About Balanga City

Balanga is the capital of Bataan and the only city on the peninsula, so most of the war visiting starts here: the Death March route ran through the town in 1942. It joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2015, a list most Philippine towns have never heard of.

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Where Balanga City is

14.6833, 120.5333
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Visit

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Balanga City HallA Neoclassical building which houses the city government offices. Beside the main building is a preserved water tower, and at nighttime, it is flooded with light.
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Balanga Wetland and Nature ParkAn 11-hectare wetland park in Barangay Tortugas, on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Tet Garcia and Michael Lu, president of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines, founded it, …
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Balanga WetlandsA wetland area along Manila Bay which sees migratory birds annually.
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Bataan Provincial CapitolRebuilt from an older building destroyed during World War II, it has a historical marker commemorating the fall of Bataan in 1942, and the struggles of Filipinos and …
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Eat

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Gerry's Grill - SM City BataanRestaurant · ₱₱
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MEGUMI 🇯🇵Restaurant · ₱₱
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Takoyadon SM BataanRestaurant · ₱
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News

Balanga gets 150 solarpo-wered CCTV units for schoolsBalanga City · 1 day agoBataan.gov.ph
IN OIL PRICE WATCH as of Oct. 20, 2026Balanga City · 4 days agoInquirer.net
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