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Balanga (pronounced ), officially the City of Balanga (Filipino: Lungsod ng Balanga), is a component city and capital of the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 104,173 people. [ 3 ]
Balanga may refer to: Balanga, Nigeria, a Local Government Area of Gombe State; Balanga, Bataan, a city in the Philippines; Balanga, another name for tapayan, large wide-mouthed earthenware or stoneware jars in Southeast Asia
The City of Balanga, the capital of Bataan, is the prime commercial hub in the province and hosting several shopping centers notably SM City Bataan, Vista Mall Bataan, Waltermart Balanga, Capitol Square, Galeria Victoria, Center Plaza Mall, Recar Commercial Complex and Ocampo's Megastore.
Signage in Los Baños showing its nickname. This partial list of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities and municipalities in the Philippines are known by (or have been known historically by), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
Each city is governed by both the Local Government Code of 1991 [2] and the city's own municipal charter, ... Balanga: 104,173 111.63 km 2 (43.10 sq mi)
St. Joseph's College of Balanga (SJCB) is a Catholic private college located in Balanga, Bataan, Philippines. It is managed by the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. [2] The college is the third branch of four St. Joseph's Colleges (the other three are from E. Rodriguez Blvd, Quezon City; Mactan, Cebu and Toril, in Davao City).
The Diocese of Balanga is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, established on March 17, 1975, by Pope Paul VI. The diocese has jurisdiction over the whole province of Bataan , with 38 parishes , 5 diocesan shrines, one minor basilica , chaplaincy, quasi-parish, national shrine and chapel, and 4 vicariates.
In 2008, 15 life-size images of saints with their names were added outside the cathedral representing the patron saints from the 11 towns and 1 city of Bataan where the Diocese of Balanga has jurisdiction with and a few towns have multiple saints (with St. Gemma Galgani was later added as the 16th and latest statue four years later in 2012 ...