Lets Read About MABALACAT CITY, ne po? Salamat. Mabalacat District 1st District Founded 1712 Cityhood July 21, 2012 Barangays 27 • Mayor Marino P. Morales (Lakas Kampi CMD) • Vice Mayor Christian Halili (IND) Area[2] • Total 83.18 km2 (32.12 sq mi) Population (2010) • Total 215,610 • Density 2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi) Time zone PST (UTC+8) ZIP code 2010 Dialing code 45 Income class 1st class Mabalacat, officially Mabalacat City (Filipino: Lungsod ng Mabalacat), is a component city in the northern part of the province of Pampanga, Philippines. The former municipality was officially converted into a city following a referendum on July 21, 2012, and became the third in Pampanga after Angeles City and City of San Fernando. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 215,610 people.[3] The citys name is derived from the ancient balacat trees which were found abundantly in the area. Mabalacat has a land area of 83.18 square kilometres (32.12 sq mi).[2] Roughly 60% of the Clark Freeport Zone is located in Mabalacat, the rest in nearby Angeles City, where the Clark main gate is located and which is served by the Clark International Airport with its numerous hotels, casinos, golf courses, and resorts.[4] The soil is charcoal black and shiny, a sign of fertility, and is suitable for growing rice, sugarcane and other rootcrops. Like Porac, Santa Rita, Magalang, and Angeles City, this city never gets inundated by floods from heavy rain because it is situated on an elevated plain known as the Upper Pampanga. Mabalacat is politically subdivided into 27 barangays.[2] Atlu-Bola Bical Bundagul Cacutud Calumpang Camachiles Dapdap Dau Dolores Duquit Lakandula Mabiga Macapagal Village Mamatitang Mangalit Marcos Village Mawaque (Mauaque) Paralayunan Poblacion San Francisco San Joaquin Santa Ines Santa Maria Santo Rosario Sapang Balen Sapang Biabas Tabun The largest barangay is Dau, which became a barrio in 1936 by virtue of Presidential Proclamation Number 1. It is now a business center whose commercial output runs parallel to that of downtown. A former terminus of the North Luzon Expressway, it is the most urban and most populous area in Mabalacat, home to roughly 23% of the citys population. San Francisco, the second largest barangay, along with San Joaquin, Santa Ines, Poblacion, Calumpang and other barangays are categorized as urban in view of their proximity to the city proper. Sapang Balen, with a population of 166 persons, is the smallest barangay. History Prior to 1712, Mabalacat was a barrio (barangay) of Bambang, now Bamban, Tarlac. It became a town in 1792, and was named after the Balacat tree (Ziziphus talanai), a fourth class timber tree with bark that possess antimicrobial properties. Once a settlement of a negrito tribe, the area was a virtual forest of balacat trees. Ma-balacat in the native Kapampangan language means full of Balacats. In 1853 Mabalacat had a population of 2,611 and four barangays, namely, Babangdapu, Duquit, Malabni, and Paglimbunan. By 1903 its population increased to 7,049 in 19 barangays. These were Bical, Bundagul, Dapdap, Dau, Dolores, Iba, Mabiga, Mamatitang, Mangalit, Matas, Mawaque, Paralayunan, Poblacion, Quitangil (later renamed to San Francisco), San Joaquin, Santa Ines, Santa Maria, Sapang Balen, and Sapang Biabas. In 1948, Mabalacats barangays increased to 20 with the addition of Fort Stotsenburg. In 1860 a military command was established by authorities of the Spanish Governor-General due to the lawlessness and depredations perpetrated by the negritos (Aetas, or derogatorily called balugas). The Pampanga towns of Bamban, Capas, Concepcion, Victoria, Tarlac, Magalang, Porac, and Floridablanca and Mabalacat were created into what was called a Commandancia Militar. However, in 1873 the Military Command returned Mabalacat together with the towns of Magalang, Floridablanca, and Porac to the mother province, Pampanga. Population census of Mabalacat 1990 121,115 — 1995 129,990 +1.33% 2000 171,045 +6.06% 2007 203,307 +2.41% 2010 215,610 +2.16% Source: National Statistics Office
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