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Bataan is a province
Provinces of the Philippines

The provinces of the Philippines are the primary administrative divisions of the Philippines of the Philippines. There are 80 provinces, further subdivided into Cities of the Philippines and Philippine municipality....
 of the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
 occupying the whole of Bataan Peninsula on Luzon
Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most economically and politically important island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country, with Visayas and Mindanao being the other two....
. The province is part of the Central Luzon
Central Luzon

Central Luzon , also known as Region III , is an administrative division or Regions of the Philippines of the Republic of the Philippines, primarily serve to organize the 7 provinces of the vast central plain of the island of Luzon , for administrative convenience....
 region
Regions of the Philippines

In the Philippines, regions are administrative divisions of the Philippines that serve primarily to organize the 81 provinces of the Philippines for administrative convenience....
. The capital of Bataan is Balanga City
Balanga City

The City of Balanga is a fifth class Philippine city in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Region III - Central Luzon, Philippines. It is the capital city of Bataan....
 and is bordered by the provinces of Zambales
Zambales

Zambales is a Provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines. Its capital is Iba, Zambales....
 and Pampanga
Pampanga

Pampanga is a Provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga....
 to the north. The peninsula faces South China Sea
South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea*south of China,*west of the Philippines,*north west of Sabah , Sarawak and Brunei,*north of Indonesia,...
 to the west and encloses its arm, Manila Bay
Manila Bay

File:Manila Bay Landsat 2000.jpgFile:Manila Bay, early 1800s.jpgManila Bay is a natural harbor which serves the Port of Manila , in the Philippines....
, to the east.

The Battle of Bataan
Battle of Bataan

The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Empire of Japan Battle of the Philippines . The capture of the Philippine Islands was crucial to Japan's effort to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the Natural resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast Asia flank....
 is famous in history as one of the last stands of American
United States

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 and Filipino soldiers before they were overwhelmed by the Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese forces in World War II
World War II

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Bataan is a province
Provinces of the Philippines

The provinces of the Philippines are the primary administrative divisions of the Philippines of the Philippines. There are 80 provinces, further subdivided into Cities of the Philippines and Philippine municipality....
 of the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
 occupying the whole of Bataan Peninsula on Luzon
Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most economically and politically important island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country, with Visayas and Mindanao being the other two....
. The province is part of the Central Luzon
Central Luzon

Central Luzon , also known as Region III , is an administrative division or Regions of the Philippines of the Republic of the Philippines, primarily serve to organize the 7 provinces of the vast central plain of the island of Luzon , for administrative convenience....
 region
Regions of the Philippines

In the Philippines, regions are administrative divisions of the Philippines that serve primarily to organize the 81 provinces of the Philippines for administrative convenience....
. The capital of Bataan is Balanga City
Balanga City

The City of Balanga is a fifth class Philippine city in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Region III - Central Luzon, Philippines. It is the capital city of Bataan....
 and is bordered by the provinces of Zambales
Zambales

Zambales is a Provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines. Its capital is Iba, Zambales....
 and Pampanga
Pampanga

Pampanga is a Provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga....
 to the north. The peninsula faces South China Sea
South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea*south of China,*west of the Philippines,*north west of Sabah , Sarawak and Brunei,*north of Indonesia,...
 to the west and encloses its arm, Manila Bay
Manila Bay

File:Manila Bay Landsat 2000.jpgFile:Manila Bay, early 1800s.jpgManila Bay is a natural harbor which serves the Port of Manila , in the Philippines....
, to the east.

The Battle of Bataan
Battle of Bataan

The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Empire of Japan Battle of the Philippines . The capture of the Philippine Islands was crucial to Japan's effort to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the Natural resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast Asia flank....
 is famous in history as one of the last stands of American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and Filipino soldiers before they were overwhelmed by the Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese forces in World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. The Bataan Death March was named for this province, where the infamous march started. This is also a location of Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant, completed but never fueled, on Bataan Peninsula, 100 kilometers west of Manila in the Philippines....
 located in Municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 of Morong
Morong, Bataan

Morong is a 4th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 21,273 people in 4,204 households....
 .

Geography


Political

Bataan is politically subdivided into 11 municipalities and 1 component city
Cities of the Philippines

A city is a tier of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities, whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific municipal charter in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies the administrative structure and political powers of subnatio...
.

City
  • Balanga City
    Balanga City

    The City of Balanga is a fifth class Philippine city in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Region III - Central Luzon, Philippines. It is the capital city of Bataan....


