Morong, Bataan

Not to be confused with Morong, Rizal.

Morong
Municipality
Municipality of Morong
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Nickname:  Bataan's Wild West
Map of Bataan with Morong highlighted
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Morong Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°40′48″N120°16′06″E / 14.68°N 120.2683°E / 14.68; 120.2683
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Bataan
District	3rd district
Founded	1607
Barangays	5 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Cynthia L. Estanislao
•  Vice Mayor	Leila Linao-Muñoz
•  Representative	Maria Angela S. Garcia
•  Municipal Council	Members Jomar A. Castro Geronimo Gerardo T. Santos Bienvenido V. Vicedo Jr. Katherine L. Taba Ruben M. Pastelero Gerson Cathalin C. Garcia German R. Noriega Tirso R. Bautista
•  Electorate	23,488 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	219.20 km2 (84.63 sq mi)
Elevation	24 m (79 ft)
Highest elevation	208 m (682 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	35,394
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
•  Households	8,278
Economy
•  Income class	3rd municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	16.43 % (2021) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 223.1 million (2020), 86.65 million (2012), 91.85 million (2013), 108.4 million (2014), 127.9 million (2015)
•  Assets	₱ 496.9 million (2020), 125.1 million (2012), 117 million (2013), 116.4 million (2014), 169.9 million (2015)
•  Expenditure	₱ 192.1 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Peninsula Electric Cooperative (PENELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2108, 2222 (Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone)
PSGC	030808000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)47
Native languages	Mariveleño Tagalog

Morong, officially the Municipality of Morong (Tagalog : Bayan ng Morong), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 35,394 people. ^[3]

The municipality is home to Subic Bay International Airport, Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ; along with Hermosa also in the province of Bataan, and Olongapo and Subic in Zambales), the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, and the former Philippine Refugee Processing Center. Morong was formerly known as Moron. ^[5] It is accessible via the Bataan Provincial Expressway, off Exit 65.

History

Our Lady of Pilar Parish Church

In 1607, Morong was officially founded as an ecclesiastical parish by the Augustinian Recollects. ^[6] as well as being founded by Fr. Rodrigo de San Miguel who placed it under the protection of the Our Lady of the Pillar. ^[7] Its founding priest was Fr. Rodrigo de San Miguel who placed Morong under the protection of the Our Lady of the Pillar. ^[8]

On June 10, 1955, with the understanding of the Spanish language waning in most of the Philippines and with Moron having an unfortunate meaning in English, the town was renamed Morong by virtue of Republic Act No. 1249. ^[9]

Geography

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 219.20 square kilometres (84.63 sq mi)  ^[10] constituting 15.97% of the 1,372.98-square-kilometre- (530.11 sq mi) total area of Bataan.

Morong is bounded by Dinalupihan to the northeast, Hermosa and Orani to the east, and province of the Zambales to the north. Olongapo City is located directly north of Morong, accessible via SBMA–Olongapo Access Road through Rizal Highway to Aguinado Road or Security Road to East 14th Street. It is 51 kilometres (32 mi) from Balanga and 175 kilometres (109 mi) from Manila.

Environmental protection

The Pawikan Conservation Center is a community-based effort to protect turtles in Morong with a focus on protecting the Olive Ridley species. ^[11]

Climate

Morong has a tropical monsoon climate (Af) with little to no rainfall from December to April and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from May to November.

Climate data for Morong
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.8 (87.4)	31.7 (89.1)	33.1 (91.6)	34.4 (93.9)	33.6 (92.5)	31.8 (89.2)	30.8 (87.4)	30.1 (86.2)	30.7 (87.3)	31.5 (88.7)	31.4 (88.5)	31.0 (87.8)	31.7 (89.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.3 (79.3)	26.8 (80.2)	28.0 (82.4)	29.3 (84.7)	29.3 (84.7)	28.1 (82.6)	27.4 (81.3)	27.0 (80.6)	27.3 (81.1)	27.6 (81.7)	27.4 (81.3)	26.8 (80.2)	27.6 (81.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21.9 (71.4)	21.9 (71.4)	22.9 (73.2)	24.3 (75.7)	25.0 (77.0)	24.5 (76.1)	24.1 (75.4)	24.0 (75.2)	23.9 (75.0)	23.8 (74.8)	23.4 (74.1)	22.6 (72.7)	23.5 (74.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	5 (0.2)	4 (0.2)	4 (0.2)	17 (0.7)	211 (8.3)	509 (20.0)	711 (28.0)	1,036 (40.8)	523 (20.6)	234 (9.2)	82 (3.2)	21 (0.8)	3,357 (132.2)
Source: Climate-Data.org [12]

