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Central Luzon

Central Luzon (Kapampangan: (Reyun ning) Kalibudtarang Luzon, Pangasinan: (Rehiyon na) Pegley na Luzon, Tagalog: (Rehiyon ng) Gitnang Luzon, Ilocano: (Rehion/Deppaar ti) Tengnga ti Luzon), designated as Region III, is an administrative region in the Philippines, primarily serving to organize the 7 provinces of the vast central plains of the island of Luzon (the largest island), for administrative convenience. The region contains the largest plain in the country and produces most of the country's rice supply, earning itself the nickname "Rice Granary of the Philippines".[1] Its provinces are: Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales.[6] Pangasinan was formerly a province of Central Luzon before President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 1, 1972, incorporating it into Ilocos Region. Additionally, the province of Aurora was part of the defunct political region Southern Tagalog when the region was divided into Calabarzon and Mimaropa, upon the issuance of Executive Order No. 103, dated May 17, 2002, by then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, which transferred Aurora to Central Luzon.

Central Luzon
Gitnang Luzon
Tengnga ti Luzon
Kalibudtarang Luzon
Pegley na Luzon
Region III
Region
Clockwise from the top: Anawangin Cove, Capones Island, Mount Samat National Shrine, Lake Pinatubo, Barasoain Church
Nickname: 
Rice Granary of the Philippines[1]
Location in the Philippines
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Map
Coordinates: 15°28′N 120°45′E / 15.47°N 120.75°E / 15.47; 120.75
Country Philippines
Island groupLuzon
Regional centerSan Fernando (Pampanga)[2]
Largest citySan Jose del Monte
Area
 • Total22,014.63 km2 (8,499.90 sq mi)
Highest elevation
(Mount Tapulao)
2,037 m (6,683 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[4]
 • Total12,422,172
 • Density560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ISO 3166 codePH-03
Provinces
7
Independent Cities
2
Component cities
13
Municipalities115
Barangays3,102
Cong. districts20
Languages
GDP (2023)₱2.65 trillion
$47.65 billion[5]
Growth rateIncrease (6.1%)[5]
HDIIncrease 0.765 (High)
HDI rank4th in the Philippines (2019)

Etymology edit

The current name of the region refers to its position on the island of Luzon. The term was coined by American colonialists after the defeat of the First Philippine Republic. There have been proposals to rename the current Central Luzon region into the Luzones region. The proposed name is in reference to the old name of Luzon island, Luções, which was later used to refer to the central area of the island, stretching from Pangasinan in the north, all the way to Pampanga in the south.[citation needed] The term Luções literally translates into Luzones.[7][8]

History edit

Colonial era edit

World War II era edit

Postwar era edit

After the social and economic upheavals of the war and with government institutions still in their nascent form after the recognition of Philippine Independence by the international community, the first few decades after the end of the war were marked by dissatisfaction and social tension.[9] In the largely agricultural context of Central Luzon those tensions tended to coalesce around the interrelated issues of land ownership, and the working conditions of agricultural workers.[10]

The Filipino communist Hukbalahap guerrilla movement formed by the farmers of Central Luzon to fight the Japanese occupation, had found themselves sidelined by the new post-independence Philippine government which had taken up the fear of communist influence which marked the beginning of the cold war in the west. So they decided to extended their fight into a rebellion against the new government, only to be put down through a series of reforms and military victories by Defense Secretary, and later President, Ramon Magsaysay.[11]

Ultimately more effective than those who took up arms were the numerous political and labor movements who kept working towards agricultural land reform and stronger labor rights, with laborers' and farmers' protests gathering enough steam that several Philippine presidents were forced to meet with them and then concede to their demands. Among the most successful of these were the Land Justice March of the political group known as the Filipino Agrarian Reform Movement (FARM), which intended to march from Tarlac to Malacañang in 1969, although President Marcos was forced to give in to their demands early, meeting them while they were still at Camp Servillano Aquino in Tarlac City itself.[10]

Marcos dictatorship era edit

Main articles: Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, Political detainees under the Marcos dictatorship, and Human rights abuses of the Marcos dictatorship
See also: US Bases in the Philippines and Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

The beginning months of the 1970s marked a period of turmoil and change in the Philippines, particularly in central luzon.[12] During his bid to be the first Philippine president to be re-elected for a second term, Ferdinand Marcos launched an unprecedented number of foreign debt-funded public works projects. This caused[13][14] the Philippine economy took a sudden downwards turn known as the 1969 Philippine balance of payments crisis, which in turn led to a period of economic difficulty and a significant rise of social unrest.[15][16][17] [18]: "43"  In central luzon, social tensions tended to coalesce around the presence of the two largest United States bases in the Philippines,[10] the appropriation of lands for the creation of new industrial zones,[19][20] and the interrelated issues of land ownership and the working conditions of agricultural workers.[10]

With only a year left in his last constitutionally allowed term as president, Ferdinand Marcos placed the Philippines under Martial Law in September 1972 and thus retained the position for fourteen more years.[21] This period in Philippine history is remembered for the Marcos administration's record of human rights abuses,[22][23] particularly targeting political opponents, student activists, journalists, religious workers, farmers, and others who fought against the Marcos dictatorship.[24]

