Floridablanca, Pampanga
Floridablanca, officially the (; ) is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. Floridablanca is a part of the province of the Pampanga located in Central Luzon lying north of Dinalupihan, Bataan and south-southwest of San Fernando, Pampanga. History. Floridablanca was founded in 1823 at the site of a monastery. In the 1920s, the Pampanga Sugar Mill was built at Del Carmen in the 1920s. The area was the site of military bases of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and the Philippine Constabulary from 1942 to 1946. The Philippine Air Force established Basa  Air Base at a former American military airfield in 1947. Geography. Floridablanca is located on the western part of Pampanga along the Zambales mountain ranges and is bounded by the municipalities of Porac on the north, Lubao on the south, Guagua on the east, and Dinalupihan, Bataan on the west. It is from the city of San Fernando and from Manila. The town is at an elevation of above sea level. Floridablanca is north of Dinalupihan, Bataan via Dinalupihan-Floridablanca Access Road at the Bataan-Pampanga boundary line. With an area of , it is the third largest municipality in the  province, after Porac and Candaba. Barangays. Floridablanca is politically subdivided into 33 barangays: Demographics. In the , the population of Floridablanca, Pampanga, was people, with a density of . Economy. Floridablanca is the second largest producer of rice in the province. It produces more than enough rice to meet its needs resulting in a surplus. In 1999, only 37.76% of its produce was used for its own rice requirement resulting in a surplus of 65.24% equivalent to 17,553 metric tons. Government. Like other towns in the Philippines, Floridablanca is governed by a mayor and vice mayor who are elected to three-year  terms. The mayor is the executive head and leads the town's departments in executing the ordinances and improving public services. The vice mayor heads a legislative council (Sangguniang Bayan) consisting of councilors from the Barangays of Barrios. List of municipal leaders. Capitan Municipal Municipal Presidents Municipal Mayors Tourism. Aside from Basa Air Base, the town has cultural treasures and interesting points.