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Morong, Bataan

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Country
  
Barangays
  
5 (see Barangays)

ZIP code
  
2105

Province
  
District
  
1st District of Bataan

Time zone
  
PST (UTC+8)

Area
  
219.2 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 11:43 AM

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Region
  
Weather
  
32°C, Wind NE at 18 km/h, 41% Humidity

Neighborhoods
  
Anvaya Cove Nature Club

Points of interest
  
Subic Bay, Pamarta Bali Beach Resort, Anvaya Cove, Pawikan Conservation Center, Vista Venice

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Morong, officially the Municipality of Morong (Filipino: Bayan ng Morong; Kapampangan: Balen ning Morong), is a municipality in the province of Bataan in the Central Luzon (Region III) of the Philippines. The population was 29,901 at the 2015 census. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 18,795 registered voters.

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Map of Morong, Bataan, Philippines

The municipality is home to the Subic Bay International Airport, the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, and the former Philippine Refugee Processing Center. Morong was formerly known as Moron. It is accessible via the Bataan Provincial Expressway, off Exit 65.

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History

Morong, originally called Bayandati, was a small settlement located in Barrio Nagbalayong. Due to the scarcity of land available for cultivation, the early inhabitants migrated to adjacent areas where wider lands can be discovered. They found Poblacion, the present site where the Spaniards met the natives of Moron.

The name Moron was given during the 16th century. A group of Spaniards arrived and inquired from the natives the name of their place. The natives thought that the Spaniards were asking about the Moros who retreated after a severe fighting, so they replied, Mga Moro umuurong hence the place was called Moron. Moros was a reference to the first inhabitants who bartered their products in the 16th century. In 1578, it became part of Corrigimento de Mariveles together with Bagac and Maragondon, Cavite. But it was only in 1607 that Moron was officially founded as an ecclesiastical parish and as a pueblo including the Coral Stone Church by the Recollects and was officially founded by Fr. Rodrigo de San Miguel who placed it under the protection of the Our Lady of the Pillar. The Our Lady of the Pillar Parish of Morong, erected in 1607 (one of the oldest seats of Catholic faith in the Philippines) originally orchestrated from the elements of the Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque sources. It culminated its 400th Year foundation anniversary on October 12, 2007.

On 16 January 1942, Imperial Japanese Army and an Allied coalition of Filipino-American forces both raced to capture Morong. They reached the town around the same time, but the Allies had detected the Japanese first. Taking the opportunity for a surprise attack, Lieutenant Edwin P. Ramsey of the 26th Cavalry Regiment ordered his troops to charge; the 27 heavily outnumbered Filipino and American cavalrymen charged and scattered the surprised Japanese. It was the last charge of American cavalry.

Geography

Morong is located at 14°41′N 120°16′E.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 219.20 square kilometres (84.63 sq mi) constituting 7001159700000000000♠15.97% of the 1,372.98-square-kilometre- (530.11 sq mi) total area of Bataan.

Barangays

Morong is politically subdivided into 5 barangays.

Demographics

In the 2015 census, Morong had a population of 29,901. The population density was 140 inhabitants per square kilometre (360/sq mi).

In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 18,795 registered voters.

References

Morong, Bataan Wikipedia