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town, municipality, third-level administrative division
Municipality of Concepcion, Province of Tarlac
Land Area: 242.99 km²
ZIP Code: 2316
Concepcion is a municipality in the landlocked province of Tarlac in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 139,832 people.
In 1860, Concepcion and Magalang (now a municipality of Pampanga) were but one town under name of San Bartolome (now an abandoned town and a barangay of Concepcion) which was a military “commandancia” of Pampanga under the Spanish Regime. In 1863, a great flood devastated the whole settlement of San Bartolome and the people were forced to leave the place. A controversy arose among the people. Some desired to go north, while the rest wanted to go south. So it was agreed that they split into two groups. The first group, led by Don Pablo Luciano, then the Governadorcillo, went southward and organized their own settlement on the slope of Mount Arayat and christened it after him. Later on, it was renamed Magalang. The second group, led by the clans of the Yumuls, Castros, Dizons, Pinedas, Felicianos, Aquinos, Cortezes, Bermudezes and many others, went northward and selected Matondo (now Sto. Niño) then occupied by the Lindos and Amuraos, to be their new site. Most of the settlers were dissatisfied with the place which teemed with snakes. They move southward to a place where Concepcion now stands. The settlers began cutting down trees and building huts and roads. After a few years of hardships, they named it Concepcion, in honor of their Patron Saint, Immaculate Concepcion, who is believed to be miraculous and to possess power over the numerous snakes that abound in the place.
Concepcion is one of the largest municipalities of the province of Tarlac. It is 7.5 kilometers from the Capas junction along McArthur Highway. It lies on the southeastern tip of Tarlac, bordered in the south by Magalang, Pampanga, in the east by San Antonio, Nueva Ecija, in the northeast by La Paz, in the northwest by Tarlac City, in the west by Capas, and in the southwest by Bamban. It covers an area of 245.7 km² and populated by 103,081 (1990 NCSO Census) /115,138 (Municipal Survey) and recently last 2007 Census it has 135,213 inhabitants.
It has two great rivers, the Lucong and Parua rivers, both irrigating all the agricultural lands of the town, consisting mainly of rice and sugar crops. At times, the rivers overflow and devastate crops.
Concepcion is politically subdivided into 45 barangays:
-Alfonso
-Balutu
-Cafe
-Calius Gueco
-Caluluan
-Castillo
-Corazon de Jesus
-Culatingan
-Dungan
-Dutung-A-Matas (Jefmin Village)
-Green Village
-Lilibangan
-Mabilog
-Magao
-Macabacle
-Malupa
-Minane (Rose Park)
-Panalicsican
-Pando
-Parang
-Parulung
-Pitabunan
-San Agustin (Murcia)
-San Antonio
-San Bartolome (Balen Melacuan)
-San Francisco
-San Isidro (Almendras)
-San Jose (Poblacion)
-San Juan (Castro)
-San Martin
-San Nicolas (Poblacion)
-San Nicolas Balas
-San Vicente (Calius/Corba)
-Santa Cruz
-Santa Maria
-Santa Monica
-Santa Rita
-Santa Rosa
-Santiago
-Santo Cristo
-Santo Niño
-Santo Rosario (Magunting)
-Talimunduc Marimla
-Talimunduc San Miguel
-Telabanca
-Tinang
Land Area: 242.99 km²
ZIP Code: 2316
Concepcion is a municipality in the landlocked province of Tarlac in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 139,832 people.
In 1860, Concepcion and Magalang (now a municipality of Pampanga) were but one town under name of San Bartolome (now an abandoned town and a barangay of Concepcion) which was a military “commandancia” of Pampanga under the Spanish Regime. In 1863, a great flood devastated the whole settlement of San Bartolome and the people were forced to leave the place. A controversy arose among the people. Some desired to go north, while the rest wanted to go south. So it was agreed that they split into two groups. The first group, led by Don Pablo Luciano, then the Governadorcillo, went southward and organized their own settlement on the slope of Mount Arayat and christened it after him. Later on, it was renamed Magalang. The second group, led by the clans of the Yumuls, Castros, Dizons, Pinedas, Felicianos, Aquinos, Cortezes, Bermudezes and many others, went northward and selected Matondo (now Sto. Niño) then occupied by the Lindos and Amuraos, to be their new site. Most of the settlers were dissatisfied with the place which teemed with snakes. They move southward to a place where Concepcion now stands. The settlers began cutting down trees and building huts and roads. After a few years of hardships, they named it Concepcion, in honor of their Patron Saint, Immaculate Concepcion, who is believed to be miraculous and to possess power over the numerous snakes that abound in the place.
Concepcion is one of the largest municipalities of the province of Tarlac. It is 7.5 kilometers from the Capas junction along McArthur Highway. It lies on the southeastern tip of Tarlac, bordered in the south by Magalang, Pampanga, in the east by San Antonio, Nueva Ecija, in the northeast by La Paz, in the northwest by Tarlac City, in the west by Capas, and in the southwest by Bamban. It covers an area of 245.7 km² and populated by 103,081 (1990 NCSO Census) /115,138 (Municipal Survey) and recently last 2007 Census it has 135,213 inhabitants.
It has two great rivers, the Lucong and Parua rivers, both irrigating all the agricultural lands of the town, consisting mainly of rice and sugar crops. At times, the rivers overflow and devastate crops.
Concepcion is politically subdivided into 45 barangays:
-Alfonso
-Balutu
-Cafe
-Calius Gueco
-Caluluan
-Castillo
-Corazon de Jesus
-Culatingan
-Dungan
-Dutung-A-Matas (Jefmin Village)
-Green Village
-Lilibangan
-Mabilog
-Magao
-Macabacle
-Malupa
-Minane (Rose Park)
-Panalicsican
-Pando
-Parang
-Parulung
-Pitabunan
-San Agustin (Murcia)
-San Antonio
-San Bartolome (Balen Melacuan)
-San Francisco
-San Isidro (Almendras)
-San Jose (Poblacion)
-San Juan (Castro)
-San Martin
-San Nicolas (Poblacion)
-San Nicolas Balas
-San Vicente (Calius/Corba)
-Santa Cruz
-Santa Maria
-Santa Monica
-Santa Rita
-Santa Rosa
-Santiago
-Santo Cristo
-Santo Niño
-Santo Rosario (Magunting)
-Talimunduc Marimla
-Talimunduc San Miguel
-Telabanca
-Tinang
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepcion,_Tarlac
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 15°20'24"N 120°41'31"E
- Capas 49 km
- San Jose 61 km
- Subic 70 km
- Botolan 76 km
- Mangatarem 80 km
- Candelaria 94 km
- Santa Cruz 106 km
- Mabini 126 km
- Bokod 140 km
- Kayapa 142 km
- Purok 7 - Corba 0.9 km
- Purok 6 - Pao 1.5 km
- VICTORINA FARM 2.1 km
- basangan farm 3.3 km
- santiago farmland 3.7 km
- san martin 3.9 km
- San Bartolome (Balen a Melakwan) 6.9 km
- fishpond ni porting 8.4 km
- Hacienda Luisita 10 km
- Nueva Ecija 47 km
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