Floridablanca, Province of Pampanga, Central Luzon Region, Philippines

🇵🇭 Floridablanca, officially the Municipality of Floridablanca is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. Floridablanca is a part of the province of the Pampanga located in Central Luzon lying north of Dinalupihan, Bataan and south-southwest of San Fernando, Pampanga.

History Floridablanca was founded in 1823 at the site of a monastery. In the 1920s, the Pampanga Sugar Mill was built at Del Carmen in the 1920s. The area was the site of military bases of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and the Philippine Constabulary from 1942 to 1946. The Philippine Air Force established Basa Air Base at a former American military airfield in 1947.

Geography Floridablanca is located on the western part of Pampanga along the Zambales mountain ranges and is bounded by the municipalities of Porac on the north, Lubao on the south, Guagua on the east, and Dinalupihan, Bataan on the west. It is 40 km (25 mi) from the city of San Fernando and 106 km (66 mi) from Manila. The town is at an elevation of 12 feet (3.7 m) above sea level. Floridablanca is north of Dinalupihan, Bataan via Dinalupihan-Floridablanca Access Road at the Bataan-Pampanga boundary line.

With an area of 17,548 hectares (43,360 acres), it is the third largest municipality in the province, after Porac and Candaba.

Barangays Floridablanca is politically subdivided into 33 barangays: • Anon • Apalit • Basa Air Base • Benedicto • Bodega • Cabangcalan • Calantas • Carmencita • Consuelo • Culubasa • Dampe • Del Carmen • Fortuna • Gutad • Mabical • Maligaya • Mawacat • Nabuclod • Pabanlag • Paguiruan • Palmayo • Pandaguirig • Poblacion • San Antonio • San Isidro • San Jose • San Nicolas • San Pedro • San Ramon • San Roque • Santa Monica • Solib • Santo Rosario • Valdez.

Economy Floridablanca is the second largest producer of rice in the province. It produces more than enough rice to meet its needs resulting in a surplus. In 1999, only 37.76% of its produce was used for its own rice requirement resulting in a surplus of 65.24% equivalent to 17,553 metric tons.

Tourist Industry Aside from Basa Air Base, the town has cultural treasures and interesting points. • 1887 San Jose Obrero Parish Church: the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando exercises jurisdiction over the Heritage Church. • Bahay na Puti (Alvendia House): the Justice Carmelino Alvendia, Sr. ancestral mansion is owned, preserved and maintained by his family.