Geography

The City of Balanga is located at the eastern part of the Province of Bataan and lies in the southwestern part of Central Luzon. It is bounded inland by the municipality of Abucay in the north, Pilar in the south, the municipalities of Bagac and Morong in the west and Manila Bay in the east. It is approximately 14⁰15’ to 15⁰60’ N latitude and 120⁰10’ to 120⁰45’E longitude. Balanga is about 124 km by land and about 31.2 nautical miles by ferry to Manila.

The City has a land area of 11,163 has. and a sea area of 1,230 has. The administrative jurisdiction of the City totals to 13,393 ha. The eastern part of the City is urbanized catering for the commercial, residential and institutional establishments, while the western part is rural, which is devoted for residential, agriculture, pasture, grassland and forests. The sea jurisdiction of the City is part of the Manila Bay, which cater for small-scale and sustenance fishing.

There are twenty five (25) barangays in the City, fourteen (14) of which are urban, six (6) are rurban, having portions that are urban and rural areas, and five (5) are rural. The barangays and their respective area are listed in Table 1.

Table1. List of Barangays in the City of Balanga

Barangay	Area (ha)	Proportion to the total city area (%)	Type
Bagong Silang	551.59	4.94	Rural
Bagumbayan	14.43	0.13	Urban
Cabog-cabog	284.90	2.55	Rural
Camacho	111.27	1.00	Rurban
Cataning	950.20	8.51	Rurban
Central	433.86	3.89	Rurban
Cupang North	32.80	0.29	Urban
Cupang Proper	1,422.15	12.74	Rurban
Cupang West	25.87	0.23	Urban
Dangcol	2,445.37	21.91	Rural
Dona Francisca	71.60	0.64	Urban
Ibayo	62.77	0.56	Urban
Malabia	4.65	0.04	Urban
Munting Batangas	653.47	5.85	Rural
Poblacion	21.84	0.20	Urban
Pto. Rivas Ibaba	18.29	0.16	Urban
Pto. Rivas Itaas	164.65	1.47	Urban
Pto. Rivas Lote	27.68	0.25	Urban
San Jose	92.34	0.83	Urban
Sibacan	97.78	0.88	Urban
Talisay	34.77	0.31	Urban
Tanato	1,403.93	12.58	Rural
Tenejero	426.05	3.82	Rurban
Tortugas	32.09	0.29	Urban
Tuyo	1,778.65	15.93	Rurban
Total	11,163.00	100.00