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Mabalacat, officially Mabalacat City (), is a component city in the northern part of the province of Pampanga, Philippines. The former municipality was officially converted into a city following a referendum on July 21, 2012, and became the third in Pampanga after Angeles City and City of San Fernando. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 215,610 people.〔 The city's name is derived from the ancient "''balacat''" trees which were found abundantly in the area. Mabalacat has a land area of .〔 Roughly 60% of the Clark Freeport Zone is located in Mabalacat, the rest in nearby Angeles City, where the Clark main gate is located and which is served by the Clark International Airport with its numerous hotels, casinos, golf courses, and resorts.〔http://mabalacatcity.gov.ph/index.php/9-uncategorised/76-business〕 The soil is charcoal black and shiny, a sign of fertility, and is suitable for growing rice, sugarcane and other rootcrops. Like Porac, Santa Rita, Magalang, and Angeles City, this city never gets inundated by floods from heavy rain because it is situated on an elevated plain known as the "Upper Pampanga". ==Barangays== Mabalacat is politically subdivided into 27 barangays.〔 The largest barangay is Dau, which became a barrio in 1936 by virtue of Presidential Proclamation Number 1. It is now a business center whose commercial output runs parallel to that of downtown. A former terminus of the North Luzon Expressway, it is the most urban and most populous area in Mabalacat, home to roughly 23% of the city's population. San Francisco, the second largest barangay, along with San Joaquin, Santa Ines, Poblacion, Calumpang and other barangays are categorized as urban in view of their proximity to the city proper. Sapang Balen, with a population of 166 persons, is the smallest barangay. 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「Mabalacat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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