REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Region: Central Luzon (Region III)

Population:
2000 census—557,659 (46th largest)
Density—406 per km² (12th highest)

Divisions:
Highly urbanized cities—0
Component cities—1
Municipalities—11
Barangays—237
Congressional districts—2

Languages: Tagalog, Kapampangan

Governor: Leonardo B. Roman (2001-2004)

Bataan is famous in history as one of the last stands of American and Filipino soldiers before they were overwhelmed by the Japanese forces in World War II. The Bataan Death MarchThe Bataan Death March (pronounced bata an happened during the early years of World War II in the Philippines. When the Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, they conducted simultaneous invasions in many southeast Asian countries, among the was named for this province, where the infamous march started.

1 People and Culture

2 Economy

3 Geography

3.1 Political

Bataan is subdivided into 11 municipalitiesA municipality bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. Provinces are composed of cities and municipalities. Municipalities, in turn, are composed of barangays. Municipalities are also called towns which actually is a better trans and 1 cityA city lungsod sometimes syudad in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. Cities are in the same heirarchical level as municipalities, but under the Local Government Code of 1991, cities are given special treatment in terms of bigger.

3.1.1 City

Balanga City

Abucay
Bagac
Dinalupihan
Hermosa
Limay
Mariveles

Morong
Orani
Orion
Pilar
Samal

3.2 Physical

The Bataan Peninsula is a rocky extension of the Zambales MountainsThe Zambales Mountains are on the western side of Luzon, in the Philippines. The mountains separate Luzon's central plain from the South China Sea and extend out as the Bataan Peninsula to the south, enclosing the Manila Bay. Pinatubo is an active volcano, on Luzon in the Philippines. It separates the Manila Bay from the South China Sea. The peninsula features Mount Natib (1,253 m) in the north and the Mariveles Mountains in the south, which includes Mount Samat , the location of the historical marker for the Bataan Death March.

4 History

4.1 Early History

The province of Bataan was established in 1754 by Governor-General Pedro Manuel Arandia out of territories belonging to Pampanga and the corregimiento of Mariveles which, at the time, included Maragondon, Cavite across the Manila Bay.

In 1647, Dutch naval forces landed in country in an attempt to seize the islands from Spain. The forces massacred the people of Abucay in Bataan. In the late 1700s, Limahong , a Chinese pirate used Bataan as the launching point for his conquest of Luzon, which was unsuccessful.

4.2 World War II

Bataan featured prominently during World War II. Prior to the 1941 Japanese invasion, the US Army stored nearly 1,000,000 US gallons (3,800 m³) of gasoline here.

Shortly after the Japanese Army invaded the country in December 1941, the combined forces of Filipino and American forces were overrun and General Douglas MacArthur, was forced to retreat leaving behind tens of thousands of soldiers to make a last stand in Bataan. On January 7, 1942, the Japanese started the siege on the peninsula. On April 3 the Japanese forces began an all-out assault on the American and Filipino troops left on the peninsula. Bataan fell several days later on April 9 and the Bataan Death March began (see Fall of Bataan ). About 70,000 captured American and Filipino soldiers were forced to march more than a hundred kilometers from Bataan to Tarlac.

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Regions and Provinces of Luzon
Ilocos Region:	Ilocos Norte \| Ilocos Sur \| La Union \| Pangasinan
Cagayan Valley:	Batanes \| Cagayan \| Isabela \| Nueva Vizcaya \| Quirino
Central Luzon:	Aurora \| Bataan \| Bulacan \| Nueva Ecija \| Pampanga \| Tarlac \| Zambales
CALABARZON:	Batangas \| Cavite \| Laguna \| Quezon \| Rizal
MIMAROPA:	Marinduque \| Occidental Mindoro \| Oriental Mindoro \| Palawan \| Romblon
Bicol Region:	Albay \| Camarines Norte \| Camarines Sur \| Catanduanes \| Masbate \| Sorsogon
Cordillera Adm. Region:	Abra \| Apayao \| Benguet \| Ifugao \| Kalinga \| Mountain Province
Metro Manila:	No provinces

Provinces of the Philippines Peninsulas

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Bataan Death MarchThe Bataan Death March (pronounced bata an happened during the early years of World War II in the Philippines. When the Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, they conducted simultaneous invasions in many southeast Asian countries, among the

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