Bamban

Bamban is a second class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the, it has a population of people.The municipality of Bamban is the southernmost gateway of the melting pot province of Tarlac in the Central Plain of Luzon in the Philippines.Being the southernmost town in the province, it has a common boundary with Mabalacat, Pampanga, and in the west, with Zambales. The boundary is defined by the Parua River, which is a source of irrigation water, food, and sand and gravel for infrastructure projects. The mountainous region situated in the western part comprises almost two-thirds of the total land area, which used to be within the US Military Reservations. Nestled in this part are the BLISS projects and to the north, the MAR settlement project, which when completely developed will be a source of livelihood and food supplies for Central Luzon.Bamban is from Manila and is from the provincial capital, Tarlac City.BarangaysBamban is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Anupul Banaba Bangcu Culubasa Dela Cruz La Paz Lourdes Malonzo San Nicolas (poblacion) San Pedro San Rafael San Roque San Vicente Santo Niño Virgen de los Remedios (Pacalcal)HistoryLong before settlers came, the place which was to become the town of Bamban, was a vast track of wild land extending eastward; and on the west side, composed of foothills and mountains lush with vegetation and tall trees extending deep into the Zambales ranges. The thick forest and mountains were then inhabited by the Aetas (locally known as Baluga), and the Zambal, both of whom subsisted only on fishing and native or wild animals which abounded in the place. Occasionally, daring traders from Pampanga and the Tagalog province, mostly enterprising Chinese, braved the wilderness to go northward to Capas and Tarlac.