persons who live in the household, computed as the
household population in a given area divided by the corresponding total number of
households in that area.
Sex Ratio
The ratio of males to females in a given population, expressed as the number of
males per 100 females.
Median Age
The age at which exactly half of the population are younger than this age and the
other half are older than it.
Overall Dependency Ratio
The ratio of persons in the dependent ages (under 15 years and over 64 years)
to persons in the working ages 15 to 64 years old).
The 2007 Census of Population (POPCEN 2007) was undertaken by the National
Statistics Office (NSO) in August 2007 as mandated by Commonwealth Act No. 591. It
was the 12th census of population that was undertaken since the first census in 1903.
POPCEN 2007 was designed to take an inventory of the total population all over the
Philippines and collect information about their characteristics. Census day for the
POPCEN 2007 was August 1, 2007 (12:01 a.m.). Enumeration started on August 1,
2007 and lasted for about 30 days.
Sep 2012