Welcome to Tarlac

Welcome to the Belen Capital of the Philippines!

Lungub kayo po…Galikayo… Galidja… Umay kayo apo… Tuloy po kayo….

TARLAC: THERE’S MORE TO THE FUSION OF TONGUES AND
CULTURAL POLYGLOTS


*Tarlac: there’s more to the congenial fusion of polyglots


Topography


Tarlac: Plain and Montane
By: Marie Angeli T. Primero

Fenced in by Pangasinan on its North, Nueva Ecija on its North East, Zambales on its West and Pampanga on its South; Tarlac is being tagged by historians as the heart of Luzon.

The province is just a three hours’ drive from Manila, the country’s capital.

One could await plains on Tarlac’s Eastern region and hills and mountains on its West. Its enthralling plains provide not simply a perfect venue for farming. It also provides enchanting scenery for those engrossed with the arts. Its verdant meadows present a visually refreshing carpet that is soothing to the soul. Its being montane at the same time makes it a perfect spot for alpinism or mountaineering.

Mt. Telekawa, situated in Capas, is the highest mountain in the province. Natural resources and forest products abide on the mountainous areas of San Jose and Mayantoc. Copper, log fires, sand, vegetables, fruits and forest animals as wild boar and deer thrive in the area that you would have a feel of Mindoro in the Central Plains!

Existing Land Use
(Facts and figures from PPDO-UP PLANADES)

Rice paddies exist in the city of Tarlac especially in its 17 municipalities. The city surprisingly has the largest land allocation for rice paddies at 15,450 hectares followed by Concepcion, Capas, Sta. Ignacia and Gerona. The rice paddies in Ramos occupy the largest percentage at 95.99percent followed by Victoria, Moncada, Pura, and Gerona.

San Jose has the biggest area in terms of forest cover or woodland with a total area of 44,030 hectares or 71.06 percent of the total land area followed by Mayantoc, Capas, Bamban and San Clemente. Municipalities of Camiling and Gerona still have patches of forest cover. NAMRIA satellite image has revealed that Camiling still has 54.07 hectares of forest cover or 0.36 percent of its total area while Gerona has 132 hectares or 1.06 percent of its total land area.


Table 2.10
Land Use Classification by Municipality/City
Province of Tarlac, 2004


Kindly click the link for the details :

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________


Road Network for Intra- and Inter-Provincial Movement
(Source: TARLAC PPDO OFFICE. UP PLANADES)

The province has a road system that links its 17 municipalities and its lone city. The road network is radial and circumferential in form and is concentrated in the eastern part of the province where development is remarkable. The western part of the province, mainly occupied by the municipality of San Jose, has limited links being currently designated as protection area.

National roads provide for both intra- and inter-provincial movement in the place. The MacArthur Highway is the province’s north-south corridor. It links Tarlac with Pangasinan and Pampanga in the north and south. The Tarlac-Camiling Road is a link which providing access to and from Pangasinan. Access to Nueva Ecija in the east is via Tarlac-Zaragoza Road via La Paz.

A 100-km road project has been identified in the past linking Tibag, Tarlac City with the Botolan Plains and Iba in Zambales.

Tarlac’s connectivity with its neighboring provinces and beyond is feasible with the presence of jeepneys and bus services. The province has several inter-provincial bus terminals, all located in the city of Tarlac. Inter-provincial bus transport services like Victory, Five-Star, Philippine Rabbit, Dagupan, Baliwag are some of the buses serving Tarlac and its nearby provinces.