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Balanga| Capital of Bataan province on Luzon Island in the Philippines, on the western side of Manila Bay, 50 km/31 mi from Manila; population (1990) 51,500. To the south, at Pilar, is the mouth of the River Talisay. Industries include textiles and electronics. |
| Near to Balanga, on Mount Samat, is Dambana ng Kagitingan, a national monument to the victims of the Battle of Bataan in World War II, in which Filipino and American troops suffered defeats by the Japanese. |
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