TOPONYMS: “MAGALANG”

• one of the ancient towns of Pampanga

• the western side of majestic Mount Arayat
• under the governorship of Pedro Bravo de
Acuña.
• galang-galang bracelet biscuits that kids wear
and eat – maybe they were popular to give
the town its name.
 Geographical Location

Magalang is located at the

upper part of Pampanga
 HISTORY OF MAGALANG
• Magalang was established by the
Augustinians in 1605.

• Its original site was a place called Macapsa,

which was later transferred to San
Bartolome.

• Magalang was the one and only town in the

province to have an Augustinian Church and
convent.
 BARANGAY

• 27 barangays
• Camias, Dolores, Escaler, La Paz, Navaling, San
Agustin, San Antonio, San Francisco, San
Ildefonso, San Isidro, San Jose, San Miguel, San
Nicolas Uno (Pob.), San Nicolas Dos, San Pablo,
San Pedro Uno (Pob.), San Pedro Dos, San Roque,
San Vicente, Santa Cruz (Pob.), Santa Lucia, Santa
Maria, Santo Niño, Santo Rosario, Bucanan, Turu,
Ayala
 CURRENT LEADERS
• Mayor Ma. Lourdes P. Lacson

• Vice Mayor Norman L. Lacson

 POPULATION
• In the 2015 census, the population of
Magalang, Pampanga, was 113,147 people.
 CULINARY SPECIALTIES
• KAMARU
 SECULAR & RELIGIOUS
• Kamaru Festival

• Kumidya
 Town Fiesta

• When Magalang was transferred to its present site, people

brought with them their patron saint.

• The town fiesta, observed on August 24, is the feast day of

San Bartolome (St. Nathaniel)

• Several months before the fiesta, people would raise pigs (one
for lechon and the other for the meat to be prepared with
different “putahe” like morcon, asado, menudo, relleno,
estopado etc. Days before the fiesta, the houses are being
cleaned with “pakiling” leaves.
•
Landmarks

ABE’S FARM

PAMPANGA STATE AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY
LANDMARKS

SAN BARTOLOME PARISH CHURCH

DON ANDRES LUCIANO HOUSE

GUECO HOUSE

RIVERA HOUSE

LISING HOUSE
ORDONEZ-CALMA HOUSE PARAS-FELICIANO HOUSE

MORALES HOUSE LUCIANO HOUSE