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Limay is a first class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 57,207 people.〔 It has a total of varied terrain. Limay is accessible via the Bataan Provincial Expressway, off Exit 45, San Fernando Exit. Located at the south-eastern section of Bataan Peninsula, and is from Manila and south from the provincial capital Balanga, Bataan. ==History== The Dominican and Franciscan friars settled in Limay by the late 1600s, using its rich limestone deposits to build churches in Orion and Balanga. The town was a barangay of Orion. In the Philippine revolution of 1898, Limayan fought for their independence. American Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison's Executive Order of January 1, 1917 created Limay as the last Bataan municipality. In 1913, the Cadwallader-Gibson Lumber Company employing Limayans and Visayan immigrants. During the WWII, Limay became the host to the first medical hospital of American and Filipino forces, run by the “Angels of Bataan”. In Lamao, Limay, Major General Edward P. King capitulated to the Japanese forces, after the last stand of the American and Filipino forces faltered along the banks of the Alangan River.〔http://www.limaybataan.com/index.php/about-limay〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Limay, Bataan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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