Candaba, Pampanga
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Candaba is a municipality in the province of Pampanga in the Philippines. It is noted for its productive farmlands where sweet watermelons are grown and known for its wide and scenic swamps, the habitat of huge mudfish and gigantic catfish. Candaba was once known as Candawe.
It is one of the oldest settlements during the pre-Hispanic time, and long before the encomenderos took hold of the town in 1593.
Basically a fishing and farming community, the place was administered by "datus" even as early as 1577. Topographically, Candaba, specially the swamps for what it became famous, represents the lowest point in Central Luzon.
The swamps are communal fishing grounds encompassing some 430 km² of highly arable land. Here the province's best produce, watermelon, muskmelon, which find their way to world markets, are produced.
Nowhere in Pampanga can one find any more fertile land than that of the Candaba swamps due to its sustained deposits of humus and decaying vegetable residues. Migrant wild ducks and various bird wildlife escape winter winds from China and Siberia making Candaba their yearly sanctuary. Hunting birds in the swamp is a tourist attraction.
The popular unimitatable burong isda, a distinct Kapampangan fermented delicacy, is made from the best catfish or mudfish as only Candaba can produce. Balikbayans long for two items when they come home from a long sojourn abroad - burong isda from Candaba and special chicharon from Guagua.
Population
- Total Population: 86,066
- Household Population: 86,066
- Number of Households: 15,541
List of 34 Barangays (local government units) in Candaba
Bahay Pare, Bambang, Barangca, Barit, Buas, Cuayang Bugtong, Dalayap, Dulong, Gulap, Ilog, Lanang, Lourdes, Magumbali, Mandasig, Mandili, Mangga, Mapaniqui, Paligui, Pangclara, Pansinao, Paralaya, Pasig, Pescadores, Pulong Gubat, Pulong Palazan, Salapungan, San Agustin, Santo Rosario, Tagulod, Talang, Tenejero, Vizal San Pablo, Vizal Santo Cristo, Vizal Santo Niņo