| Paombong | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Bayan ng Paombong(Municipality of Paombong) | ||
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| Nickname(s): Vinegar Capital of the Philippines | ||
| Motto(s): Abante Bagong Paombong Pantay Pantay na Karapatan sa Pag-asa sa Kaunlaran | ||
 Map of Bulacan showing the location of Paombong | ||
  Paombong Location within the Philippines | ||
| Coordinates: 14°49′52″N120°47′21″E / 14.83111°N 120.78917°E Coordinates: 14°49′52″N120°47′21″E / 14.83111°N 120.78917°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | Central Luzon (Region III) | |
| Province | Bulacan | |
| District | 1st District | |
| Founded | 1619 | |
| Barangays | 14 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Mary Ann "Ann" Marcos (Independent) | |
| • Vice Mayor | Cristina Gonzales (Liberal Party) | |
| Area [1] | ||
| • Total | 46.34 km2 (17.89 sq mi) | |
| Highest elevation | 15 m (49 ft) | |
| Population (2015 census) [2] | ||
| • Total | 53,294 | |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) | |
| • Poverty rate |  | |
| Demonym(s) | Paombongenyo | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 3001 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)44 | |
| Income class [3] | 3rd Class; Partially Urban | |
| • Revenue (2017) |  | |
| • Expenses (2017) | | |
| • Total Assets (2017) | | |
| Electricity | Manila Electric Company | |
| • Consumption | 12.18 million kWh (2003) | |
Paombong (Filipino: Bayan ng Paombong; Kapampangan: Balen ning Paombong) is a third class partially urban [4] municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. Dubbed as the "Vinegar Capital of the Philippines", Paombong is famous for its vinegar [5] extracted from the sap of sasa (nipa), thus the term "Sukang Paombong" (Paombong vinegar) became known in Luzon and other parts of the Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 53,294 people. [2]
Filipino is the national language of the Philippines. Filipino is also designated, along with English, as an official language of the country. It is a standardized variety of the Tagalog language, an Austronesian regional language that is widely spoken in the Philippines. As of 2007, Tagalog is the first language of 28 million people, or about one-third of the Philippine population, while 45 million speak Tagalog as their second language. Tagalog is among the 185 languages of the Philippines identified in the Ethnologue. Officially, Filipino is defined by the Commission on the Filipino Language as "the native dialect, spoken and written, in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region, and in other urban centers of the archipelago."
Kapampangan, Pampango, or the Pampangan language is a major Philippine language. It is spoken in the province of Pampanga, most of Tarlac and Bataan. Kapampangan is also understood in some municipalities of Bulacan and Nueva Ecija and by the Aeta people of Zambales. The language is known honorifically as Amánung Sísuan.
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.
