Balanga is a component city and the capital of Bataan province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines, and has served as the province capital since 1754. It became a city in 2000, had a 2024 census population of 109,931, and takes its name from balanga, a Kapampangan and Tagalog word for the clay pots the town once produced.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Balanga, Bataan (Wikipedia)
Lead: population
According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 109,931 people
Lead: population census year
According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 109,931 people
Geography: land area
It has a total land area of 11,163 hectares (27,580 acres)
View the Source2. Wikidata: Balanga
- Wikidata Q1719, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikidata item of the city (instance of and country)
View the Source3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 14.75, 120.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 14.75, 120.75
14.75 120.75 Am
4. GeoNames: Balanga - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1728523, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1728523, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
14.67611 120.53611 P PPLA2 PH 03 07 030803000 72954 12 Asia/Manila
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