Anyone who expressed opposition to Marcos was arrested, often without warrant, in an effort defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile would later admit was meant to "emasculate all the leaders in order to control the situation,"[25] among them Senator and Concepcion native Ninoy Aquino, whose assassination years later would galvanize the effort to oust Marcos.[21] Since they were not charged with crimes, they were called "political detainees" instead of "prisoners."[26][27] Camp Olivas in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga was designated as one of the four provincial camps to become a Regional Command for Detainees (RECAD) - designated "RECAD II" and housing detainees from Northern and Central Luzon.[28] Other sites used as detention camps in central luzon included Camps Servillano Aquino and Camp Macabulos in Tarlac City.[29] Detainees were subject to an extensive set of torture methods, while many others were never brought to the detention centers and were simply killed in unofficial "safehouses."[27] Others were killed in various massacres, with prominent instances in central luzon including incidents in Talugtug, Nueva Ecija on January 3, 1982; Pulilan, Bulacan on June 21, 1982; and Gapan, Nueva Ecija on February 12, 1982.[30]

It was also during Martial Law that construction on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant began in Morong, in 1976,[31] in a deal between the government and Westinghouse Electric brokered by Marcos crony Herminio Disini.[32] The project was plagued with problems throughout construction, including location, welding, cabling, pipes and valves, permits, and kickbacks, as well as setbacks such as the decline of Marcos's influence due to bad health and PR fallout from the incident at the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor.[33] A subsequent safety inquiry into the plant revealed over 4,000 defects.[31] Another issues raisead regarding it was the proximity of a major geological fault line and of the then-dormant Mount Pinatubo. By March 1975, Westinghouse's cost estimate ballooned so that the final cost was $2.2 Billion for a single reactor producing half the power of the original proposal.[32] The power plant would eventually would be responsible to 10% of the country's external debt, despite never actually operating.[34]

Contemporary history edit

In 2002, Central Luzon had the highest unemployment rate among all regions in the country at 11.3%.[35]

Geography edit

The region is located north of Manila, the nation's capital. Central Luzon, in addition to the neighboring province of Pangasinan, contains the largest plain in the Philippines with its agricultural plains accounting for about 40% of the geographical region's area.[36] Bordering it are the regions of Ilocos and Cagayan Valley to the north; National Capital Region, Calabarzon and the waters of Manila Bay to the south; South China Sea to the west; and the Philippine Sea to the east.[37] Pangasinan is historico-culturally and geographically an integral part of this region, but was politically made part of the Ilocos Region by President Ferdinand Marcos on June 22, 1973.[38]

There are fifteen cities in the region: Balanga in Bataan; Baliwag, Malolos, Meycauayan, and San Jose del Monte in Bulacan; Cabanatuan, Gapan, Muñoz, Palayan, and San Jose in Nueva Ecija; Angeles City, Mabalacat, and San Fernando in Pampanga; Tarlac City in Tarlac; and Olongapo in Zambales. Central Luzon produces the most rice in the whole country. Excess rice is delivered and imported to other regions of the Philippines.[39]

The city of San Fernando, the provincial capital of Pampanga, is designated as the regional center. Aurora was transferred from Region IV through Executive Order No. 103 in May 2002.[40] Aurora was the sub-province created from the northern part of Quezon in 1951, named after Aurora Quezon.[41] On September 7, 1946, the Third Philippine Republic enacted Republic Act No. 14, which renamed the province of Tayabas to Quezon, in honor of Aurora's husband & cousin Manuel Quezon.[42] Quezon was the second President of the Philippines and, along with Aurora, were natives of Baler (now capital of Aurora), formerly one of the towns of Quezon Province. The total separation of Aurora from Quezon & transfer of Aurora to Central Luzon were the fulfillment of the wishes and prayers of the residents of the original Municipalities of Baler and Casiguran to be truly independent from Quezon Province for the first time & to reform the original La Pampanga since the Spanish occupation.[43][44]

Administrative divisions edit

 
Political map of Central Luzon

Provinces edit

Central Luzon comprises 7 provinces, 2 highly urbanized cities, 12 component cities, 116 municipalities, 3,102 barangays[45]

Province or HUC Capital Population (2020)[4] Area[46] Density Cities Muni. Barangay
km2 sq mi /km2 /sq mi
  Aurora Baler 1.9% 235,750 3,133.40 1,209.81 75 190 0 8 151
  Bataan Balanga 6.9% 853,373 1,372.98 530.11 620 1,600 1 11 237
  Bulacan Malolos 29.9% 3,708,890 2,783.69 1,074.79 1,300 3,400 3 21 569
  Nueva Ecija Palayan 18.6% 2,310,134 5,689.69 2,196.80 410 1,100 5 27 849
  Pampanga San Fernando 19.6% 2,437,709 2,001.22 772.68 1,200 3,100 2 19 505
  Tarlac Tarlac City 12.1% 1,503,456 3,053.60 1,179.00 490 1,300 1 17 511
  Zambales Iba 5.2% 649,615 3,645.83 1,407.66 180 470 0 13 230
  Angeles City † — 3.7% 462,928 60.27 23.27 7,700 20,000 — — 33
 
Olongapo 		† — 2.1% 260,317 185.00 71.43 1,400 3,600 — — 17
Total 12,422,172 22,014.63 8,499.90 560 1,500 14 116 3,102

 †  Angeles and Olongapo are highly urbanized cities; figures are excluded from Pampanga and Zambales respectively.

