About the Province

GENERAL INFORMATION

PEOPLE

The inhabitants of Pampanga are generally referred to as Kapampangans (alternatively spelled CapampaƱgan), Pampangos, or PampangueƱos. SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pampanga

RELIGION 

The province of Pampanga is composed of many religious groups but it is predominantly Roman Catholic.

Pampanga is also known to be the main seat of the Members Church of God International known to its religious program in television and radio Ang Dating Daan. Where, Eliseo F. Soriano or Bro. Eli started to preach in so called "Pulong" or Bible Study every night in different towns which yield people to hear and listen his teachings and later join the church. The first MCGI church locale in the province was in Sto. Cristo, Guagua and then the church start to grow in number. Because of huge number of membership it resulted to divided the province into two church divisions: Central division which composes of municipalities of Macabebe and Masantol and Apalit where the church compound is located and bulk of members residing. While the division of Pampanga which includes the rest of Pampanga that is divided into five church districts.

Other religious groups are Iglesia ni Cristo, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus, Jesus is Lord Church, Seventh-day Adventist, Evangelicals, Islam, Aglipayan, Jesus Miracle Crusade and many other religious groups are also found and established in the province. SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pampanga

CLIMATE

Two distinct climates, rainy and dry. The warmest period of the year occurs between March and April while the coolest peiod is from December throuogh February.

TERRAIN

The province has a total land mass of 2,180.68 square kilometers. Its terrain is relatively flat with one distinct mountain, Mount Arayat and the notable Pampanga River. Among its municipalities, Porac has the largest land mass with 343.12 square kilometers; Candaba comes in second with 208.7 square kilometers; followed by Lubao with 155.77 square kilometers. SOURCE: http://www.andropampanga.com/index.htm



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