Barangays

Morong is politically subdivided into 5 barangays. ^[13] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020 [3]		2010 [14]
030808001	Binaritan	16.9%	5,966	5,273	▴	1.24%
030808002	Mabayo	13.5%	4,771	4,275	▴	1.10%
030808003	Nagbalayong	17.5%	6,207	5,680	▴	0.89%
030808004	Poblacion	15.6%	5,511	5,105	▴	0.77%
030808005	Sabang	21.0%	7,446	5,838	▴	2.46%
	Total		35,394	26,171	▴	3.06%

Demographics

Population census of Morong

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 1,906 —     1918 2,576 +2.03% 1939 3,301 +1.19% 1948 3,336 +0.12% 1960 5,734 +4.62% 1970 6,738 +1.62% 1975 7,793 +2.96% 1980 10,637 +6.42%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 17,155 +4.90% 1995 18,731 +1.66% 2000 21,273 +2.77% 2007 27,119 +3.41% 2010 26,171 −1.29% 2015 29,901 +2.57% 2020 35,394 +3.37%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [15] [14] [16] [17]

According to the Spanish Census of the country in 1896, Morong was reported to have 2,797 inhabitants.

In the 2020 census, Morong had a population of 35,394. ^[3] The population density was 160 inhabitants per square kilometre (410/sq mi).

Economy

Poverty incidence of Morong

5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 16.10 2009 20.84 2012 12.67 2015 15.01 2018 9.99 2021 16.43 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]

Existing industries in Morong include mango/cashew production as well as vinegar making from nipa palm nuts and the production of basketry using jungle vines. ^[26]

There is some variety of developments intended for Morong. Industries targeted for development are the manufacturing of component parts or assembly operations. In addition, there are plans to establish convention centers, exhibit halls, golf course and clubs, entertainment and leisure and sports centers, hotels, beach resorts and meditation centers. ^[26]

Mining

Morong has also had some activity in mining. In 1972 it had mining activity from Long Beach Mining Corporation producing magnetite concentrate from beach sands ^[27] and in 2017 there was headway into opening 709.6 hectares of land to Gandara minerals and development corporation in order to mine basalt and other associated minerals. ^[28]

Economic zone developments

The Bataan Technology Park (informally called the "Technopark") is the main zone of the Morong Special Economic Zone (MSEZ), established in March 1997 ^[29] after a previous ecozone which was established under the 1992 Bases Conversion and Development Act. ^[30]

Government

Local government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Term	Mayor	Vice Mayor
1901-1903	Salvador Linao	n.a.
1903-1905	Mariano Sulangi	n.a.
1905-1907	Hermogenes Ramos	n.a.
1908-1909	Salvador Linao	n.a.
1910-1912	Nicolas Mangalindan	n.a.
1912-1916	Salvador Linao	n.a.
1916-1919	Pablo Sulangi	Facundo Angeles
1919-1922	Facundo Angeles	Nicolas Mangalindan
1922-1925	Melencio S. Batol	Prudencio Mangalindan
1925-1928	Cirilo Z. Paguio	Gaudencio Mangalindan
1928-1931	Gaudencio Mangalindan	Melencio Batol
1931-1934	Anselmo Calma	Petronilo Dizon
1934-1937	Claudio Pastelero	Pedro Corpuz
1938-1941	Buenaventura Linao	Juan Paguio
1941-1942	Estanislao Angeles	Juan Paguio
1942-1945	Florentino Bugay	none
1945-1946	Ambrosio Guzman	none
1946-1947	Buenaventura Linao	Juan Llenarez
1948-1951	Isidoro G. Sulangi	Ambrosio Guzman
1952-1955	Lorenzo E. Gonzales	Primo Valdez
1956-1959	Julian V. Ramos	n.a.
1960-1963	Julian V. Ramos	n.a.
1964-1967	Antonio Calimbas	n.a.
1968-1971	Venancio Vicedo	n.a.
1972-1976	Norberto S. Linao Sr.	n.a.
1976-1979	Norberto S. Linao Sr.	n.a.
1979-1980	Antonio S. Calimbas	n.a.
1980-1986	Antonio S. Calimbas	n.a.
1986-1988	Armando Quimlat	n.a.
1988-1992	Armando Quimlat	n.a.
1992-1995	Bienvenido Vicedo Sr.	n.a.
1995-1998	Catalino Calimbas	_________de Leon
1998-2001	Norberto G. Linao Jr.	Rosalinda Quimlat
2001-2004	Norberto G. Linao Jr.	Pablito Bugay
2004-2007	Norberto G. Linao Jr.	Pablito Bugay
2007-2010	Cynthia Linao-Estanislao,	Jose Calma
2010-2013	Cynthia Linao-Estanislao	Bienvenido Vicedo Jr.
2013-2016	Jorge Estanislao.	Bienvenido Vicedo Jr.

Gallery

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  Municipal hall
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  Public market
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  Morong landscape
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  Seascape
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  Park and covered court

References

1.   Municipality of Morong | (DILG)
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External links

• Media related to Morong, Bataan at Wikimedia Commons
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