Dinalupihan, Province of Bataan, Central Luzon Region, Philippines

🇵🇭 Dinalupihan, officially the Municipality of Dinalupihan (Bayan ng Dinalupihan; Balen ning Dinalupihan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. Dinalupihan, the only landlocked town in the province, is accessible via SCTEX (Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway) and the Bataan Provincial Expressway, off Exit 5.

Etymology "Dinalupijan" came from the festival rites of the Aetas commemorating the deity "Indianalo", the goddess of hunting and bountiful harvest. "Indianalo" was paired with the Sanskrit word "jann", meaning paradise. "Indianalopijann" was the name given to the land that the Aetas received from their goddess which translates to Indianalo's paradise. As time passed, the name "Indianalopijann" turned into "Dinalupihan".

The name "Dinalupihan" also means "empty lands", coming from the Spanish terms din, a, and lupia. It referred to the fact that it failed to produce little revenue while it was an estate of the Archdiocese of Manila during the second half of the 18th century.

Geography Dinalupihan borders Hermosa to the south and south-east, the province of Zambales to the north-west and the province of Pampanga to the north and northeast. Floridablanca, Pampanga, is located directly to the north, and San Fernando, Pampanga, its regional centre is located to the north-northeast.

Dinalupihan is 23 km (14 mi) from Balanga and 101 km (63 mi) from Manila.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 92.52 square km (35.72 sq mi)  constituting 6.74% of the 1,372.98-square-kilometre- (530.11 sq mi) total area of Bataan.

Geography: Barangays Dinalupihan is politically subdivided into 46 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios: • Aquino; • Bangal; • Bayan‑bayanan; • Bonifacio (Poblacion); • Burgos (Poblacion); • Colo; • Daang Bago; • Dalao; • Del Pilar (Poblacion); • Gen. Luna (Poblacion); • Gomez (Poblacion); • Happy Valley; • Jose C. Payumo, Jr.; • Kataasan; • Layac; • Luacan; • Mabini Ext. (Poblacion); • Mabini Proper (Poblacion); • Magsaysay; • Maligaya; • Naparing; • New San Jose; • Old San Jose; • Padre Dandan (Poblacion); • Pag‑asa; • Pagalanggang; • Payangan; • Pentor; • Pinulot; • Pita; • Rizal (Poblacion); • Roosevelt; • Roxas (Poblacion); • Saguing; • San Benito; • San Isidro (Poblacion); • San Pablo; • San Ramon; • San Simon; • Santa Isabel (Tabacan); • Santo Niño; • Sapang Balas; • Torres (Poblacion); • Tubo‑tubo; • Tucop; • Zamora (Poblacion).

Economy: Tourist Industry Dinalupihan's interesting points, landmarks and festivals, are: • Battle of Bataan, Layac Junction marker • World War II First Line of Defense Memorial (Battle of Bataan - Battle of Layac Junction, January 6, 1942) • 38th Infantry Division (United States) marker, Layac Junction • Roosevelt Protected Landscape, also known as Roosevelt Park, is the location shooting of Enchanted Garden • Town Hall • Bataan Peninsula State University, Dinalupihan campus • Bataan Peninsula Medical Center • 1960 Saint John Academy • Glorrieta, open auditorium, grandstand, park and plaza • Dinalupihan Civic Center • Heaven's Garden Memorial Park • Dinalupihan Memorial Park • Mount Malasimbo • Tubig Festival (June 24).

Saint John the Baptist Parish Church Saint John the Baptist Parish Church (in Poblacion) belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga (Dioecesis Balangensis) Part of the Ecclesiastical Province of San Fernando, Pampanga Created: March 17, 1975. Canonically Erected: November 8, 1975. Comprises the whole civil province of Bataan. Titular: St. Joseph, Husband of Mary, April 28).

Its Feast day is June 24. It is under the Vicariate of Saint Peter of Verona I - Vicariate of Our Lady, Mirror of Justice. The Catholic population is about 25,438.