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Bataan (/ b ɑː t ɑː ˈ ʔ ɑː n /, / b ɑː ˈ t ɑː n /), officially the Province of Bataan (Filipino: Lalawigan ng Bataan, Kapampangan: Lalawigan ning Bataan, Ilocano: Probinsia ti Bataan, Pangasinan: Luyag/Probinsia na Bataan, IPA: [bɐtɐˈʔan]), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines.
The Bataan Provincial Board is the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) of the Philippine province of Bataan.. The members are elected via plurality-at-large voting: the province is divided into two districts, each sending five members to the provincial board; the electorate votes for five members, with the five candidates with the highest number of votes being elected.
Another source is that bataan is the Old Kapampangan word for "mercenary." [19] Batanes. Hispanicized and pluralized form of vatan, the indigenous name for the province's main island, of obscure origin, similar to the etymology of Bataan above.
The Bataan Provincial Building, Bataan Provincial Capitol, or The Bunker is the seat of the provincial government of Bataan in the Philippines.. The first provincial building was built in 1794, and later damaged by earthquakes in the mid-1800s.
Bataan National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located in the mountainous interior of Bataan province in the Central Luzon Region. Activities in the park include nature viewing, bird watching, and trekking to its several peaks and waterfalls.
Bataan's 2nd congressional district is one of the three congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Bataan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives since 1987. [3] The district consists of the provincial capital Balanga and adjacent eastern Bataan municipalities of Limay, Orion and Pilar.
The tanker Terra Nova left Bataan province en route to the central province of Iloilo with about 1.4 million liters (370,000 gallons) of industrial fuel oil stored in watertight tank.
Bagac, officially the Municipality of Bagac (Tagalog: Bayan ng Bagac), is a municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 31,365 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province. [3]