Governors and vice governors edit

Province Image Governor Political Party Vice Governor
Aurora
 Reynante A. Tolentino LDP Jennifer A. Araña
 
Bataan
   Joet Garcia NUP Ma. Cristina M. Garcia
 
Bulacan
   Daniel Fernando
(Cesar Fernando Ramirez) 		NUP Alex Castro
 
Nueva Ecija
   Aurelio Umali Independent/Unang Sigaw Emmanuel Antonio Umali
 
Pampanga
   Dennis Pineda NPC/KAMBILAN Lilia G. Pineda
 
Tarlac
   Susan Yap NPC Carlito S. David
 
Zambales
   Hermogenes E. Ebdane, Jr. SZP Jacqueline Rose Khonghun

Cities edit

The Central Luzon Region has fifteen cities. San Jose del Monte is the city with the most population while Angeles City is the most densely populated city in the region. Tarlac City is the largest based on land area.

  •  †  Regional center

Demographics edit

Population census of Central Luzon
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 819,768—    
1918 1,044,631+1.63%
1939 1,586,524+2.01%
1948 1,860,274+1.78%
1960 2,568,206+2.72%
1970 3,695,955+3.70%
1975 4,300,196+3.08%
1980 4,909,938+2.69%
1990 6,338,590+2.59%
1995 7,092,191+2.13%
2000 8,204,742+3.17%
2007 9,709,177+2.35%
2010 10,137,737+1.58%
2015 11,218,177+1.95%
2020 12,422,172+2.02%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[48][49]

Languages edit

The native languages of Central Luzon are:

  • Bugkalot, spoken in parts of Nueva Ecija and Aurora.
  • Kapampangan, spoken in the entirety of Pampanga and southern Tarlac, as well as southeastern Zambales, northeastern Bataan, western Bulacan, southwestern Nueva Ecija, and selected areas of Aurora.[original research?]
  • Casiguranin (Kasiguranin), spoken in parts of Aurora.
  • Pangasinan, spoken in northern Tarlac, northeastern Zambales, northwestern Nueva Ecija, and selected areas of Aurora.[original research?]
  • Tagalog, spoken in Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Bataan, and Zambales. The most popular Tagalog dialect is in Bulacan which is also heard in Nueva Ecija; the Tagalog dialect spoken in Aurora is basically similar to Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon, President Manuel L. Quezon who is considered the Father of National Language because he chose Tagalog as the basis of national language was born and raised in Baler, Aurora. It is the regional lingua franca, mostly as Filipino.[original research?]
  • Ilocano, spoken in northern Nueva Ecija, north Tarlac, north Aurora, southeast Bataan, and some parts of Zambales. It is the main lingua franca in the northern areas.[original research?]
  • Sambal, spoken in a majority of Zambales and a few scattered areas in Bataan and Pampanga.[original research?]

Religion edit

Eighty percent of the population of Central Luzon is Roman Catholic. Other religions represented are Protestants (including Evangelicals), Islam, Iglesia ni Cristo comprised significant 5% adherence and Pampanga is the first ecclesiastical district of the Church, and indigenous Philippine folk religions. There are also other denominations such as Jesus Is Lord, Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ, Ang Dating Daan, Jesus Miracle Crusade, United Methodist Church and others.[original research?]

Economy edit

Central Luzon has a gross regional domestic product (GRDP) of 2.19-trillion pesos. Bulacan and Pampanga accounted for more than half of the region’s economy, with shares of 27.7 percent and 24.1 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Tarlac, City of Angeles, Zambales, City of Olongapo, and Aurora had shares of 13.7 percent, 11.8 percent, 8.8 percent, 6.1 percent, 4.0 percent, 2.4 percent, and 1.5 percent, respectively.

PhP 244.15 billion is the total value of Agriculture, forestry and fishing of Central Luzon, Nueva Ecija accounted for the biggest share of 32.7 percent. Meanwhile, Pampanga and Tarlac ranked second and third with 25.7 percent and 16.9 percent shares, respectively.

In terms of the total value of Industry in the region, which amounted to PhP 929.66 billion, Bulacan contributed the most with 32.7 percent share. This was followed by Pampanga with 24.3 percent share and Bataan with 17.5 percent share.

Similarly, Bulacan had the biggest share to the PhP 1.01 trillion total value of the region’s Services with 26.9 percent. This was followed by Pampanga and Nueva Ecija with respective shares of 23.5 percent and 14.3 percent.[50]

Poverty Incidence edit

Poverty Incidence of Central Luzon

2.5
5
7.5
10
12.5
15
2006
13.08
2009
13.69
2012
12.95
2015
10.53
2018
7.04
2021
8.30

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58]

Gallery edit

See also edit

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