Municipalities
  • Abucay
    Abucay, Bataan

    Abucay is a 4th-class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 31,801 people in 6,593 households....
  • Bagac
    Bagac, Bataan

    Bagac is a 4th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 22,353 people in 4,553 households....
  • Dinalupihan
    Dinalupihan, Bataan

    Dinalupihan is a 2nd class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. It is the only land-locked municipality of the province....
  • Hermosa
    Hermosa, Bataan

    Hermosa is a 2nd class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 46,254 people in 8,988 households....
  • Limay
  • Mariveles
    Mariveles, Bataan

    Mariveles is a 1st class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 85,779 people in 19,460 households....
  • Morong
    Morong, Bataan

    Morong is a 4th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 21,273 people in 4,204 households....
  • Orani
    Orani, Bataan

    Orani is a 2nd class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 52,501 people in 10,810 households....
  • Orion
    Orion, Bataan

    Orion is a 2nd class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines with 1st class purchasing power. Majority of its residents are OFWs in the United States, Japan, Europe, Australia, Canada and the Middle East....
  • Pilar
    Pilar, Bataan

    Pilar is a 4th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 32,368 people in 6,514 households....
  • Samal
    Samal, Bataan

    Samal is a 4th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 27,410 people in 5,429 households....


Physical

The Bataan Peninsula
Bataan Peninsula

The Bataan Peninsula is a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains, on Luzon in the Philippines. It separates the Manila Bay from the South China Sea....
 is a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains
Zambales Mountains

The Zambales Mountains are a mountain range located 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 Manila Bay....
, on Luzon
Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most economically and politically important island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country, with Visayas and Mindanao being the other two....
 in the Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
. It separates the Manila Bay
Manila Bay

File:Manila Bay Landsat 2000.jpgFile:Manila Bay, early 1800s.jpgManila Bay is a natural harbor which serves the Port of Manila , in the Philippines....
 from the South China Sea
South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea*south of China,*west of the Philippines,*north west of Sabah , Sarawak and Brunei,*north of Indonesia,...
. The peninsula features Mount Natib (1,253 m) in the north and the Mariveles Mountains
Mariveles Mountains

The Bundok ng Mariveles are located on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines. The highest peak, Mariveles Volcano, is an andesite stratovolcano reaching 1388 meters Above mean sea level....
 in the south, which includes Mount Samat
Mount Samat

Mount Samat is a mountain in the Town of Pilar, Province of Bataan, Republic of the Philippines that is the site of the Dambana ng Kagitingan or "Shrine of Valor"....
, the location of the historical marker for the Bataan Death March.

Mariveles, at the tip can be reached through jet ferry plying the Mariveles to Manila route that has an approximate travel time of 40 minutes.

History


Early history

In 1574, Limahong
Limahong

Limahong, Lim Ah Hong or also called Lin Feng was a notorious Han Chinese pirate and warlord who invaded the northern Philippine Islands in 1574....
, a Chinese pirate used Bataan as the launching point for his attempt to conquer Luzon
Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most economically and politically important island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country, with Visayas and Mindanao being the other two....
, which was unsuccessful. In 1647, Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 naval forces landed in country in an attempt to seize the islands from Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. The Dutch massacred the people of Abucay
Abucay, Bataan

Abucay is a 4th-class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 31,801 people in 6,593 households....
 in Bataan.

The province of Bataan was established in 1754 by Governor-General Pedro Manuel Arandia out of territories belonging to Pampanga
Pampanga

Pampanga is a Provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga....
 and the corregimiento of Mariveles
Mariveles, Bataan

Mariveles is a 1st class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Bataan province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 85,779 people in 19,460 households....
 which, at the time, included Maragondon, Cavite
Maragondon, Cavite

The Municipality of Maragondon is a 4th class Philippine municipality in the Philippine province of Cavite province, Philippines. Maragondon is 54 kilometers away from Manila going southeast....
 across the Manila Bay
Manila Bay

File:Manila Bay Landsat 2000.jpgFile:Manila Bay, early 1800s.jpgManila Bay is a natural harbor which serves the Port of Manila , in the Philippines....
.

World War II

Bataanwwii
Bataan featured prominently during World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. Prior to the 1941 Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese invasion, the US Army
United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
 stored nearly 1,000,000 US gallon
Gallon

A gallon is a measure of volume of approximately four litres. Historically it has had many different definitions, but there are three definitions in current use....
s (3,800 m³) of gasoline
Gasoline

File:GasCan.jpgGasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture, primarily used as fuel in internal combustion engines.It consists mostly of aliphatic hydrocarbons, enhanced with iso-octane or the aromatic hydrocarbons toluene and benzene to increase its octane rating....
 here.

