Local Tourism Office
DON HONORIO VENTURA TECHNOLOGICAL STATE UNIVERSITY
BACOLOR, PAMPANGA
SY 2013-2014
LOCAL TOURISM OFFICE OF APALIT
(COMMITTEE ON TOURISM)
Submitted by: Submitted to:
Angeles Elaiza Kay M. Ms.MARIE CHLOE DE GUILLA
Bustos Sharmaine M.
Cabangon Danielle F.
Ocampo Rogine S.
Tongol Jenine B.
HRM-3C
Apalit is a first class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. It is situated in the Luzon Island. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 101,537 inhabitants and it has 12 barangays Balucuc, Calantipe,Cansinala,Capalangan,Colgante,Paligui, Sampaloc, San Juan(Poblacion),San Vicente(Business District), Sucad, Sulipan and SantoRosario.It’s nearby towns are Macabebe, Masanatol, Minalin and San Simon of Pampanga, Calumpit and Pulilan of Bulacan.
About the Municipality of Apalit:
Among the adventurous Malayan immigrants at the beginning of the 14th century who settled along the banks of Rio Grande de la Pampanga were the ancestors of many Apalitenos. These early settlers had an advanced civilization whose arts and culture reached the Zambales mountains and the rest of Central Luzon.
At the time Apalit was settled, there was a big sturdy tree "Ptero-Carpus Indicus" or Apalit (also known as Narra) in Kapampangan at the present site of the Catholic Parish Church of Saint Peter. Apparently, the town got its name from that big legendary tree which is now the national tree of the Philippines.
Apalit was formally established as an independent municipality in 1582 during the term of office of Spanish Governor General Gonzalo Ronquillo de Penalosa. It was initially composed then of four encomiendas namely, Apali (Pale), La Castilla, Cabambangan and Capalangan. La Castilla was made the town proper (Poblacion) and was renamed later as San Juan Nepomuceno.
It was not until 1597 when the Apalit Parish of Saint Peter was created after its separation from the Parish of Calumpit. Fr. Pedro de Vergara was appointed as the
BACOLOR, PAMPANGA
SY 2013-2014
LOCAL TOURISM OFFICE OF APALIT
(COMMITTEE ON TOURISM)
Submitted by: Submitted to:
Angeles Elaiza Kay M. Ms.MARIE CHLOE DE GUILLA
Bustos Sharmaine M.
Cabangon Danielle F.
Ocampo Rogine S.
Tongol Jenine B.
HRM-3C
Apalit is a first class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. It is situated in the Luzon Island. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 101,537 inhabitants and it has 12 barangays Balucuc, Calantipe,Cansinala,Capalangan,Colgante,Paligui, Sampaloc, San Juan(Poblacion),San Vicente(Business District), Sucad, Sulipan and SantoRosario.It’s nearby towns are Macabebe, Masanatol, Minalin and San Simon of Pampanga, Calumpit and Pulilan of Bulacan.
About the Municipality of Apalit:
Among the adventurous Malayan immigrants at the beginning of the 14th century who settled along the banks of Rio Grande de la Pampanga were the ancestors of many Apalitenos. These early settlers had an advanced civilization whose arts and culture reached the Zambales mountains and the rest of Central Luzon.
At the time Apalit was settled, there was a big sturdy tree "Ptero-Carpus Indicus" or Apalit (also known as Narra) in Kapampangan at the present site of the Catholic Parish Church of Saint Peter. Apparently, the town got its name from that big legendary tree which is now the national tree of the Philippines.
Apalit was formally established as an independent municipality in 1582 during the term of office of Spanish Governor General Gonzalo Ronquillo de Penalosa. It was initially composed then of four encomiendas namely, Apali (Pale), La Castilla, Cabambangan and Capalangan. La Castilla was made the town proper (Poblacion) and was renamed later as San Juan Nepomuceno.
It was not until 1597 when the Apalit Parish of Saint Peter was created after its separation from the Parish of Calumpit. Fr. Pedro de Vergara was appointed as the