page_title: Bataan
section_title: Administrative divisions
hierarchical_section_title: Bataan / Geography / Administrative divisions
caption_attribution_description: English: Political map of Bataan
context_page_description: Bataan is a province situated in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Its capital is Balanga. Occupying the entire Bataan Peninsula on Luzon, Bataan is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north. The peninsula faces the South China Sea to the west and Subic Bay to the north-west, and encloses Manila Bay to the east.
  The Battle of Bataan is famous in history as one of the last stands of American and Filipino soldiers before they were overwhelmed by the Japanese forces in World War II. The Bataan Death March was named after the province, where the infamous march started.
context_section_description: Bataan is politically subdivided into 11 municipalities and one component city.
  
  
   
   Provincial capital and component city
   Municipality
caption: Political map of Bataan
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