Shortly after the Japanese Army invaded the country in December 1941, the combined forces of Filipino and US forces were being gradually overrun and General Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Order of the Bath was an United States General officer, United Nations general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army....
 decided to make Bataan the site of a last stand. (See Battle of the Philippines (1941-42)
Battle of the Philippines (1941-42)

The Battle of the Philippines was the invasion of the Philippines by Japan in 1941?42 and the defense of the islands by Filipino people and United States forces....
.) On January 7, 1942, Japanese forces started the siege of the peninsula. On April 3 the Japanese began an all-out assault on the American and Filipino troops left on the peninsula. Bataan fell on April 9 and the Bataan Death March began. About 70,000 captured American and Filipino soldiers were forced to march more than a hundred kilometers from Bataan to Tarlac
Tarlac

Tarlac is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines. Its capital is Tarlac City....
.ASDA

Education

Partial list of Higher Educational Institutions in the province of Bataan.

  • AMA Computer Learning Center
  • Asia Pacific College of Advanced Studies
  • Bataan Agricultural College
  • Bataan Heroes Memorial College
  • Bataan Polytechnic State College (Former: Bataan National School of Arts & Trade)
  • Bataan Peninsula State University
    Bataan Peninsula State University

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  • Bataan State College (now part of Bataan Polytechnic State College)
  • BEPZ Multinational School (Cadena de Amor, Bataan Economic Zone 2106 Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines)
  • Colegio de San Juan de Letran
    Colegio de San Juan de Letran

    The Colegio de San Juan de Letran , was founded in 1620. Letran is a private Roman Catholic institution of higher learning located in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines....
     - Abucay
  • Kalayaan College in Bataan
  • Limay Polytechnic College
  • Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific
  • Microcity Computer Colleges Foundation
  • Northern Bataan Institute
  • Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Bataan
    Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Bataan

    The Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Bataan Branch or BEPZ is located within the Bataan Export Processing Zone in Mariveles, Bataan, Bataan....
  • Tomas del Rosario College
    Tomas del Rosario College

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  • SOFTNET College of Science and Technology
  • St. Joseph College of Balanga
  • STI College - Balanga


Tourist attractions

Historical places
  • First Abucay Catholic Church (The 411-year old Church)
  • Mount Samat
    Mount Samat

    Mount Samat is a mountain in the Town of Pilar, Province of Bataan, Republic of the Philippines that is the site of the Dambana ng Kagitingan or "Shrine of Valor"....
     - Shrine of Valor (Pilar, Bataan)
  • Zero Kilometre Death March Marker (Mariveles)


Natural-made places of interest
  • Dunsulan Falls
  • Pasukulan Falls (Abucay, Bataan)
  • Sibul Spring (Abucay, Bataan)
Balong Anito (mariveles, bataan)

Resorts

  • Abucay County Resort (Abucay, Bataan)
  • Annjoline's Resort (Orani, Bataan)
  • Big Splash Resort (Orani, Bataan)
  • Baranda Resort (Limay, Bataan)
  • Bataan Greenhills Resort (Inisay, Abucay, Bataan)
  • (Morong, Bataan)
  • Bay Spring Resort (Mariveles, Bataan)
  • Benipres Beach Resort (Orion, Bataan)
  • (Morong, Bataan)
  • Castle's Beach Resort (Saysain, Bagac, Bataan)
  • Farmlandia Resort (Hermosa, Bataan)
  • Joyous Resort (Balanga, Bataan)
  • Lavinia Resort (Orani, Bataan)
  • (Bagac,Bataan)
  • (Morong, Bataan)
  • Paran Resort (Samal, Bataan)
  • Raven Resort (Abucay, Bataan)
  • (Morong, Bataan)
  • Sunmoon Beach Resort (Bagac, Bataan)
  • Villa Amanda Resort (Abucay, Bataan)
  • (Morong, Bataan)


People and culture


Famous people in Bataan

  • Tomas Pinpin (Abucay) - the "Prince of Filipino Printers" or the "Patriarch of Filipino Printing." He learned the art of printing about the end of 1608 in the Dominican-owned printing press in Abucay. In Abucay, Father Blancas employed in 1609 young Pinpin as an apprentice at the printing shop and taught him the art of printing. Later, the main elementary school in Abucay was named after him, Tomas Pinpin Memorial Elementary School. His statue can be found in the quadrangle of this elementary school.
  • Kerby Raymundo
    Kerby Raymundo

