Bataan Facts

Population : The population of Bataan for the year 2000 was 552,000 based on the growth rate of 2.12% in Central Luzon.

Geography : Bataan is the peninsula in the western part of Luzon that shields the Manila Bay on its south and east from the South China Sea on its west. Zambales and Pampanga form its boundaries on the north.

Language and Dialects : Tagalog is the main language and is widely used, followed by Pampango and Ilocano. English is used mostly as the medium of transaction in business.

Education (High School and Colleges) :

Jose Rizal Institute - Orion and Orani

Holy Rosary Parochial Institute - Orani

AMA Computer Learning Center – Balanga

Asia Pacific College of Advanced Studies

St.Peter Of Verona Academy - Hermosa

Bataan Heroes Memorial College - Balanga

St. John Academy (Dinalupihan)

Bataan Peninsula State University

Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Abucay

EastWoods Professional College of Science and Technology (formerly SOFTNET College of Science and Technology)

Microcity Computer College

Philippine Women's University - CDCEC Bataan

Polytechnic University of the Philippines - Mariveles

St. Joseph College's of Balanga

Tomas del Rosario College - Balanga

Bataan Montessori School, Incorporated - Balanga

The Peninsula School, Incorporated - Limay

Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific - Mariveles

Bataan Christian School - Pilar

Northridge Montessori School - Pilar

Llamas Memorial Institute - Mariveles

Bataan National High School (formerly Arellano Memorial (Bataan) High School) - Balanga

Climate : Bataan climate consists of two distinct seasons: dry from November to April and wet during the rest of the year.

Major Industries : 

Bataan remains basically an agricultural province in spite of the rapid industrialization during the last decade. Mariveles is the site of an export-processing zone that accounts for heavy industry in the province. Cattle and carabao fattening, hog raising, and poultry industry, especially broilers and ducks and egg production, are some of the promising livelihood programs in the province.