Candelaria
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town, municipality, third-level administrative division
Municipality of Candelaria, Province of Zambales
Land Area: 293.60 km²
ZIP Code: 2212
Candelaria is a coastal municipality in the province of Zambales in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 25,020 people.
Candelaria is approximately 42 km (26 mi) from the capital town of Iba. It is nestled at the foot of Zambales Range in the east and lies along coastline of the South China Sea in the west, with a total land area of 437.6 km² (169.0 sq mi). Candelaria is the third-largest town in terms of land area in Zambales.
This municipality is known for its Uacon Lake, the cleanest lake in Central Luzon, and for its numerous beach resorts.
During the pre-Spanish era, Candelaria was unsettled forest land. It was then a sitio of Masinloc, one of the oldest towns of Zambales. Settlement by Sambal from other parts of Masinloc, who found Candelaria an ideal location to live, played an important role in how this sitio became a town separate from Masinloc in 1870.
Candelaria is politically subdivided into 16 barangays:
-Babancal
-Binabalian
-Catol
-Dampay
-Lauis
-Libertador
-Malabon (San Roque)
-Malimanga
-Pamibian
-Panayonan
-Pinagrealan
-Poblacion
-Sinabacan
-Taposo
-Uacon
-Yamot
Land Area: 293.60 km²
ZIP Code: 2212
Candelaria is a coastal municipality in the province of Zambales in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 25,020 people.
Candelaria is approximately 42 km (26 mi) from the capital town of Iba. It is nestled at the foot of Zambales Range in the east and lies along coastline of the South China Sea in the west, with a total land area of 437.6 km² (169.0 sq mi). Candelaria is the third-largest town in terms of land area in Zambales.
This municipality is known for its Uacon Lake, the cleanest lake in Central Luzon, and for its numerous beach resorts.
During the pre-Spanish era, Candelaria was unsettled forest land. It was then a sitio of Masinloc, one of the oldest towns of Zambales. Settlement by Sambal from other parts of Masinloc, who found Candelaria an ideal location to live, played an important role in how this sitio became a town separate from Masinloc in 1870.
Candelaria is politically subdivided into 16 barangays:
-Babancal
-Binabalian
-Catol
-Dampay
-Lauis
-Libertador
-Malabon (San Roque)
-Malimanga
-Pamibian
-Panayonan
-Pinagrealan
-Poblacion
-Sinabacan
-Taposo
-Uacon
-Yamot
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candelaria,_Zambales
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 15°38'1"N 120°4'44"E
- San Jose 13 km
- Mangatarem 27 km
- Capas 29 km
- Botolan 33 km
- Santa Cruz 35 km
- Mabini 61 km
- Subic 70 km
- Itogon 111 km
- Bokod 125 km
- Kayapa 131 km
- Bulala 2.6 km
- Acoje Mines 6.9 km
- Section 2 7.1 km
- Subdivision 7.3 km
- Section 7 7.6 km
- Section 6 / Capatases 7.9 km
- Mt. Matalisbong 12 km
- Mount Cardoues 13 km
- Bundok Ng Correa 15 km
- Pangasinan 52 km
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