    Kerby Mariano Raymundo is a Filipino people professional basketball player currently playing for the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants in the Philippine Basketball Association ....
     (Orion) - PBA
    Philippine Basketball Association

    The Philippine Basketball Association is a professional basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1975. It is the first and the oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the National Basketball Association of the United States....
     multi-awarded player, power forward
    Power forward (basketball)

    Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF"....
    , member of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and the Philippines national basketball team
    Philippines national basketball team

    The men's national basketball team of the Philippines is one of the best-performing Asian teams in international tournaments, winning a bronze medal in the 1954 FIBA World Championship for men and a fifth-place finish in the Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics, the two best finishes of any Asian team in the history of the top two internati...
    .
  • Romi Garduce
    Romi Garduce

    Romeo "Romi" Garduce He finished His High School at Tomas Del Rosario College, who sometimes goes by the nickname "Garduch", is a Filipino people mountain climber and works as an Information Technology Professional in Procter and Gamble Philippines....
     (Balanga) - mountain climber who reached Mount Everest
    Mount Everest

    Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma is the List of highest mountains on Earth, as measured by the height of its Topographical summit above sea level, which is ....
    .
  • Mel Tiangco
    Mel Tiangco

    Carmela Tiangco popularly known as 'Mel Tiangco' is a popular television newscaster and television Host in the Philippines.Tiangco was a newscaster at ABS-CBN however after taking part in a Tide TV ad in mid-1995 she was suspended from the network as newscasters of ABS-CBN are prohibited to endorse a product....
     (Pilar) - popular television newscaster and television host; head of GMA Kapuso foundation.
  • Glenn Bautista Multi-awarded visual artist from Orion, Bataan. About his art: "In time, it became clear that Glenn's art is not one for the academically conservative and tradition-bound. Rather, it extends an invitation to the adventurous, being avant-garde in a quite inconspicuous way. More so, it has made a lasting mark on figurative art in the country today for it has opened numerous options. It has also engaged in the lively, exciting and highly original synthesis. Bautista, at present, devotes much of his time giving free art lessons to children and adults in Paranaque City. Glenn was a nominee for the prestigious 2005 National Artist Award of the Philippines in the field of Visual Arts as a result of recommendations received from some civic and religious organizations where he has been involved with who are appreciative of his works and efforts." (Alice G. Guillermo)
  • Dr.Rafael de Leon (Pilar) - The first Filipino who won the 100 meter dash, in the 1936 Olympic Games
    1936 Summer Olympics

    The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany....
     in Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
    .
  • Gary David (Dinalupihan) - Philippine Basketball Association Multi awarded Player, Mr Pure energy and The King of PBA!
Cayetano Arellano - The first Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Republic of the Philippines.

  • Pocholo Gonzales
    Pocholo Gonzales

    Pocholo "The VoiceMaster" Gonzales is a Filipino voice actor whose voiceover work has appeared in radio and TV commercials, audio dramas, children's programs, computer games, dubbed foreign telenovelas, films and anime, and original animation....
     (Mariveles) - popular youth advocate, motivational speaker, radio announcer, TV producer and Voice Over Artist.


See also

  • Bataan Death March
  • Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant, completed but never fueled, on Bataan Peninsula, 100 kilometers west of Manila in the Philippines....
  • Bataan Peninsula
    Bataan Peninsula

    The Bataan Peninsula is a rocky extension of the Zambales Mountains, on Luzon in the Philippines. It separates the Manila Bay from the South China Sea....
  • Battle of Bataan
    Battle of Bataan

    The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Empire of Japan Battle of the Philippines . The capture of the Philippine Islands was crucial to Japan's effort to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the Natural resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast Asia flank....
  • Geography of the Philippines
    Geography of the Philippines

    The Philippines is an archipelago comprising 7,107 islands with a total land area of 300,000 km?. The 11 largest islands contain 94% of the total land area....
  • Provinces of the Philippines
    Provinces of the Philippines

    The provinces of the Philippines are the primary administrative divisions of the Philippines of the Philippines. There are 80 provinces, further subdivided into Cities of the Philippines and Philippine municipality....
  • Bataan Provincial Expressway
    Bataan Provincial Expressway

    The Bataan Provincial Expresway, also known as the Roman Expressway or the Roman Superhighway, is a toll two-lane freeway that connects Bataan to the provinces of the Central Luzon region in the Philippines....


External links

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    Filipino language

    The Filipino language is the national language and an official language of the Philippines as designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It is an Austronesian language that is the de facto standard language of Tagalog language....
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